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01/17/2025

OFF THE RECORD column Justyce Broadway Williams Two years ago tonight (Wednesday), nine minutes before midnight, teenager Justyce Broadway-Williams stopped breathing. A bullet fired from behind killed him instantly. For good measure, someone also shot a 40-caliber bullet into his stomach. Within min...

01/17/2025

Elk Grove Village trustees Tuesday (Jan. 13) approved purchasing properties in two areas of town -- including part of a shopping center at Meacham and Biesterfield roads for possible development into a skating rink.

01/17/2025

Stevenson High School has a new superintendent to succeed Eric Twadell next summer.

01/15/2025

The Park Ridge Park District Board of Commissioners voted unanimously during its last meeting of 2024 to make it harder for families to obtain refunds when they cancel camp registrations -- all in hopes of reducing notoriously long summer camp wait lists. April Armer, the park district’s superinte...

01/15/2025

(iStock.com/Tzido) Glenbrook High School Dist. 225 Supt. Charles Johns discussed a worldwide data breach of PowerSchool, the student information system used by Dist. 225, at Monday’s school board meeting. District officials said the global hack impacted 16,000 of PowerSchool’s organizational cus...

01/10/2025

Last year it was water main replacements that caused traffic tie-ups on Tonne Road, the major four-lane arterial route that runs along the western edge of the Elk Grove Business Park. In 2025 it will be a complete rebuilding of the roadway.

01/10/2025

If Elk Grove residents notice a slight haze to the water coming from their taps, that's just the Chicago Dept. of Water Management (CDWM) and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) updating their corrosion control protocols. Village officials say the water is safe to drink.

01/10/2025

An online fundraiser has been started for a Des Plaines native who lost his home in this week’s Los Angeles area wildfires.

01/08/2025

Just a reminder that Post Offices are closed tomorrow for the Day of Mourning in honor of Jimmy Carter. Please allow the later delivery on your Thursday papers. Thank you for being a Journal & Topics reader!

01/08/2025

The Cook County Highway Dept. will host an informational open house on the upcoming replacement of the East Lake Avenue bridge over the Chicago River North Branch from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview.

01/08/2025

Illinois State Police logo. A school bus with students and an adult administrator aboard was involved in a traffic accident with injuries at 11:26 a.m. Monday (Jan. 6) on I-290 near State Route 390 near Elk Grove Village. State police did not immediately answer Journal & Topics questions as to the e...

01/08/2025

Triple Scoop’d Ice Cream Shop, 801 Devon Ave., got an outpouring of support from customers, neighbors and elected officials after it was burglarized on Christmas Eve. According to police, on the night of Dec. 24, 2024, three men shattered the Park Ridge shop’s glass door, went in, grabbed the ca...

01/08/2025

A new show, one that’s been an annual event at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago, will open this Wednesday for the first time at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Boats of all shapes and sizes will fill the convention center when the Chicago Boat Show is held Jan. 8-12. Accor...

01/08/2025

Police charged a Palatine man with allegedly killing a woman who was found dead in late November. According to police, at approximately 11:26 p.m. Nov. 29, officers responded to a well-being check in the 1700 block of N. Hicks Road. They located 42-year-old Fatima Lizeth Escalante Matamoros with a s...

01/03/2025

Artist's rendering provides possible glimpse into the future, should an Algonquin Road overpass be built over freight tracks between Wolf and Mount Prospect roads. While Des Plaines city officials have appeared united in their preference that a section of Algonquin Road be elevated to allow traffic....

01/03/2025

Two individuals that were running for Township High School Dist. 211 board in the April 1 election have been removed from the ballot by the Cook County Electoral Board following objections to their nominating petitions.

01/03/2025

Hangar One Foundation officials are asking the village of Glenview for help to secure them a new, more visible home, which could cost as much as $5 million, or their museum could close within six months.

Blast from the Past! Who attended this former school? We would love to hear your stories and memories from your years he...
12/31/2024

Blast from the Past! Who attended this former school? We would love to hear your stories and memories from your years here!

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