Thoughts & squawks about people, places and things in our neck of the woods. There’s a lot going on… In Des Plaines we heard this week that representatives of the developer who wants to build ...

Mount Prospect Village Hall. (Journal photo) Residents asked trustees for reassurance during the public comment portion of Tuesday’s (Feb. 4) village board meeting after the village posted on ...

Bears principal owner Virginia McCaskey, eldest daughter of team founder, player and coach George Halas (in background photo), is introduced at the team's centennial celebration at the Donald E.

A front loader reloads road salt into a Niles Public Works plow at the public works facility. (Journal file photo) Motorists and pedestrians awoke to a thin layer of ice blanketing sidewalks and ...

A threat allegedly made by a Glenbrook South High School student on social media was unfounded, according to police and school district officials. Glenview police responded to Glenbrook South at ...

Bears principal owner Virginia McCaskey, eldest daughter of team founder, player and coach George Halas (in background photo), is introduced at the team's centennial celebration at the Donald E.

A Niles police squad car. (Journal file photo) While most eyes will be on TV screens this Super Bowl Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles, Niles police will keep their ...

Rendering of new Rosemont ice rink complex. Exterior construction is substantially complete on the new $34.5 million indoor ice arena in Rosemont, announced contractor Nicholas & Associates.

While the name changes every five years, the focus on the future of education remains the same. Similarly, the Dist. 207 Board of Education adopted support for the Vision 2025 initiative in 2020 ...

Niles firefighter Jon Hutchins extinguishes a dumpster fire near apartments on Milwaukee Avenue Tuesday. (Niles Fire Dept. photo) Niles firefighters made quick work of a dumpster fire at 8625 N.

League of Women Voters Logo The League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights-Mount Prospect-Buffalo Grove has scheduled candidate forums for the Arlington Heights mayoral and village trustee races ...

The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business Mixer at Jackson Junge Gallery to celebrate the release of the 2025 WPB Neighborhood & Arts Guide and unveiling of the cover artwork.