The Union Pacific Northwest Line, Metra’s second-busiest line, won’t operate on Sunday, July 19 due to the maintenance of another line that crosses its tracks near downtown Des Plaines.

Republican Party committeepersons chose candidates to run for five Cook County Board of Commissioners seats, including two seats that fall within the Journal & Topics coverage area, in the November ...

A 30-year-old man from west suburban Roselle has been charged with Resisting a Police Officer and Battery after he allegedly hit a hand of a police officer who was trying to handcuff him on June 23 at ...

The Jesse White Tumblers perform during a previous year's Des Plaines July 4th parade. (Journal file photo) Three musical bands, jugglers, Uncle Sam and Betsy Ross impersonators, and the Jesse White ...

Traffic tie-ups are expected for the next few months in the heart of Des Plaines as IDOT begins resurfacing Lee Street, Graceland Avenue and Mannheim Road next week. Workers will be split into two ...

The Fourth of July parade in Arlington Heights kicks off at 10 a.m. this Saturday. It starts at Dunton Avenue and Oakton Street and goes south on Dunton to Miner Street. The parade then goes east on ...

A culex mosquito, which can carry West Nile virus. The first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus in the area this summer were trapped in Glenview in mid-June, officials announced. A batch ...

Stephanie Lee, museum curator, and Jon Gardner, assistant curator, prepare the fully unveil the restored flag during Friday's event at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum. (Shawn Clisham/Journal) ...

Without question, Angelina Jolie has led a storybook life with one success story after another, the daughter of a famous movie star (Jon Voight), winning an Oscar plus countless other awards, serving ...

A Glenview gateway sign installed this week at Sunset Ridge and Winnetka Roads in Glenview. (Village of Glenview photo) While Glenview Village Hall is not an official cooling center, police said ...

One of the new pickleball courts that opened recently at Northeast Park, 801 N. Washington, Park Ridge. A group of pickleball players will gather at Northeast Park, 801 N. Washington Ave., next ...

The Niles-Maine District Library is set to begin a $2.7 million major renovation after library trustees awarded trade package bids for the project at their June 17 meeting. Construction is scheduled ...