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The second installment of 2025 property tax bills are expected to hit mailboxes on or before Sept. 1, according to the board. Violet Miller/Sun-Times

The Cook County Board of Review has opened prefiling appeals for next year's property taxes, allowing homeowners whose property was damaged in recent storms to start the process of reducing their 2027 tax bill.

The school unveiled the statue, which sits just southeast of the school's basketball area and athletic center, on what would have been the Catholic nun and basketball fan's 107th birthday.

Residential tax bills increased by 5.34%, or a collective $600 million, between 2024 and 2025 countywide.

Ald. Julia Ramirez said agents pinned a pickup truck on the highway before chasing a man to the city's Southwest Side and detaining him.

It comes after 12 of the paper's staffers were laid off earlier this month, including executive editor Lisa Miner, the paper's copy desk and page designers, according to the guild.

NIPSCO filed one rate increase application on Aug. 11 — the day of the storms — and two more on Aug. 14 and 20, respectively, with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Cops have been accused of tapping into Flock's sprawling network to stalk people, while activists have been charged with vandalizing the company's cameras. But as some municipalities have jettisoned the technology, others have gone all in.

Flock's plate reader cameras have sparked a heated debate over mass surveillance, spurring protests and arrests in Chicago's suburbs. Here are the answers to some key question.

Homer Glen announced Monday that it was suspending the use of Flock cameras within its borders pending an investigation after a Will County Sheriff's Deputy was placed on administrative leave amid allegations he misused the database of license plate tracking data.