Tom Robb

Rolling Meadows Mayor Lara Sanoica helps collect boxes during the annual Cereal Bowl drive prior to Friday's varsity football game. (Joe Cukierski/Special to the Journal) Elk Grove High School faced Rolling Meadows in the annual Cereal Bowl last Friday (Oct. 25), and although the Elk Grove Grenadiers bested the Rolling Meadows Mustangs on the gridiron, it was Rolling Meadows taking […]

Tom Schlenhardt is an Arlington Heights attorney running as a Republican to unseat State Sen. Mark Walker (D-27th). Walker is the former 53rd District state representative who was appointed to fill the vacant 27th State Senate seat when Ann Gillespie was appointed to lead the Illinois Dept. of Insurance.

Candidates running in the 8th Congressional District, Mark Rice (left), Raja Krishnamoorthi (right). Candidate: Mark Rice Office Sought: 8th Congressional District Party: Republican Hometown: Chicago Mark Rice, co-founder of Energy CX clean energy company and investor in sustainable energy companies, is running as a Republican against incumbent Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi. He lives in the Loop, the part of Chicago that […]

Candidates running in the 10th Congressional District, Jim Carris (left) and Brad Schneider (right) Candidate: Jim Carris Office Sought: 10th Congressional District Hometown: Lincolnshire Party: Republican Republican attorney Jim Carris is running to unseat U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider in the 10th Congressional District. The son of Greek immigrants, including a union house painter and contractor, Carris grew up in […]

Candidates running in the 9th Congressional District, Jan Schakowsky (left) and Seth Alan Cohen (right) Candidate Name: Jan Schakowsky Office Sought: 9th Congressional District Hometown: Evanston Party: Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th) is in her 10th term serving in Congress since 1998, after serving eight years in the Illinois General Assembly. She is running for reelection against 27-year-old […]

Niles police patch. Oakton Street was closed at about 11 a.m. today (Thursday) between Milwaukee and Harlem avenues in Niles after a traffic accident critically injured one individual. Police said Oakton would remain closed between Milwaukee and Harlem “for an extended period” for an investigation. According to police, a 2016 white Infiniti QX50 driven by a 44-year-old man traveling eastbound […]

Candidates running in the 5th Congressional District, Mike Quigley (left) and Tommy Hanson (right). Candidate: Mike Quigley

The True North Academy monument sign on their Highland Park campus. Highland Park-based TrueNorth provides special education services to 18 North Suburban school districts, including Glenbrook High School Dist. 225. At Monday’s (Oct. 28) school board meeting, Dist. 225 board members discussed bringing more TrueNorth services in-house. District officials said no formal notice of withdrawal has been sent, but discussed […]

Glenview trustees discussed the village property tax levy at an Oct. 16 budget hearing, choosing between two options. The proposed levy is expected to be considered for adoption by trustees after a public hearing at the Tuesday, Nov. 19 village board meeting.

Those driving down Waukegan Road this week will notice construction at one of Glenview’s historic landmarks, the home of the Glenview History Center at 1121 Waukegan Rd., as part of a capital improvement project expected to continue through the end of this year and possibly into next spring.