Des Plaines News

Two men were arrested Aug. 15 in connection with two auto burglaries in Park Ridge.

Real, live, fragrant flowers will fill the hanging baskets in Des Plaines next year -- not phony silk imitations.

The famed downtown Choo Choo Restaurant property is being eyed by Des Plaines city officials for possible purchase to make way for construction of a new police headquarters or some other development, the ...

Arthur Grewe is returning home this weekend. The nearly 100-year-old former Des Plaines resident has a birthday to celebrate and a block party to go to.

Good weather and fun, family- centered activities helped make Sister Fest a success on Saturday, Aug.

It's decision time for a major proposed upgrade of school buildings and programs in Des Plaines School District 62.

Des Plaines city officials are expected to approve the hiring of a Rosemont company Monday night to prepare plans for a new bicycle path along a stretch of Central Road that's also earmarked for resurfacing ...

Illinois state senators overwhelmingly rejected a 13.8% pay hike Tuesday by a vote of 44 "nays", zero "yeas" and three votes as "present." The raise would have seen some top lawmakers' pay shoot beyond ...

Four days after William Burton borrowed a friend's car, the 31-year-old Des Plaines man was found shot to death inside the trunk of the burned vehicle.

Sixth ward Ald. Mark Walsten will meet with the owner of the O'Hare Lakes office center today to discuss the possibility of moving a controversial billboard onto his property and recent revelations that efforts ...

A healthcare school that's been operating in Des Plaines since the fall of 2007, is applying for a city-issued Conditional Use Permit-something that was required before it opened for business.

Gov. Blagojevich has ordered state agencies to tighten their belts and submit revised budgets in an effort to chop $1.4 billion from the state budget.

Quoting Chicago visionary Daniel Burnham, Ray Hund of the Des Plaines Methodist Campground said, "Make no small plans." Hund has spent the better part of the last month promoting an ambitious plan to raise ...

Consumers are finally seeing some relief at the gas pump as prices in the North and Northwest suburbs recently slipped under $4 per gallon at local filling stations for the first time in several months.

Families and homeowners on two small, quiet streets at Des Plaines' southwest corner are concerned, curious and perplexed about efforts in recent weeks to purchase property in their tree-lined neighborhood.

A large Des Plaines company has agreed to pay $30 million in forfeiture and restitution for the corrupt conduct of its sales agents in Chicago and elsewhere who systematically provided nearly $10 million in ...

Des Plaines city officials will meet this Thursday night, Aug. 14, at Maine West High School to begin discussion on how to redevelop familiar stretches of property along Oakton Street and Elmhurst Road.

There's a story in every story of the apartment building populated by the characters in Jeff Zwirek's Burning Building Comix.

Arthur Grewe, who watched Des Plaines change from a horse and buggy town to a 21st century city, will celebrate his 100th birthday with his former neighbors Saturday.

They say money can't buy you love. Maybe not. But it can get you out of a criminal charge, at least if you're a large, publicly traded corporation.