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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

Mount Prospect Village Trustee Vince Dante recently announced he is running once again for a four-year village trustee seat in next April’s consolidated election. “Being a responsible, ethical trustee ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 new seven-year contract with Groot for waste hauling and recycling began Wednesday, July 1, bringing new features to Glenview residents, including curbside electronics recycling and a one-year rate ...