Mount Prospect News Archives

Candidates seeking election in next February's primary had the opportunity to be first to file petitions to get on the ballot last Monday.

A joint team of 10 officers apprehended eight women on Friday, Oct. 23 during a country-wide prostitution sting.

The Mt. Prospect Police Dept. along with help from the Hoffman Estates Police Dept.

Ronald H. Witt told Deerfield police officers that he knew he should not have been taking pictures of women walking to their cars, according to a police report released Monday.

As a teenager at Prospect High School, Lindsay Diakoumis remembers going to the old Des Plaines Theater for a few Battle of the Bands shows.

Mayor Irvana Wilks was the deciding vote as village board members, in a 4-3 decision Tuesday night, approved moving forward with a referendum to let the public decide on how local elections should be held in the future.

Chinbat Batmunkh, known as Chinbaa to his friends, poses for a photo with Josh Groban after the two performed together.

Mount Prospect will leave it up to the residents to determine how the village conducts their local elections.

Mt. Prospect trustees will be presented Tuesday with an ordinance calling for a referendum to be placed on this February's ballot asking residents if village elections should remain non-partisan while eliminating primary elections.

Ian Brennan has something to sing and dance about. The 31-year-old Mt. Prospect native and Prospect High School graduate is living his dream.

Four Prospect High School students recently survived a head-on car collision due to their seatbelt usage.

Creative film buffs in grades 6-12 are invited to write, shoot and edit their own films, and submit them for consideration in the Mount Prospect Library Teen Film Fest, beginning Sunday, Nov.

Mount Prospect Police Detective David Behun has been presented with the Cook County Sheriff's Law Enforcement Award of Merit, given annually to police officers from across Cook County who consistently perform beyond the call of duty as evidenced by their attitude, work ethic and professionalism.

Four northwest suburban teens who had just attended a seat belt awareness presentation at school were involved in a head-on collision on the way home -- and walked away unhurt because of their seat belts.

The Mount Prospect Winter Festival Parade is another victim of the economy. The decision to drop the traditional first Saturday in December event for at least one year will save the village $32,000 in expenses such as renting a tent and paying overtime for public safety and public works employees, said Mayor Irvana Wilks.

The Mt. Prospect Park Dist. is expected to spend under $700,000 next year on capital improvement projects, much less than the $5 million needed to catch up on projects that have been delayed over the years, according to Park Dist.

Mt. Prospect Fire Chief Mike Figolah anticipates moving into the department's new $7.7 million, 23,000 sq.

The man accused of taking a hacksaw to a hotel room peephole and then videotaping ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in the nude will be released on bail but kept on home confinement and electronic monitoring, a federal magistrate in Chicago ruled Monday after prosecutors called the man a danger to the community.

Illinois' attorney general has filed a lawsuit alleging a suburban Chicago contractor solicited roofing contracts without a license and for work he either failed to do or did poorly.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit today against a Westmont roofing contractor who lives in Mount Prospect.

The Wheeling High School band plays during the Knight of Champions 14th annual marching band competition at Prospect High School Saturday.

On the first day Mt. Prospect's south side resource center opened, a man who had been contemplating suicide walked into facility seeking help, according to Nancy Morgan, director of Human Services.

The mother of a Mount Prospect infant whose father is charged with his murder will give a deposition before she leaves the country, it was decided in Cook County Circuit Court Thursday.

Interest in filling a vacant retail space in the Mt. Prospect train station is sputtering along.