Countyline Tavern in Buffalo Grove abruptly shuts its doors. A plan for 222 townhouses and more at Oak Creek Plaza in Mundelein gains support. A group of Benedictine monks are cutting ties with Benet Academy. Mount Prospect welcomes new police chief. Gurnee ending the "vice mayor."
A bar where everybody knows your name may be a TV cliché, but to the customers and employees at Countyline Tavern in Buffalo Grove, it was reality. After ushering in the new year, the restaurant at Lake-Cook and Weidner roads abruptly shut its doors this week.