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Northbrook native Kevin Coval will read selections from his latest book at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 as part of the Chicago Writers series at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.  

11 at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Evanston native William Christopher portrays a pastor at a rural Minnesota church in the musical ...  

Des Plaines Mayor Tony Arredia has one question for city planners pitching a new public safety building and new city hall downtown: How are you going to pay for it?  

Members of the Des Plaines Fire and Police departments, American Legion Post #36,Veteran's of Foreign Wars #2992, and the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 311 will host a 9-11 memorial "Patriot Day" ceremony, at 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, outside the Des Plaines Civic Center, between City...  

Des Plaines police reaped a plentiful bounty Aug. 26 after harvesting crops in the back yard of a residence on Wolf Road.  

Golf Center Des Plaines, 353 N. River Road, will host the Glenfiddich Open from 4-9 p.m. Sept. 12; from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 13; and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14.  

Des Plaines has a new rival in the race for a casino license from within its city limits.  

Jason Slowinski, River Forest's assistant administrator since February 2007, will leave Friday, Sept. 12, to take a similar post in Des Plaines.  

Planning for a second casino application, besides the one expected to be submitted by Chicago real estate billionaire Neil Bluhm, has been underway at least ...  

Des Plaines could have a new casino rival from within its city limits in the race for the state's last license.  

DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Several residents of Des Plaines, Ill., oppose the proposed switch from real to fake flowers throughout the city, officials say.  

For more than a decade, Des Plaines has talked about building a new north side fire headquarters. More recently, city officials looked at construction of a new police headquarters.  

The Skokie Caucus Party invites all Skokie residents to its annual picnic, which will be held Sept. 14 at the southeast corner of Oakton Park, 4701 Oakton St., Skokie.  

A 44-year-old Des Plaines man, Courtney Lewis, was killed Tuesday when the van she was driving crashed into the rear of a truck stopped on Interstate 55 near Joliet, Illinois State Police said.  

Eight years ago, hundreds of Des Plaines residents formed a line that snaked its way from the city's old public library to its new location on Ellinwood Avenue.