Local Politics
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Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly challenging Preckwinkle Cook County Board presidentSep 11, 2025 8:08 pm - Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly is running for Cook County board president in the March 2026 Democratic primary, billing himself as an independent reformer.
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‘Fast and bright’: Former congressman Joe Walsh recalls campaigning with teen Charlie KirkSep 11, 2025 7:59 pm - Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party Republican congressman, mourns Charlie Kirk, who he mentored on the campaign trail 15 years ago.
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Federal suit alleges harassment, inappropriate practices in St. Charles Police DepartmentSep 11, 2025 5:28 pm - A federal lawsuit claims former St. Charles Police Chief James Keegan, who resigned in March, ran a department where discrimination, sexual harassment and questionable practices took place in the months leading up to his exit.
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‘Might not be right for Rolling Meadows’: Council rejects plan to narrow Kirchoff RoadSep 10, 2025 6:49 pm - Rolling Meadows’ city council voted 4-3 against implementing a so-called “road diet” of a milelong stretch of Kirchoff Road that would have reduced the thoroughfare from five lanes to three.
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Mundelein launches webpage for $2 billion Ivanhoe Village developmentSep 09, 2025 4:28 pm - Extensive information about the proposed Ivanhoe Village residential and commercial development has been compiled in a single digital repository on Mundelein’s website.
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‘This is what we need here’: Cluster of small shops proposed for MundeleinSep 09, 2025 1:38 pm - A community group has proposed Mundelein create a walkable marketplace of small shops for boutique clothiers, artists, bakers and other merchants.
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Park district awards contract for demolition of Palatine StablesSep 09, 2025 7:44 am - The fate of the Palatine Stables was officially sealed Monday evening, when the Palatine Park District board hired a demolition firm.
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Longtime Rosemont trustee dies suddenly after attending ribbon-cutting eventSep 08, 2025 7:59 pm - Rosemont Trustee Roger Minale died of a heart attack shortly after attending a hotel ribbon cutting ceremony late last month, officials said Monday.
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Antioch mayor mulling GOP run for governorSep 07, 2025 5:41 pm - Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner announced Sunday he is considering running for Illinois governor as a Republican in 2026, adding that he expects a final decision by the end of the month.
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Geneva group’s plan to host Jan. 6 organizer draws pickets, protests
Sep 07, 2025 8:41 am - A Geneva group’s plan to host the Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers and a convicted Jan. 6 organizer, has stirred a hornet’s nest of protest on social media, a petition of more than 1,000 signatures and pickets in front of a local country club.