An 18-year-old Des Plaines female has been charged with one felony count of disorderly conduct following an alleged threat she made to “shoot up” North Elementary School. Des Plaines police ...

About 20 Des Plaines elected officials and area residents gathered in Metropolitan Square last Monday (Dec. 30) to light the sixth “candle” of the menorah and reflect on the meaning of Hanukkah.

Maine East snapped their 10-game losing streak with a superior 81-62 effort over MCC Academy in the third round of the four-day Boys Holiday Basketball Tournament in Park Ridge last Saturday.

Movers make their way to the new Rosemont Village Hall last May. (Journal photo) The “big” stories of 2024 were indeed big: a presidential election, a rare solar eclipse, swarms of cicadas ...

Wheeling 64, Buffalo Grove 61 (OT): Wheeling’s Kye Parker Peterson (22 points, 6 3-pointers) tied a Wheeling Hardwood Classic record for the most 3-pointers in a tournament (20) that has stood ...

The 46th Wheeling Hardwood Classic championship plaque is returning to Fremd High School in Palatine for a third time in program history after knocking off Deerfield 56-44 Saturday, Dec. 28.

The Tuesday, April 1 race for Elk Grove Township Elementary School Dist. 59 Board of Education is no longer contested after Cook County Electoral Board members removed three candidates from the ...

Hersey finished in fifth place at the Pekin Holiday Tournament with a 3-1 record as the Huskies improved to 12-1 overall this season. Among the tournament leaders for Hersey were Charlie Pomis (66 ...

Glenview has two new deputy directors of community development in Doug Hammel and Adam Aronson, who were hired in November. About a year ago, former deputy development director Jeff Rogers left ...

Prospect entered the Wheeling Hardwood Classic with a 4-6 record, but they were more competitive than the record indicated. After winning the first game of the boys basketball tournament 57-53 in ...

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 ...

Niles Fire Chief Marty Feld stands by a congratulatory sign on a fire ladder truck, working his last shift before retiring at the Saturday, Nov. 30 Holly Jolly Fest, where he watched over a safe ...