Mount Prospect News

Danny Cotini once told a friend he believed his purpose in life was to help others be happy.

Federal agents arrested 49 illegal aliens with alleged ties to violent street gangs in the north and northwest suburbs in a four-day operation targeting foreign-born gang members for arrest and/or deportation.

DES PLAINES, Ill. - Police in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines say two 41-year-old men believed to have ties to a Polish crime group used stolen identities to secure about $100,000 in loans to buy expensive ...

A 20-year-old man was killed when he lost control of his car while drag racing in Buffalo Grove.

Police in Buffalo Grove say a drag race led to the death of a 20-year-old man Wednesday afternoon in the northwest suburb.

An independent business consultant has finalized the report for Mount Prospect's retail areas, suggesting more development of office space and strip mall outlets.

It took eight years, but a stalking victim finally has something resembling relief from the relentless pursuit of a cyber-stalker, prosecutors say.

A Des Plaines teenager accused of fatally stabbing a Des Plaines man last month was indicted Friday.

Another contentious and emotional debate raged this week over plans to open a homeless shelter site in Park Ridge, this time pitting parishioners of St.

Khieng Heng, a registered and convicted sex offender, has a July 17 preliminary hearing date in Cook County Court in Skokie after being arrested Tuesday for similar offenses.

A Mt. Prospect man accused of repeatedly molesting a boy beginning when the victim was 6 years old pleaded guilty Tuesday in McHenry County Circuit Court to two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault.

A high-speed chase through Mt. Prospect led to charges against a village man and the rollover wreck of his turbo-charged car.

Two more truck terminal facilities will likely be built on recently cleared property on the north side of Touhy Avenue between Wolf and Mt.

As mourners gathered Wednesday for the wake of a young Mt. Prospect woman, police searched a house but offered few new details about the discovery of her body in a car three days earlier.

Two five-story apartment buildings in Prospect Heights were evacuated after a pool building in between them caught on fire early Thursday.

Prospect Heights police have served a search warrant on a house and are questioning at least one person in connection with the death Sunday of Gina Dominick, 20, of Mount Prospect, a police official said ...

A 20-year-old Mt. Prospect woman was found dead Sunday morning in a Honda Accord parked behind the Prospect Heights Public Library.

A man who is accused of possessing a deadly toxin found in puffer fish was previously suspected in a murder-for-hire plot, a federal affidavit said.

A Lake in the Hills man was charged with illegal possession of a toxin after the FBI raided his northwest suburban home Monday.

The Mount Prospect village board on Tuesday got another glimpse at the largest redevelopment project in the history of the village: Randhurst Village.