Des Plaines News

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A Police responded May 14 in the 9200 block of Newcastle to a report of possible drug activity in an alley and charged five subjects with possession of cannabis.

A woman was discovered on the sidewalk in front of the Des Plaines police station by a passer-by Tuesday morning , TribLocal reported.

Now, on Saturday, June 2, the Des Plaines Park District staff and Board of Commissioners will celebrate the grand opening of North Lake Park on Howard Avenue at Lee Street.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Des Plaines Police Department .

Retail Theft On May 19 at 6:17 p.m. Anna Weich, 57 of Des Plaines, IL, was arrested in the 190 block of Tower Drive and charged with retail theft.

Sailors with the Recruit Training Command from Great Lakes Naval Station march in the Memorial Day parade Monday in Arlington Heights.

VFW 2992 Officer John Smullen, a veteran of World War II and Korea, along with Officer Ron Simon of American Legion Post 36 raise the flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines on Monday.

Public parks offer a variety of amenities including waterfront, ball fields and bike trails.

Ron Simon, 62, of Des Plaines, was a specialist four in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971 in Vietnam and Germany.

The Des Plaines Police Department provided the following reports. Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Resisting a Peace Officer Arturo Nmi Pulido-Olivo, 37, of Des Plaines, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting a peace officer after police conducted a traffic stop on him in the 400 block of ... (more)

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Biologists netted two Asian carp in a Chicago lagoon Thursday as part of a stepped-up effort to track - and remove - the invasive species from Illinois waterways.

Memorial Day Events When/Where: Monday, May 28, 8:15 a.m. at All Saints Cemetery & Mausoleum, 700 N. River Road in Des Plaines , 9 a.m. at Ridgewood Memorial Cemetery, 9900 Milwaukee Ave.

Offering up a direct challenge to a resistant Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois House resurrected a huge expansion of legalized gambling Wednesday that includes a land-based casino in Chicago, four more on riverboats - including one in Danville - and allowing ailing horse-racing tracks to add slot machines.

Do you sometimes feel as if you're risking your life trying to make a left turn on to one of Des Plaines' main thoroughfares? If you could put a traffic light anywhere in Des Plaines, where would that be? Perhaps you know a place where a stop sign or speed bumps are needed to better-protect pedestrians.

Driving on S. River Road you may have noticed a curious onlooker in the front yard of a house in the 1300 block - a giant wood bear sculpture.

If life falls into place for Arthur Stashak , a year from now he'll be gazing out at one of Hamburg's historic canals, taking a quick breather between his pas de deux and variations classes.

A Des Plaines man and a Chicago man are accused of attempting to deal at least a kilogram of heroin after one of them ditched police on a high-speed chase but was later caught hiding at Yorktown Center mall in Lombard, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday.