Rendering of planned new Costco Business Center in Des Plaines. The Costco would be located on the right and the shaded area is where part of Peterson Lake will be filled in. Des Plaines aldermen, on ...

Retired marketing writer Vic Larson said that he sort of stumbled into writing not one, but two books about the decades he lived in Park Ridge. He wrote many short stories, and he realized that the ...

Can some new blood provide a spark for Republican Party organizations in area townships? Voters think so. * Slobodan “Bodo” Jokic appears headed for victory as Maine Township Republican ...

A Niles fire engine and a battalion chief's SUV were at the scene of today's basement fire in the 7000 block of Dobson Street on Monday, March 16. (Niles Fire Dept. photo) Firefighters from six ...

A police vehicle remains on scene of death investigation outside hotel on 2400 block of Landmeier in Elk Grove Village on Feb. 26, 2026. (Tom Wessell/Journal photo) Elk Grove Village will hold a ...

A construction worker on Monday makes adjustments to a west doorway that leads in and out of the new Rosemont History Museum inside village hall on Technology Boulevard. The interior work is in ...

View looking west on East Lake Avenue at intersection with Waukegan Road. (Photo submitted) Construction began Saturday on a $6 million project to overhaul the intersection of East Lake Avenue and ...

The closed Evan's Place at Touhy Avenue and Birch in Des Plaines on March 6, 2026. (Journal photo) After the closing of Evan’s Place, a Des Plaines fast food joint at 1900 E. Touhy Ave., occurred ...

The Rand Road bridge over the Des Plaines River in Des Plaines on March 8, 2026. (Journal photo) The positioning of equipment for major improvements to the Rand Road bridge over the Des Plaines ...

A 60-year-old Chicago man faces a misdemeanor reckless driving charge after a dispute over a taxi fare left a passenger with severe injuries on March 2. Abderrezak Djerrah, of 7445 N. Oconto Ave., was ...

Demolition continues March 11, 2026 on the former Regent O'Hare Business Center office building at the northeast corner of Busse and Landmeier roads to make room for a new data center. (Tom ...

The 100-year-old memorial at Rand and Ballard roads in Des Plaines that’s dedicated to the servicemen who fought at the World War I battle at Belleau Wood, was recently vandalized. A citizen on March ...