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Suburban serial killer Mark Smith set to appear before parole board

A confessed serial killer who murdered two young women and a teenager in the suburbs in 1970 is scheduled to appear before a state parole board early next month.
Mark Alan Smith, who turns 75 later th. ....

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Summer Of '23 In Des Plaines; Food Trucks, Taste, Fireworks - Journal & Topics Media Group

People walking around the Taste of Des Plaines (Patrick Jasionowski/Journal Photo) Now that winter is about done and gone, Des Plaines-area residents can smell the food trucks, scout a spot for fireworks and plan for their next outdoor gathering. In lieu of warm weather, the Des Plaines Journal has broken down what to expect for ....

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Des Plaines S-Curve Officially Reopens - Journal & Topics Media Group

Northwest Highway Des Plaines S-Curve just west of downtown reopened to traffic Wednesday after being closed since late May. (Noah Festenstein/Journal Photo) Des Plaines-area drivers, the wait is over! Over 200 days closed, the Northwest Highway S-curve just west of downtown Des Plaines re-opened to traffic Wednesday, Dec. 21. The re-configuration of the roadway that ....

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Father charged after infant's drug-related death near Des Plaines

A Des Plaines-area man has been charged in the drug-related death of his infant son nearly a year ago, police announced Thursday. ....

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Man shot and killed in Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lot


Updated 4/22/2021 10:18 PM
A man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in a Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lot, officials said.
Authorities responded at 3:47 p.m. to reports of a shooting in a parking lot at 9612 Greenwood Ave. in unincorporated Maine Township, according to Cook County sheriff s spokesman Matt Walberg.
 
Authorities discovered an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head and an 18-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her arm, according to Walberg.
Both victims were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where the man was pronounced dead. The woman is in serious condition.
The victims had left an apartment building and were in a vehicle when a gunman wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with orange script on the chest, black pants, a black knit cap and black face covering approached them and opened fire, Walberg said. The shooter fled in a tan Jeep Cherokee. ....

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