Mount Prospect Journal

4 days ago | journal-topics.com | Sam Rakestraw

Clocktower design approved by village trustees for new gateway plaza at Northwest Highway and Central Road. The Mount Prospect Village Board waived the rules for public bidding and awarded a $259,650 contract to Verdin Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a 35-ft. tall clock tower for the proposed gateway plaza with green space at Northwest Highway and Central Road. The concept of a new gateway plaza on the property, recently purchased by the village at 310 W. Northwest Hwy., was presented at last ...

4 days ago | journal-topics.com | Sam Rakestraw

Maine Township High School Dist. 207 board members approved new novels for English classes for next school year, as well as the first reading for a digital textbook for World History courses, during their meeting Monday (May 5). “We would not look at another World History textbook for about five to six years, and at that point we’ll determine whether or not to change publisher or book edition,” said Assistant Supt. of Curriculum and Innovation Shawn Messmer. “The nice thing about a new [digital]...

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Tom Robb

The scene outside Patrick Hanley's Winnetka home with rallying supporters as he announced his run for the 9th Illinois State Senate seat. (Photo submitted)Another name dropped in the race for the 9th State Senate seat, that of Patrick Hanley, who runs day-to-day operations for the New Trier Democrats under Committeeman Dean Margolis. Hanley said he has the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th), who recently announced she would not seek reelection to Congress, leading State Sen. Laura ...

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Tom Wessell

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (Wikimedia Commons)The first American to rise to the papacy, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and grew up in south suburban Dolton, is now Pope Leo XIV -- the 267th pope elected by the Catholic Church. Area Catholics rejoiced at the news Thursday after white smoke appeared from the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, signaling the conclave's decision was made. "Peace be with all of you!" were the first words of Pope Leo XIV during ...

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Igor Studenkov

A person found near the Union Pacific Northwest Line Metra tracks in Des Plaines was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital around midday Friday (May 9). According to Des Plaines Fire Chief Matt Matzl, paramedics got a call about an injured person near the intersection of Northwest Highway and Western Avenue. He said that the person was taken to the hospital with “life-threatening injuries.”Matzl said that the Metra Police Department was still investigating the incident, and he had no furt...