Former Oakton College athletic director and longtime coach Tom Jorndt received the National Junior College Athletic ...

Taste of Des Plaines will return to the city’s downtown on Friday, June 13 and Saturday, 14 with two days of live music, food, and activities for all ages. Food will be front and center, Search ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A 13-year-old boy was found shot to death Monday afternoon in Joliet, police said. Officers responded to the 300-block of Desplaines Street just before 4:45 p.m. for a report ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. — An 18-year-old from Des Plaines was arrested and charged after firing shots at a moving vehicle. Des Plaines police officers responded to the 1800 block of Ash St. on reports ...

Des Plaines’ favorite summer festival is fast approaching. Taste of Des Plaines will return to the city’s downtown on June 13-14 with two days of live music, food, and activities for all ages.

on the north side of the Des Plaines River (right) looking southwest Thursday afternoon, May 29, 2025. Brian Ernst/Sun-Times Share This week’s top photo comes from Director of Digital Operations ...

David Warfel, the current chief of the Carsonville Volunteer Fire Company and a beloved figure in Upper Dauphin County’s firefighting community, collapsed Thursday, May 29 at the DCNR’s Wildland Fire ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) -- A woman charged with intentionally setting a fire at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe has pleaded guilty. Virginia Roque Fermin was captured on surveillance setting ...

No one was injured Sunday when ashes from a bonfire set the detached garage of a Des Plaines house ablaze, authorities said. The fire was reported shortly before 2 p.m. on the 1900 block of ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. — Even at a place meant for eternal rest, you can find those with the drive to soldier on. “It means a lot to me to serve veterans. They did a lot for us and it’s time to ...