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Kane County Board OKs roughly $2.3 million property tax levy hike for next year’s budget

By Molly Morrow
Aug 12, 2026 1:27 pm - Kane County is looking at a roughly $2.3 million property tax levy hike for 2027 as its county board’s efforts to clamp down on cash reserve spending and solve the county’s budgetary woes continue.
Oak Brook OKs Amazon store project

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 12, 2026 12:56 pm - Amazon has received permission to build a combination store and delivery center in Oak Brook.
District 300’s new cellphone, electronic device restrictions go into effect this week

By Gloria Casas
Aug 12, 2026 12:20 pm - Algonquin-based Community Unit School District 300 students returned to school this week to a new policy limiting the use of cellphones, earbuds, headphones and other electronic devices during school hours.
Cook County appoints new director of veterans affairs department

Daily Herald report
Aug 12, 2026 11:40 am - Calvin Young has been appointed to serve as director of Cook County’s Department of Veterans Affairs.
Once Upon a Bagel among new eateries planned on Higgins Road in Rosemont

By Christopher Placek
Aug 12, 2026 8:32 am - Once Upon a Bagel will open a 1,800-square-foot shop in Rosemont’s village-owned strip building at 9500-9520 W. Higgins Road, taking over a former Starbucks corner location and joining other new eateries in the developing restaurant row.
Spotlight: Unlikely lovers collide in Oil Lamp’s Jane Austen-inspired ‘I Love You Because’

By Barbara Vitello
Aug 12, 2026 8:21 am - This week in theater: Oil Lamp Theater’s season continues with the romantic comedy “I Love You Because”; Drury Lane Theatre revives Buddy Holly jukebox tuner and Theater Wit examines teenage angst in its Chicago premiere of “Adolescent Salvation.”
Effort to reconsider Flock contract in Park Ridge comes up short

By Jesse Wright
Aug 12, 2026 7:12 am - In July, Park Ridge aldermen approved a yearlong, $24,000 contract with Flock Safety for eight license-plate reading cameras. Now an alderman who was absent for the July vote said he’d like to revisit the agreement.
As Army Corps study stalls, future still uncertain for Fox River dams: ‘It’s just going to run its course’

By Molly Morrow
Aug 12, 2026 7:02 am - The Fox River has been the subject of intensive study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has been evaluating the possibility of removing some of the dams along the river. But the study has been paused due to federal funding issues, leaving towns uncertain about what will happen to the dams in their communities.
Driver charged in crash that killed bicyclist in Hampshire

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 11, 2026 6:17 pm - A man has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash that killed a bicyclist last month in Hampshire.
Arlington Heights to hire a dozen more cops, restoring staffing to prerecession levels

By Christopher Placek
Aug 11, 2026 6:05 pm - Arlington Heights plans to hire 12 new police officers over three years to address staffing challenges caused by increased training requirements, complex investigations, and officers’ reluctance to work overtime, officials said.

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