Brian Lambel News Today

Mount Prospect has agreed to a $350,000 out-of-court settlement with a fire department lieutenant who sued the village last year, claiming he faced retaliation after complaining of a hostile and sexually offensive work culture.

A Mount Prospect fire lieutenant is suing the village and several high-ranking fire department officials, alleging he was passed over for promotion and retaliated against for complaining of a "hostile, vulgar, and sexually offensive work culture" within the department.