Mount Prospect Journal

Mount Prospect Journal Journal & Topics Media Group, covering the community news of Mount Prospect, Illinois.

08/30/2022

Rogers Candidates interested in running next April for Mount Prospect Village Board can begin collecting nominating signatures around the third week of September. One current board member who plans to run again aired his concerns over the status of the Randhurst Village retail center. Richard Rogers...

08/30/2022

Edwards A Mount Prospect fire lieutenant is suing the village and some of its top staffers alleging misconduct and harassment within the fire department and for allegedly attempting to fire him for coming forward with his claims. A federal lawsuit from Lt. Steven Edwards was filed in U.S. District C...

06/15/2022

Mount Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 and its teachers union have reached a tentative deal on a new five-year contract that will start July 1 and conclude June 30, 2027.

06/08/2022

The remnants of a fire that displaced close to two dozen people June 6. (Photo courtesy of Mount Prospect Fire Dept.) A fire that broke out at an apartment on Mount Prospect’s south side resulted in the displacement of 22-25 residents along with three dogs and one albino python snake. The first ca...

05/31/2022

Governor J.B. Pritzker greeting and shaking hands with supporters next to the Veterans Memorial Bandshell stage (Noah Festenstein/Journal Photo). The annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony held in Mount Prospect on Monday, May 30, remembered those who gave their lives defending the country. Immedia...

05/27/2022

Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to attend Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the Lions Park Memorial Bandshell in Mount Prospect, the Journal has learned.

The 29-unit development would be called Lions Park Row. A planning and zoning hearing is scheduled for June 9.
05/16/2022

The 29-unit development would be called Lions Park Row. A planning and zoning hearing is scheduled for June 9.

Artist's rendering of rowhomes proposed for School Street near Lions Park. Construction of more new homes is proposed just south and east of downtown Mount Prospect. Members of the planning and zoning commission expect June 9 at 7 p.m. at village hall, 50 S. Emerson St., to hear a proposal for const...

Lock your car doors and remove any valuables overnight, police say.
05/11/2022

Lock your car doors and remove any valuables overnight, police say.

Image of possible offender taken by surveillance video on May 1. The Mount Prospect Police Dept. is investigating several burglaries to unlocked motor vehicles that were reported on two separate dates. On May 1, police received several reports from residents that an unknown person(s) entered unlocke...

The lone vote against the new contract explains her decision.
05/04/2022

The lone vote against the new contract explains her decision.

The River Trails Elementary School Dist. 26 Board of Education approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the River Trails Education Association (RTEA). The union ratified the deal April 20 before board approval April 26. The new contract will be in effect from July 1, 2022 through Ju...

04/07/2022

Vehicle being towed out of the water. It was no April Fool's joke when a Schaumburg woman allegedly drove into a retention pond on Mount Prospect’s south side Friday, April 1 and was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Police and firefighters at approximately 7:17 p.m. were dispat...

03/29/2022

(iStock.com/artolympic) Two 16-year-olds were charged March 23 by Mount Prospect police after the youths allegedly shot water beads at passersby. The two were each charged with possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor and disorderly conduct. These charges stem from an incident that occurred near....

01/04/2022

Due to increasing COVID-19 cases, the Mount Prospect Special Events Commission has decided to cancel the 2022 Shining Stars Gala honoring the village's 2021 Shining Star winners. The village says

11/03/2021

The Mount Prospect community lost one of its longtime public servants in former village trustee Leo Floros who died Saturday, Oct. 30 at the age of 94. Floros was elected to the Dist. 57 school board

Who's behind this interesting idea for downtown MP.
09/29/2021

Who's behind this interesting idea for downtown MP.

In the 1985 movie "Back to the Future," residents of Hill Valley were asked to raise funds to "save the clocktower." In Mount Prospect, something similar could happen soon. With th

Two days later, police were still working to identify the victim.
09/23/2021

Two days later, police were still working to identify the victim.

Mount Prospect police are asking for the public's help in assisting with information on a fatal crash that claimed the life of a pedestrian Sunday, Sept. 19. According to police, at approximately

09/08/2021

A large turnout of local residents, community members and law enforcement searched for a Mount Prospect boy who went missing on Labor Day, but was found safe and unharmed. According to police, officer

09/01/2021

The next step toward redeveloping the former police and fire headquarters in downtown Mount Prospect will take place Thursday, Sept. 9 when members of the village's planning and zoning commission

08/25/2021

There's a real "buzz" occurring on one Mount Prospect street.

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The Journal & Topics Newspapers has its roots dating back to 1930.

It was during the depths of the Great Depression when Mr. Robert Fabian, then an employee of an area newspaper, decided to launch the new Des Plaines Journal. Fabian owned and operated the Journal until 1947 when Richard and Mary Jane Wessell bought the newspaper.

Mr. and Mrs. Wessell saved their money during the War years to purchase the Des Plaines Journal. Mr. Wessell served in the Pacific Theater with the U.S. Navy during World War II while Mrs. Wessell worked at the Merchandise Mart during those years.

During the next five decades the Journal grew to its present day 17-newspaper operation with separate editions in Des Plaines, Mt. Prospect, Rosemont, Prospect Hts., Niles, Elk Grove Village, Arlington Hts., Glenview, Wheeling, Palatine, Buffalo Grove, Rolling Meadows and other nearby communities that ring the “world’s busiest airport” O’Hare.

The word “Topics” was added to the Journal’s masthead in 1979 when the five Topics newspapers were purchased by the Wessell family.