Mark Shuman

Despite criticism of the cable television service provided by TCI of Illinois Inc., Des Plaines aldermen voted 7-1 Monday night to extend the city's franchise agreement with TCI for six...

When Franz Volz makes a snowman, it's not just snowballs stacked on top of each other. Motorists passing Volz's home this week in the heavily-travelled 1500 block of South Arlington...

A 37-year-old Mt. Prospect man died from injuries suffered when his 1997 BMW automobile spun out of control and into oncoming traffic on Oakton Street about a half-mile east of...

The City Council has decided to revise the city's taxi fare subsidy for senior citizens that will have a mixed net effect on what eligible seniors pay for taxi rides....

Des Plaines aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to strengthen an ordinance that regulates massage parlors in the city. A previous version of the 2-year-old ordinance allowed officials last month to...

Officer Todd Weir drives a B.A.T. mobile, but he's no caped crusader. Weir is the alcohol program coordinator for the Normal Police Department, and his van's acronym stands for "breath-alcohol...

Moehling Farm, the last working farm in Des Plaines and one of the last in Cook County, may soon be raising a new crop--56 single-family homes, officials said. Last week,...

Two Des Plaines firefighters were treated Tuesday night for second-degree burns they suffered while fighting a fire that caused an estimated $150,000 in damages to a two-story home in the...

At the end of the Des Plaines City Council meeting Monday night, one alderman announced he is calling it quits at the end of his term and another said he...

An employee of a Walgreens at 548 W. Dundee Rd. was confined to home monitoring on $150,000 bond and will face charges Wednesday of unlawful restraint and armed robbery of...