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Officials at Rolling Meadows City Hall are showing off new hardware: the Innovative Community Program in Illinois Government Award, given by the Illinois Association of Municipal Management Assistants, for the city's new unlimited paid time off policy.

This city’s unlimited paid time off policy believed to be first in suburbs

Some public employees at Rolling Meadows City Hall are now eligible for unlimited paid time off, in what is believed to be a first for a large municipality in the suburbs...

Boys basketball: Widlowski takes over at Hersey

There are always questions of what to do when one retires. Travel. Read. Play golf. Visit your children. Fremd’s Bob Widlowski had all of those plans when he stepped down...

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Jason Alexander makes his Chicago stage debut in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's “Judgment Day.”

Redemption tale: Jason Alexander stars in Chicago Shakes’ premiere of ‘Judgment Day’

Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Judgment Day” has a not-so-secret weapon, and his name is Jason Alexander.

While championships are not Bob Quinn's goal as athletic director, Naperville North has added 14 of them during his tenure there.

A consistent leader, Naperville North’s Quinn moves on to the next chapter

Retiring Naperville North athletic director Bob Quinn has come through tumultuous situations shining on the other side. Literally, he’s a survivor. A 1982 graduate of Wh...

Treat mom to Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5, at Blanco Concina y Cantina in Oak Brook.

Dining out: More Mother’s Day options, Kentucky Derby specials and more

We’re another week closer to Mother’s Day. Have you made reservations yet? Plus, Kentucky Derby dining and drinks specials and more this week.

Vernon Hills couple dead in suspected murder-suicide

A married couple was found dead in their Vernon Hills home Wednesday morning in what police say is an apparent murder-suicide. Vernon Hills police responded to the home o...

John Pilling of Saginaw, Michigan, throws a 22-pound heavy hammer during a previous Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Itasca. The event has a new home at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.

Great Scot: The Highland Games are moving to Wheaton

The Highland Games — convening this June at a new arena in Wheaton — celebrates cherished strands of Scottish culture: clan tartans, song, dance, food and brawn.

Lanae Recinas of Hoffman Estates, bottom, and Donna Zeh of Sleepy Hollow play pickleball in Elgin. The Carol Stream Park District is adding pickleball courts to Armstrong Park.

Game on, Carol Stream: Pickleball courts coming to Armstrong Park

The pickleball craze is coming to the largest park in the Carol Stream Park District. Six outdoor pickleball courts are set to be installed on the existing in-line skatin...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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