Mark Shuman

Renderings of a new library were unveiled Monday night to the Des Plaines City Council, meeting as a committee of the whole. Plans for the $13.5 million building, which will...

A Rosemont-based developer's third attempt in recent years to build on an 8.2-acre parcel off Touhy Avenue has been approved by the Des Plaines Planning Commission. The proposal for the...

A Rosemont-based developer's third attempt in recent years to build on an 8.2-acre parcel off Touhy Avenue has been approved by the Des Plaines Planning Commission. The proposal for the...

Des Plaines aldermen are studying three possible ways to meet bond payments that would eventually fund a $13.5 million library, billed as the centerpiece of a downtown redevelopment approved earlier...

Des Plaines aldermen have voted 7-0 to reject zoning changes that would have permitted construction of a $17 million development of 20 single-family homes and a mini-warehouse project southeast of...

Des Plaines aldermen have voted 7-0 to reject zoning changes that would have permitted construction of a $17 million development of 20 single-family homes and a mini-warehouse project southeast of...

The 400 block of North Street in Elgin pulses with the kind of quiet activity typical of many close-knit neighborhoods. Children play along the sidewalks and neighbors can be found...

Des Plaines residents can expect stringent lawn-sprinkler restrictions to continue this summer after city officials told aldermen recently that relaxing the curbs could raise concerns about adequate water pressure and...

About 35 firefighters from at least three area departments Thursday were called to put out a fire that consumed rubble and wood from the former barracks of the abandoned Nike...

Police said Tuesday they were looking for leads after tools worth nearly $2,400 were reported stolen from a home being built in Wheeling by Township High School District 214 students....