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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...

Construction workers build a seven-story Drury Plaza Hotel, Sept. 9, 2026, outside the Hollywood Casino Joliet in the Rock Run Collection mixed-use development. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hotel and major retailers springing up along the interstate at new Hollywood Casino Joliet development

By Robert Channick

September 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

While construction on the towering Bally’s Chicago hotel has stalled amid a dispute with the...

Andrew's Declan Murphy (5) tries to gain yards against Lincoln-Way West during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in New Lenox on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Steve Johnston / Daily Southtown)

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

By Josh Krockey

September 9, 2026 at 10:07 p.m.

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

Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, right, smiles while listening to comments made during a meeting of the Lyons Township Board in Countryside on Sept. 8, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Lyons Township meeting gets rowdy following public release of video of two elected officials kissing in office

By Jake Sheridan

September 9, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.

Two Democratic township officials clashed over a video that captured one in an after-hours office...

Court briefs: Daughter of couple taken by ICE pleads guilty to obstruction

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 9, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Sarai Carrillo, 25, signed a plea deal filed Aug. 25 in the U.S. District Court...

University of Illinois Chicago student Maya Hernandez, left, and her mother, Anna Hernandez, roll in Maya’s belongings toward her dorm room at the Academic and Residential Complex at UIC on Aug. 20, 2026. UIC administrators, staff and student volunteers welcomed campus housing residents for the fall 2026 semester. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

University of Illinois Chicago sees record enrollment two years in a row

By Kate Perez

September 9, 2026 at 7:02 p.m.

The University of Illinois Chicago reported its highest enrollment numbers in school history for the...

Skokie's Village Board advanced changes to its short-term rental pilot program Sept. 8, reducing operator licensing fees and length of stay mandates. The modifications will come back for a final Board vote in the coming weeks. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Skokie makes changes to short-term rentals; lowering fees and required length of stay

By Claire Murphy

September 9, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

Changes approved by Skokie trustees Tuesday could make short-term rentals more appealing to residents looking...

Attendees point out features of the proposed data centers, located south of 61st Avenue and east of Colorado Street, on a handout given out during an informational session at the Hobart Community Center in Hobart, Indiana Monday July 14, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Hobart delays final approval of Amazon data center plat

By Jim Masters

September 9, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

According to Hobart City Engineer Alex Metz, the revisions include recording a legal description for...

Cynae Berry, a medical assistant at Rush Pediatrics Primary Care in Chicago, prepares a Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccination on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Second measles case of the year reported in Kane County, health department says

By Molly Morrow

September 9, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Another measles case has been reported in Kane County, the Kane County Health Department said...

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Judge denies man’s request to dismiss charges in 1994 attempted murder case

By Jim Woods

September 9, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Fred R. Pewitt, after serving more than 30 years on a murder and kidnapping conviction...

Oak Lawn's Danny Strelow (18) makes a lateral pass on a trick play against Evergreen Park during a South Suburban Red game in Oak Lawn on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)

Oak Lawn’s Danny Strelow, who knows ‘I don’t really have to push anyone,’ shines in the spotlight as quiet QB

By Patrick Z. McGavin

September 9, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Danny Strelow, who's only a junior, takes over leadership role as second-year starting quarterback for...