Kevin O’Connell of Operation Flags for Vets joins Lisa Dent to discuss the need for volunteers this weekend. Their annual event, this Saturday morning in Des Plaines, will help place over ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. ( WGN) — Operation Flags for Vets is seeking locals to help in the annual Memorial Day Weekend tradition of honoring veterans. Every year, the organization plants nearly 5,000 flags ...

A plan for a four-story, supported living center in Des Plaines that was rejected by the city council earlier this month has ...

Hundreds gathered Sunday morning under cloudy late spring skies to take part in the 68-year tradition of paddling the Des Plaines River.

The Food Truck Round Up scheduled for Tuesday in Des Plaines has been rescheduled to Sept. 9 because inclement weather is expected, officials announced Monday. The event still will be held at ...

A Park Ridge man was seriously injured and now faces multiple charges after crashing his pickup truck into a home in Des ...

Des Plaines police said a driver was injured, and also arrested, after crashing his car into a home. Police said officers responded to the 1900-block of Lee Street after getting calls about a car that ...

One of the oldest races of its kind, the 18.5-mile Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon floats back this weekend, drawing paddlers from across the country for a relaxed, no-experience-needed ...

The development would have brought a four-story, 150-unit residential building to a 4-acre vacant site at 2200 East Golf Road ...

Our latest story can be found here. Our original story continues below. A mystery is unfolding in suburban Des Plaines this week after police were seen sifting through the backyard of a home ...

Neighbors in the northwest Chicago suburb of Des Plaines have been wondering what is going on after police put up crime scene tape and started investigating a home. As of Tuesday, the ...