City records show civil plans were signed off Friday for Phase II of Boeing’s South Yard at Cecil Airport, moving the project into site‑work and infrastructure stages.

Skyline Catering’s Wunsch family has bought the Bucyrus Club and adjacent parking from the city, cementing local ownership of the downtown event center and museum.

Belmont Park smoothed the Giant Dipper with about $1.6M in repairs and opened a free Shipwreck Cove play area as it readies for the summer rush. The upgrades aim to keep the park nostalgic while handling bigger crowds.

O'Fallon is weighing a roughly $22 million plan to replace its 1994 library; officials say the building is undersized and voters could be asked to fund a new facility.

Crews tore down most of Inglewood High’s century-old buildings this week as the district moves ahead with a multimillion-dollar rebuild. The gym and auditorium will be preserved while students learn off-site.

LyondellBasell brought down two 350‑foot coker towers at its Houston refinery on April 12 as part of site transition work. The company says impacts outside a safety zone were minimal.

Built Strong trains and matches minority-owned subcontractors to compete for work in Greater Cleveland’s nearly $30B construction pipeline.

Phoenix has broken ground on Helen Drake Village, an 80-unit affordable senior housing campus next to the Helen Drake Senior Center. Units will target households at 30–60% AMI and the project aims for 2027 completion.

A packed Valley View High School meeting in Archbald has become the latest front in a nationwide fight over AI data‑center projects, with locals, lawmakers and developers clashing over water, power and zoning.

Plans for DuPont's Old Fort Lake trails hinge on who pays to clean arsenic- and lead‑tainted soil.

Lisle trustees approved a scaled‑down rebuild of Benet Academy’s stadium with strict limits on lighting, sound monitoring and reduced seating after contentious hearings.

Galveston planners advanced Discovery Sands, a Blackard Companies proposal for a lagoon‑centered "coastal village" on the island’s West End. Neighbors and conservation groups warn it could threaten wetlands and strain infrastructure.

Limerick planners attached 18 conditions to a proposed 1.4M‑sq‑ft data center, demanding sound studies, water assurances, generator limits and a de‑commissioning bond. The Board of Supervisors will take up the request April 14.