Rosemont News

Chicago used to be King of the Hill when it came to conventions. Not anymore. Las Vegas, Orlando, even Rosemont are all gaining ground.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched a new website, U.S. Foodservice Workers United today.

Cook County Sheriff's Police announced charges against more than 100 people, several from the Northwest suburbs, in a six-month police investigation called "Operation Room Service." The investigation occurred at hotels and motels along Mannheim Road south of O'Hare International Airport.

Substantial interest to erect new billboards throughout Rosemont, including on property where future redevelopment may occur, has prompted village officials to take a wait and see attitude.

A 25-year-old Rosemont parolee convicted in September of the 2005 slaying of Stephen Trafford, learned Thursday that he will spend the better part of his life in prison.

The Ringling Brothers Circus is back in town, which means a few things. Bad - our sports teams will have to take harrowing road trips.

Chances are that the first Red Light cameras won't be installed in Des Plaines until after the first of the year.

The schedule was listed in the latest WWE Magazine. It appears that WWE has not even tentatively scheduled some of the summer events, as there is a notable gap between May and August.

Rosemont, Ill. - Iowa basketball coach Todd Lickliter hasn't ruled out redshirting forward Devon Archie, who injured his shoulder the first week of practice.

Some of the news coming out of the ISC East show, here, is about another show: PSA-TEC. PSA Security's annual education and exhibition event, held in the Chicago area, has decided to move its dates from June 14 through 18, 2010, to May 24 through 28, 2010, at the Stephens Convention Center, in Rosemont, Ill.

Red wine, a juicy steak and an old fashioned musical make for a fine night out. Gibson's Restaurant Group It's a strecth to be able to afford a couple of theater tickets these days, but a show and dinner? Ouch.

Five hundred seventy five guests attended the Park Ridge-based Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Angels Ball on Saturday, Oct.

Newly-computed tax rates throughout Cook County were released yesterday showing across the board reductions.

They started throwing bras in Tacoma. That was the second night of the American Idol Live Tour.

Vicente Fernandez, a musical icon in Mexico, brings his traditional ranchera singing and musical style to the Northwest suburbs.

Glenview-based Lifesource and as many as 400 of its employees may soon be moving to a new four-story building in Rosemont once approval is granted, the Journal & Topics Newspapers has learned.

The economy may be in the pits, but it looks like Barry Manilow is banking on being recession-proof. The warbler of "Mandy" and other soft-pop cookies has one of the strangest ticket scales I've seen for a big-name concert.

Well, it's official: There will be an outdoors show at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in January.

The flooding report from Christopher B. Burke Engineering of Rosemont should come to Park Ridge in early November.

When Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Video Gaming Act in July, he opened the door for video gambling machines in bars, truck stops and restaurants across the state.