Mark Shuman

Efforts to win a special-use and zoning variation so Park Plaines Chevrolet can move to a 3.5-acre site in the 2100 block of Miner Street stumbled as the Des Plaines...

An 18-year-old man was being held Tuesday on $100,000 bond after authorities said he used a stolen car to lead police on a chase that culminated in a five-vehicle accident...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 5-3 this week to approve $23,000 in additional funds for large glass windows along two stairwells in a city-owned parking garage under construction on the site...

Citizens speaking to the Des Plaines City Council will be limited to five minutes each and must maintain decorous language, council members decided this week. Currently, time for citizen comments...

The Des Plaines Plan Commission has voted 4-0 to approve a zoning amendment that would allow property owners to build homes on undersize lots without first obtaining variances. If approved...

The Des Plaines Plan Commission Monday night voted 4-0 to approve a zoning amendment that would allow property owners to build homes on undersize lots without first obtaining variances. If...

Des Plaines aldermen have rejected spending an additional $225,000 while converting the former Des Plaines Mall enclosed shopping center into a city-owned parking garage. The $5.3 million conversion of the...

Aldermen voted 5-3 Tuesday night to approve architectural plans for a four-story, 80,000-square-foot library envisioned as the centerpiece of Des Plaines' ongoing downtown redevelopment. Architect Dirk Lohan described an airy...

Des Plaines aldermen rejected a proposal by city officials to exempt the Des Plaines assistant finance director from civil service dismissal restrictions. City Finance Director Jim Egeberg asked aldermen Monday...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 6-1 this week to tentatively approve a measure barring minors from possessing tobacco inside city limits, under penalty of fines of $20 to $50 per offense....