Mark Shuman

Des Plaines residents will have a new system for garbage collection next year after aldermen voted 8-0 this week to consider only the use of rolling garbage and recycling bins....

A sales-tax increase in South Elgin and plans for a special taxing district in Des Plaines are among the northwest suburban issues that will be on the November ballot. South...

When a man carrying a knife lunged toward six police officers inside a Wonder Lake home over the weekend, two beanbags fired from a shotgun failed to stop the charge,...

Economic Director Tim Bleuher was fired this week for violating the "letter and spirit" of Des Plaines' residency requirement for department heads, officials said. Last week aldermen voted 7-1 to...

The city's economic development director has been rebuked by aldermen for violating the "letter and spirit" of an ordinance requiring department heads to live in the suburb. The 7-1 vote...

A frantic search for a missing 2-year-old South Elgin boy ended Thursday when his body was pulled from the Fox River about 180 feet from his home. The boy was...

Everyone who knew Veton Toska called him "Toni." And Toni would greet everyone he knew with his signature "Peace, dude." An avid soccer player, the 17-year-old Albanian native averaged a...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 8-0 this week to pay $107,000 for a special census that the city said is expected to generate a net gain in tax revenue of $400,000...

Citing concerns that freight-train traffic already delays emergency vehicles and motorists in Des Plaines, aldermen voted 6-2 this week to rebuff a railroad industry group's attempt to garner support for...

Des Plaines aldermen voted 7-1 this week in favor of preliminary plans for two six-story hotels on 4 acres in the 2800 block of South Mannheim Road. The Harp Group,...