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12/20/2024

Elk Grove Village Hall, also known as the Charles Zettek Municipal Complex, (Journal file photo) Elk Grove Village trustees approved a $5.65 million purchase and sale agreement for a 71,000 sq. ft. former tennis club at 1650 Howard St. to serve as a third public works building for the village. In Au...

12/20/2024

Ald. Joe Steinfels’ (5th) proposal to convert 2-4 parking spaces in the section of Uptown south of the Metra tracks to short-term parking didn’t get very far at last Monday’s (Dec 16) meeting of the Public Works Committee of the Whole.

12/20/2024

Workers at the Starbucks store on Lee Street in Des Plaines joined unionized baristas in other major U.S. markets Friday in a strike over what they call are unfair labor practices.

12/16/2024

The process of approving a proposed seven-story apartment and commercial development on a 2.8-acre empty parcel at one of Des Plaines’ busiest downtown intersections is expected to pick up steam at Monday night’s city council meeting. Aldermen will likely determine whether to approve a Prelimina...

12/16/2024

Fifty firefighters from 11 local departments rushed to a factory on the 1100 block of Larkin Drive in Wheeling last Wednesday (Dec. 11) afternoon.

12/16/2024

Des Plaines last Thursday bought this downtown building for $1.89 million which served as the headquarters of Des Plaines National Bank many years ago.   The city of Des Plaines is now the owner of the iconic downtown former bank building at Lee and Ellinwood streets. On Thursday, Dec. 12 represent...

12/13/2024

A 28-year-old man from Skokie has been charged with Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm in connection with reports of a shooting in a quiet Des Plaines residential neighborhood on Monday, Dec. 9.

12/13/2024

Palatine police charged a Wheeling man who allegedly kidnapped and battered a woman he was in a relationship with.

12/13/2024

DeWayne Thompson A Chicago man has been charged in the stabbing death of a Des Plaines woman on Thursday, Dec. 5. Dwayne Thompson, 63 of 4702 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, has been charged with First Degree Murder in relation to the Dec. 5 fatal stabbing at 1443 Ashland Ave. in Des Plaines. According t...

12/11/2024

Only a few weeks after announcing the head football coaching position was open at St. Viator, the position has been filled by its most famous name to date, Robbie Gould. The former first team All-Pro and the 10th leading scorer in NFL history with 1,961 points, played for the Chicago Bears (2005-15)...

12/11/2024

Gunshots were fired on the 1500 block of Walnut Avenue in Des Plaines Monday morning, Dec. 9, resulting in the temporary “securing” of Central Elementary School.

12/11/2024

As the Arlington Heights village president and trustees took pains to emphasize, the agreement they approved during Monday’s (Dec. 9) special village board meeting didn’t commit them to a new Chicago Bears stadium -- but it does set some groundwork for the future redevelopment of the former Arli...

12/11/2024

OFF THE RECORD column Grasping a placard with his right hand, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-8th) was in a fighting mood yesterday (Tuesday) morning. He and about 20 other Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee were grilling Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in the na...

12/09/2024

Two males wearing ski masks and brandishing one or more guns robbed two individuals in the parking lot of Rivers Casino at 2:48 a.m. Saturday. No one was hurt, said Des Plaines police. The suspects, however, fled the area after taking numerous personal items from the victims including about $2,000.

12/09/2024

Two police officers and a firefighter who were near Friday's garbage truck fire and natural gas explosion in Arlington Heights were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

12/09/2024

Investigators from the Major Case Assistance Team were on the scene of a fatality, which may have been a homicide, near downtown Des Plaines Friday morning (Dec. 6).

12/06/2024

Niles Notre Dame’s athletic program and football team will look a bit different in 2025-26 as the Dons will have a new athletic director and new head football coach for the first time since the 1980s after Mike Hennessey announced his retirement at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Niles Notre D...

12/06/2024

Rolling Meadows made a huge splash a year ago when they named Robbie Gould, a retired NFL Pro Bowl kicker, as their new head football coach. That joy was short-lived as Gould and the school parted ways after one season. Gould, who mostly played for the Chicago Bears and the San Francisco 49ers, guid...

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