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Airbnb renters in Schaumburg to start paying 8 percent tax

May 10, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Schaumburg is the latest Illinois community to enter into an agreement with Airbnb that will allow the village to begin receiving taxes from the online vacation rental giant. Starting Thursday,...

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board members and administrators are shown at a board meeting held May 22 at Emerson Middle School.

District 64 approves bid for plumbing work at Lincoln Middle School

May 23, 2019 at 4:46 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 officials approved a $409,000 bid for plumbing work to be completed this summer at Lincoln Middle School in addition to giving the green light to...

Lincoln Elementary School Principal Cathy Hamilton is shown at a open house hosted by the Oak Park school's PTO in honor of her service on May 21. Hamilton will be retiring as principal of the school at the end of this school year.

‘She’s a pillar’: Lincoln school community honors departing principal

May 8, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

Oak Park resident Sanna Evans said the reason she moved to the village nine years ago was largely because of the reputation of Lincoln Elementary School and its principal, Cathy...

Authorities search the Des Plaines River from First Avenue past Roosevelt Road on May 14, 2017, for a boy who jumped into the river with friends from a railroad trestle May 13and is still missing.

‘Absolutely tragic’: Missing teen’s body recovered in Des Plaines River

May 8, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said he's "as depressed as can be" after recovering the body of 16-year-old Cameron Sanders from the Des Plaines River. The Villa Park teen had...

Sister: Missing teen jumping off bridge ‘doesn’t make sense at all’

May 8, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

The sister of a 16-year-old Villa Park boy who went missing after he jumped off Rainbow Bridge said family members were shocked to learn he had been in the area...

A Cook County sheriff's officer and a man walk along the bank of the Des Plaines River on May 16, 2017, searching for signs of Cameron Sanders.

Sheriff’s office: Des Plaines River search for teen will continue until he is found

May 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

The search for a missing 16-year-old Villa Park boy who jumped off a bridge into the Des Plaines River in Melrose Park last weekend will continue until the teen is...

Carpenter third-graders show off STEM skills in Springfield

May 23, 2019 at 4:46 a.m.

Two Carpenter School third-graders traveled to Springfield last week to show off their science, technology, engineering and math skills to state lawmakers, teachers and students from schools across Illinois. The...

Members of a community-led search effort light candles as part of a vigil held in honor of Cameron Sanders, a 16-year-old Villa Park boy who went missing after he jumped from a railroad bridge known as Rainbow Bridge in Melrose Park into the Des Plaines River on Saturday.

Dozens join Des Plaines River search for missing teen

May 8, 2019 at 11:53 a.m.

Dozens of people from multiple Chicago suburbs gathered late Monday afternoon to search the banks of the Des Plaines River for any signs of a 16-year-old Villa Park boy who...

Four new board members take an oath of office along with the existing three school officials of the Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Board of Education at a special meeting held Monday, May 1, at Jefferson School in Niles.

District 64 welcomes new school board members

May 23, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 school officials said goodbye to four board members and welcomed four new individuals to the board table at a special meeting Monday night. The four top...

Police: Norridge woman charged with attempted murder in husband’s stabbing

May 9, 2019 at 1:53 p.m.

A 54-year-old Norridge woman was charged with attempted murder last week after she allegedly stabbed her husband in the face while he was sleeping, according to Norridge police officials. Gloria...

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