Outdoor dining tables line Main Street in Uptown Park Ridge. (Journal file photo) The Uptown Park Ridge Master Plan update is expected to prioritize parking, creating long-term outdoor dining ...

Millions of lights of varying colors decorated Silver Dollar City Amusement Park in Branson, MO, this past fall. This unique display of bright pumpkins spans part of one of the park's promenades.

Des Plaines city officials are keeping an eye on the potential for Avian influenza among the bird population after a goose was recently found dead in the yard of a local resident. Authorities ...

The NVision Gallery in Niles’ Family Fitness Center hosted an opening reception for the January installation of artist Barbara Curtis’ “Swimming For Serenity” show, which runs through March.

The takeover of nine hospitals and senior living facilities in northern Illinois including in Des Plaines and Park Ridge, might occur by early March in a $375 million deal that could bring in ...

A 78-year-old Des Plaines man, allegedly wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, has been charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Aggravated Assault following an incident on Jan. 17 in which the ...

Months before release of “The Brutalist,” which had been playing at film festivals, the tagline on it was that it was about a ...

Mount Prospect police charged an Arlington Heights man with attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly shot at two repo drivers who he thought were stealing his truck.

Niles-Maine District Library trustees took their first look at a $1.6 million project, proposed by Library Executive Director Valerie Marshall, to renovate the lower level of the library.

Mount Prospect Public Works Director Sean Dorsey checks out one of the gauges at Levee 37 along River Road in March 2015. (Journal file photo) Last year saw the completion of a new Levee 37 pump ...

By RANDY MINK Special to the Journal & Topics This quiet spot in Ash Fork, the final paved section of Route 66 before it ...

Firefighter Richard Mikel fighting a fire in Berwyn on a very cold day in 1983 coated in ice, before he was Elk Grove Village fire chief. (Photo submitted) Elk Grove Village and the Chicago area ...