Mark Shuman

A 20-year-old Maine Township man was being held Thursday on child pornography and sex abuse charges, police said. Bryan Sedelsky, of the 9000 block of Hollyberry Avenue in Maine Township,...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 8-0 Monday night to award a five-year trash collection contract to Elgin-based ARC Disposal & Recycling Co., ending the city's five-year relationship with Waste Management-North. The...

After voting six times, the Des Plaines City Council was deadlocked late Wednesday on electing a successor to serve out the term of late Mayor Paul Jung. On Monday the...

The father of a 5-month-old infant remained in jail Monday on charges he threw the baby against a couch in their Rolling Meadows apartment, fracturing the child's arms, hip and...

The Des Plaines City Council agreed in principle to let the Des Plaines Community Senior Center shift its operations to the Des Plaines Library building sometime after a new library...

Two Carpentersville residents were being held in the Kane County Jail on Thursday after police recovered about 1.6 kilos of cocaine, 4 kilos of marijuana and three weapons from their...

Owners of Boomer's Tap, a tavern at 1000 E. Prairie Ave., said they will appeal the city's 30-day suspension of its business license, Des Plaines officials said Tuesday. Boomer's Tap...

Des Plaines aldermen could decide as soon as Dec. 6 whether to accept a proposal from the Des Plaines Community Senior Center to take control of the Des Plaines Public...

Des Plaines aldermen took no vote Tuesday night on electing an acting mayor to replace the late Mayor Paul Jung, who died last month. Instead, the City Council voted 6-2...

Library board member John Burke told aldermen Monday night that the new $13.8 million library under construction is on time, within budget and expected to open in early July 2000....