Des Plaines-based Journal & Topics Media Group was the winner of six editorial contest awards presented at the Illinois Press Association’s annual convention June 4 in East Peoria.

The Union Pacific Northwest Line, Metra’s second-busiest line, won’t operate on Sunday, July 19 due to the maintenance of another line that crosses its tracks near downtown Des Plaines.

Three Chicago juveniles have been charged after authorities say they fired shots from a moving vehicle on a Mount Prospect street in broad daylight, prompting a multi-agency response that tracked the ...

The campaign of Joseph Johnson, a Glenview Republican running for the 55th State House District seat, announced a fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Elks Lodge, 495 Lee St., Des ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, who has represented the area’s 5th Congressional District since 2009, officially kicked off his campaign for Chicago mayor on Saturday (June 27) -- even as is still trying to ...

Republican Party committeepersons chose candidates to run for five Cook County Board of Commissioners seats, including two seats that fall within the Journal & Topics coverage area, in the November ...

A 30-year-old man from west suburban Roselle has been charged with resisting a police officer and battery after he allegedly hit a hand of a police officer who was trying to handcuff him on June 23 at ...

The Fourth of July parade in Arlington Heights kicks off at 10 a.m. this Saturday. It starts at Dunton Avenue and Oakton Street and goes south on Dunton to Miner Street. The parade then goes east on ...

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Park Ridge’s annual Independence Day fireworks celebration returns to the Maine East High School lawn this Friday (July 3). The event is organized by the Park Ridge Park District, in collaboration ...