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 ...

The former Ten Ninety Brewing Company building at 1015-1025 Waukegan Rd. in Glenview will likely become the new home for the Oil Lamp Theater. “We just sold this property on Monday,” Peter Cacciatore, ...

A local high school teacher was charged in federal court with transporting child pornography on an international flight from Chicago to Mexico City. Thomas Neal, 42, was arrested after Mexican border ...

The Mount Prospect Planning and Zoning Commission tomorrow (Thursday) will consider a proposal to demolish a vacant office building and construct a large industrial warehouse at the corner of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...