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Will County Passes Comprehensive Adult Entertainment Ordinance
Will County Board Meeting | April 16, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board passed Ordinance 26-133, enacting Chapter 119…
Frankfort Township Board Approves Highway Salt Purchase, Restructures Financial Signers
Frankfort Township Board Meeting | March 9, 2026 Article Summary: The Frankfort Township Board unanimously approved a resolution updating its Illinois…
Frankfort Amends Zoning Code to Update Special Use Permits and Downtown Residential Materials
Frankfort Village Board Meeting | April 20, 2026 Article Summary: The Village Board approved a package of text amendments that…
Will County Board Approves Controversial Solar Farms Following Court Mandate
Will County Board Meeting | April 16, 2026 Article Summary: Under the strict constraints of a court-issued writ of mandamus,…
Frankfort Village Board Greenlights Dutch Bros Coffee Drive-Through on LaGrange Road
Frankfort Village Board Meeting | April 20, 2026 Article Summary: The Village Board approved a series of Special Use Permits…
Oldest preserve expansion pushes acreage past 24,000 milestone
The Forest Preserve’s first acquisition of the year not only expands the District’s oldest preserve, it also pushes total acreage…
On the road to 100 years: How the Forest Preserve District expanded
As the Forest Preserve District approaches its centennial year in 2027 with a total of nearly 24,000 protected acres, it’s…
Executive Committee Advances Sweeping Updates to Adult Entertainment and Wireless Facilities Ordinances
Will County Board Executive Committee Meeting | April 9, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Executive Committee advanced two…
Ad-Hoc Committee: County’s Lack of Home Rule Stifles Effort to Ban Kratom and Non-Nicotine Vapes
Will County Board Ad-Hoc Ordinance Review Committee Meeting | April 14, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Ad-Hoc Ordinance…
Meeting Summary and Briefs: Frankfort Village Board for April 6, 2026
Frankfort Village Board Meeting | April 6, 2026 The Frankfort Village Board met on Monday, April 6, 2026, opening the…
Indiana Man Faces Federal Indictment, Potential Death Penalty for Momence Bar Owner’s Murder
Article Summary: State prosecutors have officially transferred the first-degree murder case against Julius Burkes to the U.S. Department of Justice.…
Ad-Hoc Committee: New State Laws Force Shift in How Police Handle Student Cannabis and Tobacco Violations
Will County Board Ad-Hoc Ordinance Review Committee Meeting | April 14, 2026 Article Summary: As Will County updates its drug…