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.

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 ...

Big crowds gather at Village Green for the 2022 Play, Picnic & Party. Family-friendly activities blanketed the event grounds that included the library parking lot and park district Pavilion across ...

The former Chase Bank building at 111 E. Busse Ave. Mount Prospect Village Manager Michael Cassady said he expects direction from the village board sometime in July on whether to proceed with a ...

A father-in-law on Monday (June 29) called 911 and said his stepson, Edgar Garcia, 19, of 629 Dulles Rd., Des Plaines, was attempting to stab him with a pencil in an incident police are calling it a ...

City Council members Monday night declare the downtown white-marble former bank building at Lee and Ellinwood streets “blighted” as part of the process of substantially reducing the amount of property ...

Every four years, city of Des Plaines officials meet to discuss in detail their visions and goals for the future of the community they were elected to serve. These sessions, usually held outside of ...

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 ...