Thacker Street News Today

Another multifamily residential building has been proposed for downtown Des Plaines. Advent Properties wants to construct a six-story apartment building with ground-floor retail space on Prairie Avenu...

A tow truck driver who turned left in front of a motorcyclist in Bensenville has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death. Joseph M. Sarb, 42, of the 1100 block of Tha...

At the developer’s request, the Des Plaines City Council has delayed a pair of key decisions concerning a plan to construct townhouses and apartments southwest of the downtown area. A Chicago-based ...

A Des Plaines man has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed a motorcyclist this week in Bensenville.

One of the proposed apartment buildings on property that for years was owned by Contour Saws in Des Plaines. The first formal meeting concerning a proposal to develop two multi-family apartment buildings on the former Contour Saws property at or near Graceland Avenue and Thacker Street will be held on Tuesday, July 25 in city

Rendering of proposed apartment developments at Thacker and Graceland. (Photo by FitzGerald Associates) A different strategy of community input was used at Des Plaines City Hall Tuesday, June 6 during an open house/workshop, revealing details about developing two multi-family apartment buildings on the former Contour Saws property near Thacker Street and Graceland Avenue. The buildings

Artist's rendering of proposed residential building at Graceland Avenue and Thacker Street in Des Plaines, the former site of Contour Saws. A proposal to build two multi-family buildings on the site of the former Contour Saws property along Graceland Avenue south of Thacker Street will be the subject of a special meeting on Tuesday,

Des Plaines police said a 55-year-old man was shot and killed by officers on Thacker Street Wednesday night.

Officials said the man may have been having a “psychotic breakdown” and had access to an axe or machete.

Bodycam footage shows that a 55-year-old man fatally shot by a Des Plaines police officer Wednesday night was armed with an ax and approaching officers in a threatening manner, police said Thursday.