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 ...

Mount Prospect Village Trustee Vince Dante recently announced he is running once again for a four-year village trustee seat in next April’s consolidated election. “Being a responsible, ethical trustee ...

Three Chicago juveniles have been charged after authorities say they fired shots from a moving vehicle on a Mount Prospect street in broad daylight, prompting a multi-agency response that tracked the ...

Palatine Township Elementary School Dist. 15 board member Lisa Beth Szczupaj resigned following Tuesday’s (June 30) board meeting, citing professional and family commitments that prevent her from ...

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.

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 ...

Following a search for 13-year-old Alexy Schroeter, who left his home near Lions Park in Mount Prospect on foot around 11:30 p.m. Monday, June 29, he was found safe in the next day, Tuesday, in nearby ...

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 ...