Fans fill Donald E. Stephens Convention Center expo hall to catch a glimpse of Chicago Bears at Bears festival a few years ago. Interested in reliving the good old days when the Chicago Bears fielded ...

A new executive director of the Des Plaines Public Library could be named within 30 days as the final day on the job for current top manager, Jo Bonell, is this Friday, Feb. 14. An ad-hoc ...

The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business Mixer at Jackson Junge Gallery to celebrate the release of the 2025 WPB Neighborhood & Arts Guide and unveiling of the cover artwork.

A front loader reloads road salt into a Niles Public Works plow at the public works facility. (Journal file photo) Motorists and pedestrians awoke to a thin layer of ice blanketing sidewalks and ...

At last month’s Maine Township Dist. 207 Board of Education meeting, community members as well as Jewish and Muslim organization representatives voiced their respective concerns and support for ...

Bears principal owner Virginia McCaskey, eldest daughter of team founder, player and coach George Halas (in background photo), is introduced at the team's centennial celebration at the Donald E.

A Niles police squad car. (Journal file photo) While most eyes will be on TV screens this Super Bowl Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles, Niles police will keep their ...

Prospect Heights Police Chief Milo Derman (center) flanked by Deputy Chief Mark Pufundt (left) and Sergeant Keith O'Connor at their swearing-in on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. A new police chief, deputy ...

A small bakery/restaurant that’s operated in Des Plaines for the last 11 years, is closing on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. B’ Sweet Bites, 1641 Oakton Pl. owner Bianca Joseph announced on ...

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Thoughts & squawks about people, places and things in our neck of the woods. There’s a lot going on… In Des Plaines we heard this week that representatives of the developer who wants to build ...

Rendering of new Rosemont ice rink complex. Exterior construction is substantially complete on the new $34.5 million indoor ice arena in Rosemont, announced contractor Nicholas & Associates.