Now that sales of recreational marijuana have begun in Illinois, here is a look at what's ahead as far as cannabis business licensing, taxation and local decisions about recreational sales: Licensing • Thirty-six licensed medical marijuana disp...

Eight Northwest suburban park districts and a township are among the recipients of a total of $29.7 million in state grants for park projects and more than $3 million in federal grants for recreation projects announced Friday. The state grants are f...

The new BurgerIM restaurant at Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg has closed less than six months after it opened. Schaumburg Economic Development Director Matt Frank said he'd heard company-wide issues had led to the closing of the ...

It's easy to think of the history of the Christian Church - the worldwide Church of all believers, with a big C - as a story of division and dissension. Denominations and even local congregations have split over differences in belief, political issu...

A 19-year-old Hanover Park man died after suffering multiple gunshots wounds Monday night in a residence on the 5500 block of Pebblebeach Drive in the village, authorities said. Mickyle Fossett was pronounced dead at 10:56 p.m. Jan. 13, at Amita Hea...

Lake Barrington village board members praised the town's administrative leader last week before rewarding her with a 5% raise and a $20,000 bonus. The base salary of Village Administrator Karen Daulton Lange will be $132,850 with the pay hike, accor...

A goal of the School District 54 Board of Education is to provide options for parents in the selection of their child's school. In addition to the neighborhood school, School District 54 has developed programs at several district schools, which it c...

There is a new authentic Mexican restaurant open along the Randall Road corridor, ready to fill you up when you're in the mood for tacos on Tuesdays - or any other day of the week. Cachas Taco Bar opened at the end of 2019 in Lake in the Hills, just...

Statewide sales of legal marijuana totaled $19.7 million in the first 12 days, officials said. There were 495,385 transactions from Jan. 1 to Sunday at marijuana shops across the state, including in Addison, North Aurora and Mundelein, for an averag...

Twenty-one suburbs will have to find a new way to collect delinquent red-light camera fines this year. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she's "getting out of the business" of using the state's garnishment powers to collect the overdue fines....