Todd Wessell

With the filling of congressional seats just seven months away, Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski is starting to think about future employment.

The turnout for the 12 consecutive weeks of the showing of feature movies at the downtown Des Plaines Theater has put a shine on the face of one of the program’s staunchest supporters, Ald. Mark Walsten (6th).

Mark Stephens Booking Photo Mark R. Stephens, a life-long resident of Rosemont and brother of Mayor Brad Stephens, has been charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Cannabis by a Driver, and speeding, according to the city of Harvard Police Department. Stephens, 67, was stopped by Harvard police on […]

The former Jimmy's restaurant at Rand Road and Graceland. (Journal photo) Construction work to transform the former Jimmy’s Restaurant building at 1440 Rand Rd. in Des Plaines into a new restaurant and cannabis dispensary has begun. According to City Manager Dorothy Wisniewski, the dispensary in the 6,800 sq. brick building will become the third in Des Plaines. The name of […]

OFF THE RECORD column Waymo photo of a se;f-driving car. We all know about Google. It might be wise to remember the name Waymo. At first when we heard the word Google, we snickered. What on earth is a Google? Long before the technology behemoth was born, “Google” was spelled “googol” which is a mathematical term for the number 1 […]

Three local elementary school districts, 62 in Des Plaines, 64 in Park Ridge and Nile, and 59 in Elk Grove, Village, Des Plaines and Mount Prospect, School District 62 have announced that they have entered into a partnership to introduce 7th and 8th grade boys and girls interscholastic soccer to the Mid Central Suburban League. "Our students deserve all the […]

Neil Weiss in front of his Jungle of Niles store on Golf Road last Sunday. (Journal photo) The task of removing as many as 20,000 plants, birds, fish, bunnies, turtles, and other items from the Jungle of Niles store on Golf Road to a new location in Lincolnshire has begun. Like Noah’s Ark, employees of the large store that’s been […]

The Des Plaines Library Board is seeking city of Des Plaines approval to re-design and add features to its downtown Library Plaza and to areas surrounding the facility that’s located along Ellinwood Street between Lee and Pearson streets.

A security fence and sign were installed last week around and in front of the former Lattof YMCA building, 300 E. Northwest Hwy. in Des Plaines. The installations are part of the process preparing the property to be transformed into a fitness center by developers Nicholas & Associates which is based in Mount Prospect. The name will be the Cambridge […]

A 56-year-old Mount Prospect man has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of Battery following a confrontation on Sept. 8 on the 700 block of Holiday Lane in Des Plaines. According to reports, Des Plaines Police responded to the Holiday Lane scene for a report of a Hispanic male threatening people and attempting to hit them. When officers arrived, they […]