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 ...

Niloe Police Officer Jessica Zia (left) holding a new autism pack, with Police Social Worker Tony Bertram at the Niles Police Station. (Niles police photo) About three weeks after the Niles Police ...

The Des Plaines Park District’s refusal in April to turn over records pertaining to a list of directives the park board presented to Executive Director Don Miletic in 2019 is now the subject of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earth is moved in front of a home in Niles while a water service line is replaced. (Village of Niles photo) Niles officials are transitioning from a pilot program into the first phase of a 12-year, ...

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 ...