Here’s a look at the Journal-area’s 2026 varsity high school football schedules released this week by the IHSA: 8/21 - at Hoffman Estates, 7 p.m. 8/28 - at Deerfield, 7 p.m. 9/4 - vs. Schaumburg, 7:30 ...

Matt Damon in “The Odyssey”. “The Odyssey” (172 min, Rated R for intense action sequences and violence, and some language) 8 out of 10 My first viewing of “Oppenheimer” was somewhat disappointing ...

Officials with the Niles and Lincolnwood chambers of commerce are gearing up for their annual joint golf outing. The daylong fundraiser will take place Thursday, July 23, at the Chevy Chase Golf Club, ...

Mount Prospect’s Planning and Zoning Commission July 9 narrowly recommended a conditional use request to allow construction of a 97,605-square-foot industrial warehouse at 1600 Bishop Ct., clearing ...

Traffic along Kensington Road in Mt. Prospect near Randhurst Village. Mount Prospect village trustees were expected last night (Tuesday) to vote on a $1.6 million contract with Christopher B. Burke ...

A village of Glenview image of property at 1810 to 1812 Glenview Rd. Village trustees approved a $1.4 million purchase agreement on Tuesday for a downtown property intended to improve parking access ...

What constitutes a legitimate emergency is at the center of a dispute between Northfield Township trustees and Road District Highway Commissioner Mike Korman, after trustees rejected invoices this ...

Maine West has announced its new athletic director and it’s a first for the Des Plaines school as Sara Flanigan becomes its first female athletic director. She replaces Darrell Mathis, Jr., who ...

Elk Grove Village firefighters ready to roll out on a call from Fire Station No. 8 on Fargo. (Tom Robb/Journal file photo) Firefighters extinguished a rapidly spreading fire Saturday night (July 18) ...

"Norm" the replica of the head of a 67 million-year-old T-Rex dinosaur on display at the Elk Grove Village Public Library, on loan from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. (Elk Grove ...

Newly appointed Park Ridge Public Library trustee Dongmin “Andy” Han was the only appointee to attend the July 20 city council meeting (Igor Studenkov/Joournal photo) Park Ridge City Council voted ...

A village of Niles map shows the area where the Gross Point Touhy TIF is being expanded, Niles trustees are expected to consider a redevelopment agreement Tuesday, July 21, that would grant up to $2.4 ...