Smoke from wildfires hundreds of miles north hovers over Lake Opeka in Des Plaines on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Tom Wessell/Journal photo) Thursday's early risers who happened to meander outside might ...

Lane reductions have begun on Touhy Avenue and Dempster Street for work on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) bridges over the local roads in Des Plaines as part of Illinois Tollway repairs on the ...

The Elk Grove Village James Paul Petri Public Works facility at 450 E. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Village trustees approved a five-year collective bargaining agreement ...

As Panjwani Network Restaurants prepares to demolish the eight-space shopping strip at the northwest corner of Higgins Road and Cumberland Avenue to make way for a larger Dunkin Donuts and two ...

Buffalo Grove police charged an Arlington Heights man after he allegedly fired a gun following a domestic disturbance. Ernie Dotson, 38, of the 3300 block of Ellen Drive, Arlington Heights, has been ...

The Niles Police Department plans to purchase and outfit seven new Ford hybrid SUVs to serve as squad cars, Niles Deputy Police Chief Tom Fragassi said. The Niles Public Works Committee, which ...

VFW Post 9284 Cmdr. Alexander Brenke addresses the village board Tuesday night. (Journal photo) Elk Grove Village VFW members were in attendance at Tuesday’s (July 14) village board meeting when ...

The ChiSox Athletes, the Chicago White Sox organization’s NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) team, recently announced their 12 newest members, including a pair of athletes with Journal-area ties. According ...

Park Ridge City Council voted unanimously July 6 to approve a package of zoning changes and variances that will pave the way for Advocate Lutheran Hospital’s new two-story Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Two Cook County men face multiple felony charges following an armed hotel room invasion and robbery over the weekend that led to a multi-agency police pursuit. Manuel Antonio Pimentel-Rodriguez, of ...

Des Plaines Park District Executive Director Don Miletic will retire effective June 4, 2027, according to an announcement released on Monday, July 13. The Journal & Topics learned of his retirement ...