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Skokie resident Stephen Young told the Niles Village Board of Trustees during a meeting Tuesday night that a gun shop and range in Niles would attract a criminal element to the community. The board ultimately voted 5-1 to approve an extension to a special-use permit that would allow a yet to be built gun shop and range to open at 6143 Howard St.

Planned Niles gun shop permit extended, Skokie group files amended lawsuit

May 15, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Roughly a year after the Niles Village Board approved a special-use permit allowing a gun shop and range to open within a mile of several schools, the board upheld its...

Des Plaines city manager receives $22,000 annual pay raise

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Des Plaines city manager Michael Bartholomew will receive a $22,000 annual pay raise following a contentious debate among aldermen and the mayor during a city council meeting July 20. Bartholomew...

Woman struck by vehicle in downtown Des Plaines dies

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

A 69-year-old woman died over the weekend after she was struck by a vehicle in downtown Des Plaines Thursday afternoon, Des Plaines police Chief Bill Kushner said. Irma Diaz, of...

First Ward Alderman Patricia Haugeberg said during a recent Des Plaines city council meeting she could think of at least two city shopping centers that would benefit from a newly approved grant program designed to fund capital improvements at both shopping centers and multi-unit retail buildings in the city.

Business owners eligible for improvement grants

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Des Plaines officials have approved allowing the owners of eligible multi-unit retail buildings and shopping centers to apply for grant money to fund capital improvements to their properties. Several owners...

Three hurt in two traffic incidents near same spot in downtown Des Plaines

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Three people were hit by cars in two separate incidents Thursday afternoon at nearly the same spot in downtown Des Plaines on Miner Street across from the city's Metra train...

A view of the sleeping loft inside Dan Alexander's treehouse in the 1700 block of Winchester Lane in Schaumburg.

Schaumburg treehouse prompts look at short-term renting regulations

May 10, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

A furnished treehouse in Schaumburg that is being rented out by its owner to travelers has prompted the village to consider broader regulations not just for treehouses, but also for...

Des Plaines could drop price to attract developers in property sale

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Des Plaines officials met behind closed doors last week to review proposals from developers interested in purchasing a long vacant five-acre parcel of land on the northeast corner of Mannheim...

Sen. John Mulroe, who represents the state's 10th District, an area that includes sections of Park Ridge and ten other north shore suburbs along with portions of Chicago's northwest side, spoke at a Town Hall meeting Thursday night in Chicago about what legislators and others are doing to alleviate increased noise from air traffic at O'Hare International Airport.

Residents urged to keep speaking out over O’Hare noise at town hall meeting

May 23, 2019 at 4:24 a.m.

Sen. John Mulroe, a Park Ridge legislator, urged dozens of attendees at a town hall meeting in Chicago's northwest side Thursday night, July 16, to keep speaking out about the...

Niles Public Library offers free lunch program

May 9, 2019 at 6:40 a.m.

The Niles Public Library is handing out free lunches to children under the age of 18 and to those with special needs up to age 24 this summer as part...

Ditka son arrested at Des Plaines casino, charged with battery

May 11, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

The son of former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka was arrested at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines on Saturday and charged with battery, according to police records and his attorney....

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