U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, who has represented the area’s 5th Congressional District since 2009, officially kicked off his campaign for Chicago mayor on Saturday (June 27) -- even as is still trying to ...

Republican Party committeepersons chose candidates to run for five Cook County Board of Commissioners seats, including two seats that fall within the Journal & Topics coverage area, in the November ...

The Union Pacific Northwest Line, Metra’s second-busiest line, won’t operate on Sunday, July 19 due to the maintenance of another line that crosses its tracks near downtown Des Plaines.

A 30-year-old man from west suburban Roselle has been charged with Resisting a Police Officer and Battery after he allegedly hit a hand of a police officer who was trying to handcuff him on June 23 at ...

A special Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 meeting was expected to be held Monday (June 29) in order to remove mold recently located at Westbrook School, 103 Busse Rd.

Elk Grove Village VFW Post 9284 will soon move into a new home in the former FedEx store at 960 Elk Grove Town Center, Post ...

The Des Plaines Park District will host a public meeting on Wednesday, July 15 at West Park beginning at 6 p.m. Officials will meet with district consultant JSD of Des Plaines at that time to discuss ...

Demolition began last month at the former Signode Campus, a 56-acre industrial site, at 3600 to 3700 West Lake Avenue, near ...

The Des Plaines Park District’s refusal in April to turn over records pertaining to a list of directives the park board presented to Executive Director Don Miletic in 2019 is now the subject of a ...

Niloe Police Officer Jessica Zia (left) holding a new autism pack, with Police Social Worker Tony Bertram at the Niles Police Station. (Niles police photo) About three weeks after the Niles Police ...

Former bank building at 678 Lee St. in downtown Des Plaines that will become the site of a new restaurant named the Dime. City Council members Monday night declare the downtown white-marble former ...

A performance at the 2025 Taste of Park Ridge (Photo by Shawn Clisham/Special to the Journal) The Taste of Park Ridge is right around the corner. The annual event begins Thursday, July 9 and runs ...