Mark Shuman

In early August 1995, Joan Bierdz, a mother of five, walked into the Elgin Police Department with bruises on her arms and legs to complain that her husband had beaten...

Members of the Des Plaines Library Board voted 7-0 this week to approve the transfer of the library at 841 Graceland Ave. to the city in exchange for $1.8 million...

A man who was shot twice in the abdomen outside the Fox View Apartments Wednesday was listed in good condition Thursday at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Derrick Denton, 20, a...

Aldermen voted 8-0 Tuesday night to award a $256,000 bid to Schaumburg-based Transystems Corp. to complete a feasibility study examining ways to change Northwest Highway's S-curve just west of downtown....

Cautious about yielding power to Commonwealth Edison Co., Des Plaines aldermen voted 5-3 this week to further delay consideration of an ordinance that would require ComEd to notify city officials...

Des Plaines aldermen have voted 4-3 to approve minor zoning variations and the final development plan for its $19 million downtown revitalization. Although the final version was nearly identical to...

Des Plaines aldermen have voted 4-3 to approve minor zoning variations and the final development plan for its $19 million downtown revitalization. Although the final version was nearly identical to...

The Des Plaines City Council, meeting as a committee of the whole, unanimously agreed Tuesday to approve a conditional-use permit to allow the expansion of the Islamic Community Center on...

After two meetings and nearly four hours of deliberation, members of the newly configured Des Plaines City Council settled on committee assignments for the council's eight members. During Monday's committee...

Des Plaines aldermen have approved $76,500 in social service funding, an increase of $16,500, or 27.5 percent, from last year's spending levels. A total of 18 social service agencies will...