Des Plaines Based News Today

An Oakton College student has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar, the Des Plaines-based school announced. James Pauly of Des Plaines earned the prize from the Coca-Cola Community...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s former chief of staff, Richard Guidice, is going to work for a suburban private security company that employs current and former Chicago police and other law enforcement officers, the company announced a day after Guidice resigned. Blue Star Security, a Des Plaines-based firm founded in 2009 by two Chicago police officers, announced Tuesday that Guidice will join their ...

The Bensenville Park District will receive an award of a $570,100 grant from the state of Illinois’ Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) program as announced the Governor’s Office. ...

New playgrounds at three of the East Maine District 63 campuses are among the projects included in a freshly approved $61 million annual budget.

Brew Coffee Lab will close its location in Main Library on Friday, according to a Northwestern Libraries email obtained by The Daily.  The Des Plaines-based coffee shop opened on the University’s Evanston Campus in October 2022, selling coffee, bubble tea and pastries, some of which are inspired by Filipino flavors. Brew Coffee Lab is independently...

The East Maine District 63 school board appointed two new members Thursday night.

A new National Insurance Crime Bureau annual study found Illinois had the largest percentage increase among larger states at 35%.

(The Center Square) – The city of Chicago easily outpaced the rest of the country as the fastest growing city for auto thefts in 2022 with larcenies rising by 55%. With such acts of vandalism on the rise across the coun...

The Center of Concern Auxiliary invites the public to return in-person to play Bunko with friends on Friday, Nov. 11. Bunko has been played for over a decade, so residents can have a good time while raising funds to support the Des Plaines-based center’s important work. Participants may choose between: lunch at 12:15 p.m. or

Some clients of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois may have had their personal information compromised by a security breach.