Steve Zalusky

Barrington is taking its first steps toward creating a new tax increment financing district to spur redevelopment in the “Golden Triangle” area of the village's downtown.

Palatine leaders declined Monday to formally support calls for a cease-fire in Gaza, but said they will relay advocates’ message to the village’s congressional representatives. “This is a foreig...

It was a historic year for the Palatine High School boys basketball team, which made it downstate for the first time in school history and returned with a 4th place trophy.

The stores were dark and shuttered Sunday at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale, but that didn’t matter to visitors who wandered the corridors and rode the escalators one last time before the lon...

Passover is a celebration of liberation and freedom, commemorating the end of the Jews’ captivity in Egypt. But a pall hangs over this year’s celebration, when hostages remain captive in Hamas’ ...

If you want Olympic-style karate training, travel no farther than Barrington.

Mario Diaz Albarran’s goal as head custodian at Lincoln Elementary School in Palatine is to serve the kids and make a difference in their lives. After Monday’s assembly in the school gym, he shoul...

A 73-year-old woodworking firm with roots in downtown Mount Prospect will be one of the new tenants of a vacant 112,000-square-foot industrial building in the village’s Kensington Business Center. P...

The Palatine village council has granted approval for Rep’s Burgers to add seasonal outdoor seating at its recently opened location in the former Arby’s at 139 N. Northwest Highway. The restaurant...

Legislation dissolving the district has passed the state House. It is currently being considered in the Senate.