Mark Shuman

Police credited a grant from the Elgin area United Way with helping to bring down curfew arrests in the city last month, they said. The charity's contribution has enabled the...

Des Plaines aldermen agreed Monday night to raise a host of parking fines in a committee of the whole meeting. A final vote on all the changes must still be...

An 18-year-old man shot early Friday in a suspected gang dispute in the 0 to 100 block of Oxford Street was listed in fair condition Monday at Sherman Hospital in...

The Palatine Police Department has received a $375,000 federal grant that will enable the department to hire five full-time police officers, officials said. Beginning as soon as this week, the...

Aldermen moved a step closer to reducing speeds in residential Des Plaines neighborhoods by ordering a traffic study that will gauge how well motorists obey existing speed limits in the...

A 31-year-old Hoffman Estates man escaped serious injury Sunday when he drove a borrowed 1979 Harley-Davidson motorcycle through a glass window and ended up in the kitchen of a home...

Residents who take approved measures to combat flooding in their homes will be eligible to receive 20 percent rebates on project costs to a maximum of $1,000. With an 8-0...

Aldermen are expected to grant final approval to a flood-control rebate program during a City Council meeting set for Monday night, officials said. The City Council tentatively voted to re-start...

Pupils from River Trails School learned a lesson in government when aldermen voted 8-0 Tuesday night to continue to allow smoking in restaurants in Des Plaines. The pupils, members of...

Gun-wielding robbers fired at least five shots at three people in a first-floor apartment Sunday at the Whispering Winds complex in the 2400 block of Randall Lane, police said. A...