Liquor licenses were approved for a Bartlett Walgreens and a CVS store Tuesday, to the chagrin of at least two local business owners. David Bhesania, owner of Town Liquor and Food, 233 S. Main Street, said after the vote, "They want to make their ow...

The Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 Board of Education passed a 2010-11 budget without a peep from the public Thursday, likely because the budget was balanced for the 15th consecutive year. Officials stressed that the budget pro...

The Rolling Meadows City Council intends to post a negative 2011 draft budget on its Web site after discussing the possibility of showing its citizens that it would take a nearly 30 percent increase in property taxes to balance the budget if no serv...

Liquor was the word on everyone's lips at Bartlett's village board meeting Tuesday after representatives from both Walgreens and CVS separately requested special use permits for package liquor sales. Residents and business owners came out to expres...

A semitrailer truck and a box truck both rolled over after a crash Wednesday at Route 176 and Briarwood Road in Crystal Lake, officials said. Jessie Young, 43, of Markham was traveling south in the box truck on Briarwood Road when he attempted to cr...

An unidentified Wheaton College student admitted to owning ammunition found Tuesday near a dormitory, which caused the building to be locked down while police investigated, officials said. Police recovered a weapon and more ammunition from an off-ca...

A 77-year-old woman died and an 84-year-old woman suffered head injuries after a Hyundai hit a traffic signal pole in Des Plaines Wednesday, police said. Police responded to a one-car accident at the intersection of Algonquin Road and Kolpin Drive a...

Hampshire Village Administrator Eric Palm will be leaving Hampshire for River Forest, the village has announced. Palm, who has been Hampshire's village administrator for three years, will stay employed as the village administrator until he starts hi...