Mount Prospect News

Lake Bluff police are trying to identify a body found inside a burning car in a parking lot in the 900 block of Sherwood Drive Wednesday morning.

In an effort to save taxpayers some money, Mt. Prospect village trustees directed Finance Director Dave Erb to come back on Tuesday, Dec.

The Village of Arlington Hts. has no plans to develop its own food pantry, according to one village official.

Gizmo, Tanya Anderson's 1-year-old Shih Tzu, died earlier this month after an unprovoked attack from a neighbor's dog in Antioch.

To date, the Mt. Prospect Police Dept. has received approximately 25,000 calls for service, compared to 25,631 in all of 2008.

Mt. Prospect elected officials recently approved the state bid for 2009-10 road salt in an amount not to exceed $221,372, which comes out to $58.37 per ton, compared to $64.42 per ton last year.

A new date has been set for the criminal sentencing of former Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of tax evasion and mail fraud more than a year ago.

Dressed in army fatigues with freshly shaven heads, a group of Elmhurst College students gather.

Firefighters confined fire to the garage and kitchen areas of home on Woodview Drive on far north side of Prospect Hts.

William Yoo, 20, of 936 Kings Canyon Drive, was arrested at 2:05 p.m. near the intersection of Hillgrove and Stone avenues in La Grange.

Police in Mount Prospect, Ill., are still trying to unravel a case where a robber sprayed pepper spray into a man's face and stole $2,128 worth of Home Depot store merchandise credits.

As a result of tough economic times that led to $13 million is losses in Mt. Prospect's Police and Fire Pension funds, taxpayers will be called upon to pay more in property taxes.

Tammy Montesinos, cake designer at Central Continental Bakery in Mt. Prospect, brought home second place overall in a national cake design competition in Charlotte, North Carolina, Oct.

Cook County Sheriff's Police announced charges against more than 100 people, several from the Northwest suburbs, in a six-month police investigation called "Operation Room Service." The investigation occurred at hotels and motels along Mannheim Road south of O'Hare International Airport.

A Skokie teenager serving a prison sentence on drug charges robbed a Park Ridge bank last year while dressed in women's clothing, authorities suspect.

Demolition started Tuesday on the former Mark Motors site at 2020 E. Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights near the Mount Prospect border.

Debra Mack looked forward to a day of pampering when she walked into the Southwest Side salon Monday.

If things work out as planned, Arlington Hts. School Dist. 25 will receive H1N1 flu vaccines in about two weeks.

Candidates seeking election in next February's primary had the opportunity to be first to file petitions to get on the ballot last Monday.

A joint team of 10 officers apprehended eight women on Friday, Oct. 23 during a country-wide prostitution sting.