Park Ridge News

Alcohol may be to blame for a head-on collision that killed a 24-year-old Algoma woman and her 16-month-old son Friday night in northern Illinois.

For the past two years, Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 has been free of property tax revenue caps, allowing it to increase its revenues dramatically.

Maine South grad produces 'Great American Road Trip' Comments July 2, 2009 SRO: PEOPLE TO WATCH Park Ridge native Lisa Hennessy , a 1987 graduate of Maine South High School, is executive producer of a new reality show premiering July 7 on NBC.

Firefighters work to enter the damaged office building on Friday. Fire severely damaged a vacant office building in Executive Office Plaza in Park Ridge the evening of Friday, June 26.

The Coote family of Lockport planned on taking a family road trip out West this year.

Family values are being served at Uncle Dan's Pizza and Pub, the restaurant on Northwest Highway in Park Ridge that opened in December, but will hold its grand opening celebration June 29.

The annual fireworks show, a concert, and a kiddy parade, highlight the Fourth of July weekend in Park Ridge.

Mary Lacey's daughter, Susan, and sister, Helena Kobalsky, were weeping in their seats in anticipation of a Cook County Circuit Court jury's verdict.

Schaumburg High School sophomore Laura Peterson, 16, enlisted the help of her fashion class to make 150 pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer, a group that donates the pillowcases to critically ill kids.

All residents can do is stare as rain floods Elmhurst Road between Oakton and Algonquin in Des Plaines on Friday.

Park Ridge police were involved in two drug apprehensions last week and warned parents about signs of Ecstasy use.

Jun 19, 2009 1:28 pm US/Central PARK RIDGE, Ill. A Chicago man with an apparent sudden craving for Hooters allegedly caused a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon in Park Ridge while attempting to turn in the direction of the restaurant.

Penzin and Norlock have been exhibiting their paintings next to each other for almost 20 years since joining the art league.

The Park Ridge Police Department issued a community drug alert this week following two recent arrests involving the sale of the synthetic drug, ecstasy.

Maine East High School teacher and former soccer coach Jennifer Espinosa has been fired by District 207, charged with having sex with a 16-year-old former student known to be a gang member.

Park Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt announced current members of the Flood Control Task Force during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, June 8. He selected Joe Saccomanno, former director of public works, to chair the task force.

The Park Ridge Fine Arts Society will again present its series of Friday night concerts in Hodges Park beginning June 19.

Giant wild animals will be on the prowl at the Park Ridge Public Library, 20 S. Prospect Ave., 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 17.

Park Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt on Monday, June 1 submitted Joseph Sweeney to the city council as a prospective replacement for first ward alderman, a move met with questions from some of the other aldermen who compared it to a similar situation four years earlier.

Would you like an Emerald or Ruby? Whatever jewel you select at Stone Gate Condominiums - where each condo is named after a gemstone - your purchase will mean quality construction, excellent value and a desirable location near downtown Des Plaines, developers say.