Among 50 suburban townships, taxpayers are charged an average of less than $47,000 per mile annually in property taxes. However, that rate can be as high as $100,000 per mile in some places and less than $6,000 a mile elsewhere.
The search is on for a qualified appointee to ultimately succeed longtime Schaumburg Township Assessor John Lawson, who s moved to a newly built home in Huntley.
A Texas man who punched a motorcyclist Tuesday in a Barrington Township road-rage case also faces a weapons charge, the Cook County sheriff s office said Wednesday.
On Aug. 4, 1972, four members of a Barrington Hills family were murdered in their home by four Chicago men who were members of a loosely organized group known as De Mau Mau. Fifty years later, a longtime resident and criminology experts reflect upon the crime and its impact on the sleepy suburban community.