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A fast-moving storm struck Niles at approximately 5 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 16), causing widespread damage, canceling a community event, and knocking out power.

Niles Mayor George Alpogianis said Friday that the village's delayed audit for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, is expected to be completed by the end of August. The audit will then be ...

Russians around the world will be demonstrating on Saturday, Aug. 16, including potentially in the Northwest suburbs. While a protest was originally set to take place at the Niles-Maine Public ...

Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 presented its plans for a new Lincoln Middle School to members of the village’s planning and zoning commission Thursday, Aug. 14.

According to police, shortly before 8:30 p.m., Palatine police and fire personnel responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in the 0–100 block of northbound Northwest Highway, near the ...

Arlington Park stadium district development rendering of what it could be like if built. Neighboring Palatine can be seen across Illinois Route 53 on the left side. (Photo by the Chicago Bears ...

North Carolina-based Ripple Fiber is in the midst of a $104 million, 1,250-mile rollout of its internet service network expansion in Elk Grove Village -- the first rollout of fiber-optic internet ...

Demolition of Rosemont’s former eight-story village hall is well underway with plans to eventually develop the area with possibly two or three new restaurants. Workers on Monday were seen ...

The longtime former home of Giuseppe’s Restaurant & Banquets site at the corner of Lee Street and Graceland Avenue will be purchased by the city of Des Plaines, according to city documents. The ...

“Freakier Friday” (111 min, Rated PG for language and thematic elements) 6 out of 10 Here we go again…another body switch comedy. According to IMDb, who keep track of such things, there have ...

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