The wailing sounds of emergency vehicle sirens followed by two ear-splitting toots from an arriving Metra locomotive signaled the return of Operation North Pole in downtown Des Plaines Saturday ...

Pickwick Theater owner Dino Vlahakis at the Dec. 15, 2025 Park Ridge Committee of the Whole meeting (Photo by Igor Studenkov/Journal & Topics Reporter) Park Ridge Committee of the Whole members voted ...

High-voltage transmission lines run through the Elk Grove Business Park (background) as construction continued on the Microsoft data campus and its electrical substation on last fall (Tom ...

A Niles man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his estranged girlfriend Tuesday morning (Dec. 16) in Schaumburg, police said. Alfredo Bri Briseno. (Schaumburg police ...

At least three prominent Elk Grove Village buildings -- the park district Pavilion, the public library, and part of village hall -- lost power on Monday (Dec. 15) with services not restored until the ...

A ribbon-cutting was held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Gusto's on Glenview Road. (Photo submitted) Gusto Italiano Ristorante held a grand reopening on Wednesday, Dec. 10, with officials from the Glenview ...

Northfield Township Highway Commissioner Mike Korman authorized a $25,000 contract to repaint parking lot stripes at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview over Labor Day weekend — a project that is ...

The Exam Jamm at Lake Zurich High School was everything late coach Dave Yates could have asked for to complement his Chicagoland Invitational Showcase held at Fremd High School each year. Yates, a ...

Pace Route 234 and 208 buses stop at downtown Des Plaines Metra station, the city's bus hub (Photo by Igor Studenkov/Journal & Topics Reporter) Pace launched service improvements on six routes ...

Retiring Elk Grove Village Multimedia Administrator Ross Rowe (right) accepts a street sign made in his hono,r presented by Mayor Craig Johnson *left) and Fire Chief Richard Mikel (center) at ...

Village of Niles sign announcing the suspension of the Niles Free Bus outside the Niles-Maine District Library on Saturday. (Journal photo) Niles trustees at a special meeting Monday (Dec. 22) expect ...

St. Mary Coptic Church on Frontage Road in Rolling Meadows. After 17 people addressed the Rolling Meadows City Council about future plans at St. Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, aldermen agreed with an ...