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Des Plaines this week joined the growing list of suburbs implementing a local 1% sales tax on groceries.

Des Plaines enacts grocery tax to avoid losing $1.4 million annually

Des Plaines has joined a growing list of suburbs implementing a local 1% sales tax on groceries to offset the pending elimination of a state tax.

The Maple Street Lofts at 207 S. Maple St. was sold by Wingspan Development Group to TLC Management Co.

Mount Prospect’s Maple Street Lofts sells for $60 million

One of the new luxury apartment complexes shaping downtown Mount Prospect has a new owner and a new name.

The former Aon campus at 4 Overlook Point in Lincolnshire has been purchased by Texas-Based Woodcrest Capital to continue to serve as an office complex at the heart of the much larger Lincolnshire Corporate Center.

A Texas-based firm wants to bring new life to former Aon headquarters in Lincolnshire

Texas-based Woodcrest Capital has acquired the former 31-acre Aon headquarters within the 330-acre Lincolnshire Corporate Center with the intention of bringing new life to it with highly competitive lease rates.

Bears Hall of Famer Steve McMichael was a ‘wild child’ who loved football — and life

The irony of Steve McMichael’s life is that it was stopped short, yet he got more out of 67 years than an entire team could. The Pro Football Hall of Famer died from complications of ALS on Wednesday.

Nicholas Novak, 36, of Aurora steps out of his car with a shotgun.

State’s attorney: 2 officers justified in shooting man dead in Aurora

Two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a man in Aurora last year have been cleared of wrongdoing.

Elgin could consider a citywide ban on the use of single-use plastic bags by retailers.

Could Elgin adopt a single-use plastic bag ban?

Following the recommendation of the city’s sustainability commission, Elgin may consider bringing a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags up for a council vote.

2 charged after stolen Jeep strikes brick mailbox in Bartlett and overturns

Two Chicago men have been charged following Monday’s collision of a stolen 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee in which they were traveling with a brick mailbox in Bartlett.

The first case of measles in Illinois has been confirmed since an outbreak of more than 800 cases was reported in New Mexico and Texas earlier this year.

Measles outbreak spreads to Illinois with case reported downstate

The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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