Des Plaines

A culture war in the suburbs, as a conservative group's event was canceled after alleged threats from LGBTQ activists.

Des Plaines police are looking for at least three suspects who gunned down a teenage boy in front of his home Sunday night.

Police said the five juveniles are also responsible for "numerous burglaries" to cars in the parking lots of the Wyndham and the Comfort Inn in Des Plaines before the carjacking.

Firefighters searched the building and while all the people made it out safely, they did fin a dog in the unit where the fire started. Resuscitation was done on scene, and a police officer raced the dog to a vet, but it died.

A northwest suburban two-year college is changing its name as it starts a new semester.

Two men have been charged with robbing and kidnapping a Chicago man during a carjacking last Thursday at Rivers Casino in suburban Des Plaines.

An 18-year-old Cook County man and two male juveniles have been arrested for a gang-related shooting Thursday night in suburban Des Plaines.

Raging fire flames ripped through several townhomes in Des Plaines. At least two buildings were damaged as a result.

A man was charged after cheating at a baccarat table earlier this month at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.

Three gamblers were robbed of money early Friday at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.

Last year the celebration attracted 400,000 people.

Diocese leaders say the shrine in Des Plaines hosts the largest gathering in the United States.