Mark Shuman

The tallest building ever proposed in Des Plaines passed another hurdle when aldermen voted Monday to grant a zoning variance permitting the project to exceed current height restrictions by 104...

Des Plaines taxi operators would be able to apply for an unlimited number of cab licenses as long as the companies own or lease a sufficient number of vehicles for...

Des Plaines aldermen Monday night voted to allow a proposed 220-unit senior residential building to exceed neighborhood height restrictions by 104 feet. Des Plaines-based Mitchell Hospitality Group wants to build...

Hanover Park police Tuesday asked the public for information about a hit-and-run collision that killed a popular Glenbard North High School freshman Sunday as she crossed Army Trail Road. "There...

A $32 million, 12-story residential building for people 55 and older gained the initial approval of Des Plaines aldermen this week. The 220-unit Riviera, proposed for 1050 E. Oakton St.,...

The Des Plaines City Council moved a step closer to declaring the city's former public library building a community center. Aldermen have voted unanimously to seek more input from local...

Cabdrivers in Des Plaines won't have to flash passports after all. An ordinance proposed this week would have required all taxi drivers in the city be U.S. citizens. But City...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 7-0 this week to accept a $278,142 bid for a new telephone system for City Hall, the Police and Fire Departments and the Des Plaines Historical...

The Des Plaines City Council has delayed voting on a strip mall proposed for the 500 block of East Oakton Street. Aldermen recently declined to rezone a residential portion of...

Roughly 74,000 Commonwealth Edison Co. customers lost power in the Chicago area Sunday, as winds reaching 55 m.p.h. ripped out power lines, toppled trees and sent debris falling on wires....