Franklin Park News

A massive amount of marijuana, with an estimated value of over $9.3 million was seized last week by Illinois State Police.

It took more than an hour for fire personnel from several suburbs this afternoon to extinguish a blaze that ripped through a recycling facility in an unincorporated area of Cook County near Northlake.

A fire at a recycling business in Northlake the afternoon of Feb. 4 took two hours and 18 fire departments to put out.

District 212 will host its annual winter instrumental concert 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at East Leyden High School, 3400 Rose St., Franklin Park.

The registration deadline for the West Suburban Special Recreation Association's 2010 summer camp lottery is 5 p.m. Friday, Feb.

Rosemont residents who vote in next Tuesday's primary election will see a long list of political contests on the ballot.

Around 4 p.m. on Nov. 14, Michael Karalis was riding his 2009 Harley Davidson east on Grand Avenue in Franklin Park.

The Flanigan family had just finished dinner on Nov. 22 and were headed to separate rooms to watch TV when the windows started shattering.

About 200 people packed a Franklin Park meeting room Tuesday night, mostly to voice support for firefighters who may be laid off as part of village budget cuts.

These items are from the Rosemont Police Department incident reports. The Rosemont Journal publishes the police blotter every Wednesday.

MEDFORD -- Ruby I. Johnson-Michal, 90, of Medford died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at Memorial Nursing and Rehab Center, Medford.

Police shot and killed a man after a car chase starting in Franklin Park Monday night.

A driver fatally shot by police after an unusual low-speed car chase in Northlake had been arrested in 2005 for fleeing from officers during a traffic stop, authorities said Tuesday.

Police shot and killed a man after a car chase starting in Franklin Park Monday night.

Patty Mojziszek broke down several times while talking about her life trying to care for her ex-husband Dan Mojziszek who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had several run-ins with police over the years.

Officers say a police sergeant was shot in the hand during the incident Monday night.

Dan Mojziszek was a college-educated musician who taught his craft to children while raising a young son with his wife in the suburbs.

Share + Jan 12, 2010 7:20 am US/Central NORTHLAKE, Ill. An elderly driver is dead after a slow-speed police chase through the western suburbs.

A plan to lay off police officers, firefighters and utility workers drew more than 100 mostly village employees to a meeting Monday night, Jan.

A traffic collision involving five vehicles sent five people to area hospitals in west suburban Franklin Park Saturday night.