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Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson stands in front of an Aligned Data Centers building in a business park in Elk Grove Village on July 9, 2026. The Aligned Data Centers are the newest Elk Grove Village data centers close to completion. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Elk Grove Village using data center windfall to give residents $200 gift cards

By Christopher Placek

October 15, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Elk Grove Village announced plans to distribute $200 gift cards to all 14,000 residential households...

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has named its 2026 photo contest winners. Mike Nielsen’s photo of a doe and her fawn in Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak Brook won Voters’ Choice. (Forest Preserve District of DuPage County)

Community news: Deer, ducks, sunset and stream take top honors in Forest Preserve photo contest

By Melinda Moore

October 15, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

News from the community includes items from Forest Preserve District of Will County, Western Springs,...

Porter County Administration Building, 155 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso.
- Original Credit: Porter County

Porter County taskforce coming together on local income tax approach

By Shelley Jones

October 15, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

The Porter County Municipal Unit Strategic Taskforce is coalescing around an approach to local income...

High school football results and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

By Josh Krockey

September 11, 2026 at 11:44 p.m.

High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and...

Lockport's Griffin Russell (12) loads up to throw a pass against Lincoln-Way West during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in Lockport on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Steve Johnston / Daily Southtown)

Lockport’s Griffin Russell, a ball boy for the 2021 state champs, throws 3 TD passes to stun Lincoln-Way West

By Jeff Vorva

September 11, 2026 at 11:11 p.m.

Griffin Russell passes for 221 yards and three TDs as Lockport rolls to 38-15 win...

Members of Skokie's fire department, police department and other first responders stand in silence during a remembrance ceremony at Fire Station 16, 7424 Niles Center Rd., Skokie, to honor the victims of 9/11 on the 25th anniversary, Sept. 11, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Skokie, North Shore remember 9/11 on 25th anniversary: ‘It’s a sad day’

By Claire Murphy

September 11, 2026 at 8:43 p.m.

The ceremony is one of three put on by the Skokie Fire Department annually to...

Matt Cunningham, center, golfs with companions. Cunningham is Golf Committee chairman for the UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Foundation, which hosts its annual golf tournament Sept. 28 at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont. (UChicago Medicine/AdventHealth)

Community news: Golf tourney to benefit area hospitals, La Grange film at Oak Park fest, and more

By Melinda Moore

September 14, 2026 at 9:48 a.m.

News from the community includes items from Hinsdale, La Grange, Oak Park, Elmhurst, River Grove...

Court news: Gary man charged in shooting, EC man convicted in killing

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 11, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

Court news from Lake County.

Attendees stand for the national anthem during Aurora’s ceremony commemorating 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2026, at the Aurora Police Department. (Dominic Di Palermo/for the Aurora Beacon-News)

Aurora officials call for unity during event marking 25th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

By Addison Wright

September 11, 2026 at 4:07 p.m.

Aurora police, fire and city officials on Friday called for unity in Aurora as they...

Oak Park and River Forest High School. (Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School board pushes for more diversity among staff, teachers

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 11, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Despite consistent trends in OPRF's demographic, there was a push for more diversity within the...

Longtime Gary official Arlene Colvin died on Aug. 24 at Methodist Hospitals - Southlake in Merrillville at age 72. (Photo provided by Guy & Allen Funeral Home)

Arlene Colvin, beloved Gary official, dies at 72

By Carole Carlson

September 12, 2026 at 8:06 p.m.

Arlene Colvin spent more than four decades serving in leadership positions in the city of...

The Collaboration for Early Childhood building is pictured Thursday, Sept. 10. The Oak Park Village Board recently approved the renewal of an intergovernmental agreement that will fund the organization. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park, school districts renew agreement on Collaboration for Early Childhood

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 11, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

An intergovernmental agreement to fund the Collaboration for Early Childhood from Oak Park, District 200...

Myers Elementary School students hold up pinwheels during Portage's commemorative program for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, September 11, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage remembers 9/11: ‘Something larger than our disagreements was under attack’

By Doug Ross

September 11, 2026 at 2:26 p.m.

Mayor Austin Bonta and Assistant Police Chief Ted Uzelac urged attendees to remember what Sept....