Mark Shuman

Aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to accept a $275,000 bid to demolish the Herbert Behrel parking deck. This is the first solid move in an ambitious plan to rehabilitate downtown....

Aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an agreement to purchase the Des Plaines Mall, 700 Pearson St., for $2.7 million. City Council members also voted 5-0 to accept a...

Despite warning letters sent to liquor vendors that undercover police would be checking compliance with liquor ordinances, employees of seven local establishments have been ticketed for selling alcohol to minors,...

An education program made possible with a $5,000 Illinois Department of Transportation grant has been credited with an increase in safety-belt use over a recent three-month period in Roselle. Roselle...

Rising costs and the Cook County tax cap have conspired to make modest price increases necessary for about three-quarters of the Park District's more than 2,800 classes, officials said. "We...

Aldermen voted 7-1 Monday night to increase the city's utility tax to 3 percent from its current level of 1 per cent. The utility tax increase was rushed to approval...

In a last-minute change for the 1995 municipal property tax levy, Mayor Ted Sherwood broke a 4-4 tie and a promise, while voting Monday night to lessen the city's tax...

Police said they were without a suspect or motive Monday in the shooting death of a 33-year-old Des Plaines man found in the rear of his 1991 Ford pickup, parked...

Aldermen overrode a veto by Mayor Ted Sherwood and unanimously approved 3-year contracts for police and firefighters during a recent City Council session. The contracts, approved by a 7-0 vote...

Still reeling from the voters' rejection of a referendum proposal to build a $15 million facility, library officials were tentatively granted a $2.5 million request from the 1996 budget during...