The East Maine School Dist. 63 Winter Card will feature artwork by Apollo School second grader Ubaid Sabith, a Des Plaines ...

The girls gymnastics season kicked off at the end of November and is starting to pick up steam as December gets under way. Here’s a look at how Journal-area teams have performed over the first two ...

"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list." Cincinnati music hall chandelier exudes the feel of frescoes at Opera ...

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Niles Fire District Chief Rich Scipione at an event at Niles Fire Station No. 2 on Tuesday, Dec. 10. (Tom Robb/Journal photo) Acting Niles Fire Chief Robert Greiner notified village officials he ...

By now, everyone knows that “A Complete Unknown” is about the early days of legendary folk song poet Bob Dylan. As a child ...

Elk Grove Village trustees approved a $5.65 million purchase and sale agreement for a 71,000 sq. ft. former tennis club at 1650 Howard St. to serve as a third public works building for the village.

The Des Plaines Police Department is investigating an Armed Robbery that occurred on Thursday, Dec. 19 in the 1900 block of Mannheim Road. At 9:02 p.m., Des Plaines officers responded to the ...

Starbucks workers strike outside the company's unionized store at 1427 Lee St. in Des Plaines on Friday, Dec. 20. (Journal photo) Workers at the Starbucks store on Lee Street in Des Plaines joined ...

Park Ridge police collected enough toys for their annual Toys for Tots drive to fill a small box truck, donating 138 toys to Lutheran General Children’s hospitals two days later. This year’s ...

The Teatro Leyden production of "Augusta and Noble" uses actors behind a bedsheet to illustrate the main character's dreams ...

Groups of students arrive for their first day of the new year at Lyon School in Glenview. (Journal file photo) One Glenview woman’s goal is for young people to “Wait Until 8th” grade before ...