Mount Prospect Village Hall. (Journal photo) According to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, the Mount Prospect Dept. illegally shared automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data with ...

Bushra Amiwala of Skokie who is running in the 9th Congressional District. (Photo submitted) Bushra Amiwala, 27, of Skokie, the Muslim daughter of Pakistani immigrants who sits on the 73.5 school ...

Congratulations to Des Plaines History Center scholarship winner, Quintin Newbury. It was wonderful to read about his award-winning essay analyzing the Covid pandemic crisis from the perspective ...

A routine traffic stop by Park Ridge police on May 28 led to the arrest of two men on drug-related charges and Possession of Burglary Tools. At approximately 3:59 a.m. on May 28, Park Ridge police ...

A new study recently released by The Morton Arboretum indicates invasive species now dominate close to 80 percent of Chicago-area forests, threatening their structure, ecosystems, and biodiversity.

Areas throughout the Northwest suburbs and the Midwest will see their air quality impacted by smoke from wildfires burning in Canada this weekend. The smoke is prompting several communities to ...

Elk Grove Township Supervisor George Busse speaks at a Student Government Days event last year. (Photo submitted) Elk Grove Township will host an event Thursday night (May 29) honoring its former ...

Members of the Maine South and Maine West football teams participated in Saturday's flag placement. (Journal Photo) An estimated 400 people attended the annual placement of small U.S. flags at the ...

This year's Prospect boys water polo team. (Photo submitted) The high school swimming season is a grind and perhaps the most difficult of them all from a practice perspective. Swimmers spend hours ...

The TrueNorth Academy monument sign on their Highland Park campus. Glenview School Dist. 34 board members approved the withdrawal of Glenbrook High School Dist. 225 from the TrueNorth special ...

A cop waves from the roof of a Dunkin' rooftop May 16 in Niles. Niles police and village staff took up tactical positions at the Dunkin’ Donuts locations at 7039 W. Dempster St. and 7525 N.

A proposal to redevelop the former Wheels, Inc. car management property in Des Plaines with a total 158,692 sq. ft. industrial building with 30 truck stalls, was soundly rejected by city council ...