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Prospect quarterback Jackson Cacini celebrates a running touchdown during last month’s win over Stevenson in Lincolnshire. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Talking with ‘Edgy’: MSL crossovers, Mundelein’s roll, Downers North or Glenbard West

In this edition of Talking with “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran, Kevin Schmit discusses a variety of topics with the Rivals prep football expert.

Prospect’s Matthew Donnelly tries to stay inbounds as Stevenson’s Isaiah Yun forces him to the sidelines in a football game in Lincolnshire Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw’s Top 25 for Week 4

Morgan Park and Jacobs debut in the Top 25 as New Trier leaps six spots and Lincoln-Way East holds steady at No. 1. Last week’s rankings in parentheses. 1. Linco...

Dutch Bros Coffee employee Caroline Slater waits on customers at the opening of the Buffalo Grove coffee shop July 29. A new location has been announced in Arlington Heights. (Steve Zalusky/Daily Herald)

Dutch Bros Coffee coming to long vacant property in Arlington Heights

Dutch Bros Coffee will anchor a redevelopment at 375-425 E. Rand Road in Arlington Heights, occupying a long-vacant site alongside other retailers including Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Paris Baguette and Old National Bank.

Palatine village council members approved the plan to replace Durty Nellie’s with Big Grove Brewery.

Big Grove Brewery gets green light to replace Durty Nellie’s in Palatine

Palatine village council members Tuesday strongly backed the plan to bring Big Grove Brewery to the Durty Nellie’s site.

Des Plaines Public Library officials want to create space for programs and activities in this plaza on the building's east side. The library is on the right; a small shopping center is on the left. (Russell Lissau/Daily Herald)

Des Plaines Public Library activities to expand outdoors

A city-owned plaza outside the Des Plaines Public Library will be redesigned to include a play area for kids and programming space.

West Dundee’s Grafelman Park is once again hosting True Patriots Care 9/11 Memorial Healing Fields. Shown here, 403 American flags fly in the park in 2025 to honor first responders who died on Sept. 11, 2001. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

How the suburbs will honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11

Communities across the suburbs will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, with ceremonies featuring flag displays, memorial services, and guest speakers with personal 9/11 connections.

Westfield Old Orchard, formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center, is celebrating 70 years as the North Shore's premier retail shopping destination. Amid a nationwide decline in malls, Old Orchard continues to expand its retail and restaurant offerings. Pictured here Aug. 19. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Westfield Old Orchard in Skokie celebrates 70 years as North Shore landmark

It was the morning of Monday, Oct. 22, 1956, when the doors of a new Marshall Field & Company, the crown jewel among Chicago’s retail royalty, opened for the first time in Skokie. The gleaming three-story, 310,000-square-foot department store would serve as the anchor tenant to what would soon become the metropolis of postwar suburban shopping in Chicago’s North Shore: Old Orchard Shopping Center.

Masked intruders break into several gambling machines and cash register at Green Oaks gas station

Authorities are investigating a targeted break-in early Wednesday to several gambling machines and a cash register at a gas station in Green Oaks.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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