Shell casings were recovered by Des Plaines police in the area of a report of shots fired overnight Thursday (Feb. 20). According to a Des Plaines police report, a witness in the 1500 block of ...

Standing, Person A, Person B, John Gier, Aldona Salska (retired PHPLD librarian wearing the sweater), Teri Latter, Prairie Markussen (who also runs the Morton College Human Library event in Cicero ...

Firefighters at scene of Scott Street fire Saturday night in Des Plaines. The owner of a single-family house at 2838 Scott St. in Des Plaines arrived home Saturday, Feb. 22 at about 8:30 p.m. to ...

Woody Hughes in 2013. Among his honors are combat medals from Saipan and Iwo Jima, where he witnessed the flag raisings on Mt. Suribachi. He died in 2021. (Journal file photo) The bodies of ...

The Prospect High School Band Boosters will host the 6th Annual Dynamic Duo Knight Out from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 1, in the Prospect High School Field House, 801 W. Kensington Rd., Mount ...

Each of the three candidates running for mayor of Arlington Heights brings different views to the table on why they should lead the community for the next four years. Arlington Heights Chamber of ...

Get stories as soon as they happen. Subscribe to the Journal &n Topics. Visit journal-topics.com and click on “Subscribe”. North Maine Fire Protection District Chief Robert McKay, 61, died ...

The fine concert hall of Artis-Naples in Florida. Smart travelers know they don’t have to leave great music behind when they travel to sunny places. Some of the best orchestras in the world go ...

While Planning and Zoning Commission member Dominik Bronakowski doesn’t have as much experience in Des Plaines government as the other person running for city clerk, Ald. Carla Brookman (5th ...

The 52nd annual Mid-Suburban League (MSL) girls basketball championship ended with a familiar team on top, but how it happened was unlike any MSL title game before. Prospect (24-7, 10-0 MSL East ...

Arlington Heights library candidates (from left) Moncada, Yousif, McClaney, Weiner and Watts. Five candidates are running for two, six-year seats on the Arlington Heights Library Board of Trustees ...

Friday’s (Feb. 21) procession for officer Robert Fryc arrives at Our Lady of Wayside Church in Arlington Heights. Fryc passed away in a traffic crash in Barrington on Sunday morning, Feb. 16, on ...