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Concrete barriers tumble off Route 53 bridge onto Palatine Road below

State authorities are investigating what caused concrete barriers to fall off a bridge along Route 53 in Palatine Sunday afternoon and plummet onto a busy road below.

Everdine’s Grilled Cheese in Batavia will close permanently this weekend. (Mark Black/Daily Herald)

Everdine’s Grilled Cheese in Batavia announces closure

Two months after closing their Naperville location, the owners of Everdine’s Grilled Cheese announced on social media Tuesday that their Batavia restaurant would close permanently this weekend.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at an event at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in Springfield on Aug. 11. On Tuesday, Pritzker said he is establishing a new group within the state government to explore more regulations for artificial intelligence. (Jerry Nowicki/Capitol News Illinois)

Pritzker establishes AI cabinet amid calls for greater regulation

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing an artificial intelligence cabinet. The cabinet will consider policy recommendations and focus on safety plans to protect residents and infrastructure from threats posed by AI. The order comes as Pritzker calls on Congress to impose national regulations.

Rendering of the nearly 700,000-square-foot distribution center being built in Vernon Hills by hand2mind Inc. a provider of learning curriculum and educational toys. (hand2mind)

Educational products company hand2mind gears up for expansion in Vernon Hills

Educational toy and materials company hand2mind is expanding and consolidating its footprint in Vernon Hills, creating 37 new full-time jobs and retaining 288 existing positions.

The Taylor Family YMCA at 50 N. McLean Blvd. in Elgin will officially close on Oct. 1. The facility, part of the Golden Corridor YMCA, has been open since 1978. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)

Golden Corridor YMCA closing its Taylor Y branch in Elgin

Golden Corridor Family YMCA has announced it will close the Taylor Family YMCA in Elgin on Oct. 1.

Four beluga whales relocated from a facility in Canada swim in a habitat at the Shedd Aquarium on July 23. Osiris, one of the four whales, has died. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

A third beluga whale rescued from Canada has died at Shedd; a fourth died last week in Spain

A fourth whale out of 30 rescued from a troubled Canadian marine park has died. It is the third rescued whale to die at Shedd Aquarium after being transferred there this summer for rehabilitation. A longtime resident beluga also died at the aquarium in recent weeks.

People Sheridan Road on Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston on Dec. 1, 2025.  (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Northwestern and University of Chicago drop in U.S. News college rankings

Some of Illinois’ most notable universities shifted slightly in national rankings while remaining among the nation’s top schools, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual best colleges list released Tuesday.

A rendering of a proposed new facility for Antioch's early learning center, to replace the current Mary Kay McNeill Early Learning Center, which operates out of a nearly 100-year-old building. (Antioch CCSD 34, Legat Architects)

‘Surprised and disappointed’: Antioch planning board opposes District 34 school building permit

Antioch Elementary School District 34 is warning of potentially costly delays for its plan to replace a century-old early learning center after the village’s planning board voted 4-3 to recommend denying a permit for a new facility’s proposed site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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