Todd Wessell

No one was injured during a residential fire today (Tuesday) in the Buckhorn mobile home park, 2993 Curtis St., Des Plaines. The Des Plaines Fire Department responded to the structure fire at 12:21 p.m. The fire was reported by neighbors, and when crews arrived, they found heavy fire on the front porch area extending into the home, with the neighboring […]

City hall on Butler Place, Park Ridge. Park Ridge's two candidates for mayor in the April 1 election are accumulating campaign donations to fuel their anticipated costs.

A request from the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce to the city of Des Plaines asking for $65,000 received unanimous approval at a 2025 proposed budget meeting in city hall last week. In an Aug. 1 letter to the city from chamber Executive Director Andrea Biwer she asks the city to appropriate the $65,000 to pay for rising costs and […]

Allstate Arena as seen from Lunt Avenue in Rosemont. (Journal photo) The name “Allstate” will continue to adorn Rosemont’s 19,000-seat arena for at least the next 8 to 10 years. Village board members last week approved a 10-year extension of its naming rights agreement with the insurance giant. The village will receive $2,250,000 annually which is an increase from the […]

Clanging roller coaster creeps to the top of Wildfire, one of seven roller coasters at Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, MO. (Journal Photo)

Entrance to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines off Devon Avenue. Des Plaines aldermen Monday night approved an agreement with Midwest Gaming, the operators of Rivers Casino, to continue chipping away at the amount of money the city has been required to give to other governments. Prior to the opening of Rivers Casino, the city agreed to pay the state of […]

Rosemont's rose colored water tower as seen from Willow-Higgins Creek. (Journal photo) A plan that Rosemont Village Board members will consider at their Nov. 12 meeting could eventually lead to the construction of a pedestrian walkway over Balmoral Avenue that would connect many of Rosemont’s hotels, the Rosemont Theater and the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Supporters of the plan […]

A white man described as between 30 and 40-years-old, 5-10 to 5-11-inches tall, and of thin build attempted to hijack a vehicle that a Park Ridge man was sitting in on Sunday, Oct. 21 at about 8:59 a.m. Police said the suspect, who was wearing a red t-shirt with a stripe and a black hat, walked onto the driveway of […]

Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski. A race in Des Plaines’ 1st ward next April to replace current Ald. Mark Lysakowski is shaping up with the emergence of two candidates this week. Margaret Chlebek, Lysakowski’s partner and a property management manager, and Dan Gott, a former unsuccessful candidate for 55th District state representative, are in the process of circulating petitions for […]

One of the most iconic buildings in downtown Des Plaines for the last century will likely be purchased by the city of Des Plaines, probably by Dec. 13, and transformed into one or two new restaurants. City council members on Monday are expected to approve the purchase of the white-marbled former Des Plaines National Bank building at the southwest corner […]