Mark Shuman

Des Plaines alderman voted 8-0 Monday to study further how the city should redouble its efforts to control perceived overcrowding in rental properties. Among the possible solutions are a "tightening"...

The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday night voted 7-0 to recommend that the City Council approve a conditional-use variation that would allow the 300-member Faith Alliance Bible Church, 382...

An overnight parking ban that pitted neighbor against neighbor in the Cumberland Estates subdivision was rescinded by Des Plaines aldermen Monday night. The ban was enacted in December for the...

Des Plaines may be getting a new shopping center. City officials on Monday night announced plans to pursue a development deal that calls for a 9-acre downtown shopping center anchored...

The Des Plaines City Council has shelved plans to build planters with trees along a rebuilt median on Golf Road between Mt. Prospect and Wolf Roads. Last year, neighborhood residents...

A weekend house fire that killed two men in Des Plaines was "a tragedy" but not one caused by any known breach of city code, Des Plaines Acting Mayor Tony...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 8-0 to recommend a 20 percent reduction in taxes covering a planned $2 million renovation of Deluxe Corp., a printing company in business in Des Plaines...

An ordinance that would allow Des Plaines police to stop and ticket motorists who fail to wear seat belts was defeated by a 6-2 vote of the City Council. The...

The downtown parking crunch is expected to be discussed at a Tuesday night meeting among business owners and city officials called by Mayor Tony Arredia, according to Sherrie Traficano, executive...

Des Plaines residents may expect to pay an average of about $3 more for water this year, following rate increases announced by the City of Chicago, officials said. Chicago, which...