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State health officials say 79,266 dozes of vaccine were given in Illinois on Saturday. The state also reported 1,249 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, its second-lowest daily total since late July.

Illinois | February ends with drop in COVID-19 cases, deaths

For just the second time since late July, state health officials on Sunday reported fewer than 1,250 new and confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19.
One built-in advantage to Arlington International Racecourse’s location is its own Metra station, experts say, along with proximity to major roads and expressways.

News | Even with a stadium, Arlington Park redevelopment likely to have more, like shops, homes

Once in a generation. That's how a marketing brochure describes the redevelopment opportunity that exists on a sprawling 326-acre site that has hosted horse racing for nearly a century in Arlington Heights.
Commander of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force George Filenko meets the press after the shooting of Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in 2015.

Columns | Constable: Retiring chief went from victim to mall cop to lead investigator on Gliniewicz case

Retiring Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko built an impressive career in law enforcement from his years as a Randhurst mall cop and emergency dispatcher to his work on 200 homicides, including the death of Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz in 2015 in a suicide staged to look like murder.
Sidewalk shoveling on this Geneva block was hit-or-miss during the latest storm, leaving both clean pavement and snowdrifts for pedestrians.

Columns | How a one-two punch of snow and freezing cold created suburban sidewalk debacle

Did we just give up on snow shoveling this February? Many suburban sidewalks were impassable a week ago after freezing temperatures and blizzards vanquished homeowners without snowblowers.
News | Late-night house fire guts Ingleside house
Fox Lake Fire Protection District officials said a house fire Sunday night on the 27800 block of Ridge Street in Ingleside left the home uninhabitable.
Pastor Katie Shaw Thompson leads a Sunday service at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin that is broadcast via Zoom and YouTube. COVID-19 forced the church to turn to the internet to continue preaching to the flock, Thompson said, adding there’s no denying its reach and convenience.
News | How the small Highland Avenue Church in Elgin has thrived during the pandemic
A look at how one small Elgin church has overcome the separation imparted by the COVID-19 pandemic to become an even stronger community.
Upper from left, Richard Baldino, William Beiersdorf, James “Jim” Bertucci and lower from left, Wendy Dunnington, Nicolle Grasse, Jim Tinaglia are candidates for Arlington Heights trustee in the 2021 election.
Politics | What Arlington trustee candidates think should replace Arlington Park
Candidates for the Arlington Heights village board respond to Daily Herald questions about what should be done in redeveloping the Arlington Park site now that the track is up for sale. Candidates include Rich Baldino, Will Beiersdorf, Jim Bertucci, Will Beiersdorf, Wendy Dunnington, Nicolle Grasse and Jim Tinaglia. The election is April 6. Mail-in balloting begins March 10, with early in-person voting starting shortly after that.
Cayce Williams, left, with niece, Amber Robarge, speaks Friday in Crystal Lake on his parole. He was released after serving 24 years in the 1997 murder of an Elgin toddler.
Crime | Murderer of Elgin toddler moves to Crystal Lake area
The man convicted in 1997 murder of Elgin toddler calls death an "accident," a claim current prosecutor calls "not even remotely" true. He was released from prison Thursday.
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Opinion | Spring training 2021: No more picnic-table talks
How We Got The Story: Sports writer Scot Gregor describes how COVID-19 has changed coverage of the Sox and Cubs during spring training.
Joe Donlon
Columns | Feder: NewsNation relaunches tonight -- but will anybody notice?
Six months to the day after WGN America launched a primetime newscast from Chicago, Nexstar Media Group is rebranding the cable network and rolling out three new shows.
John Kordek of Arlington Heights was chosen by President Ronald Reagan to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Botswana. It was a culmination of a foreign service career that took him to Yugoslavia, Venezuela. Belgium and Italy, among other countries.
News | John Kordek, diplomat who made home in Arlington Heights, dies at 82
John Kordek, whose foreign service career took him to meetings with former presidents, a pope and leaders around the world, died earlier this month. The Arlington Heights resident was 82.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Channahon Republican
Politics | As Trump returns to spotlight, Kinzinger attacks 'politics of fear'
On the day former President Donald Trump returned to the public stage for the first time since he left office, one of his most outspoken Republican critics - Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger - released a new video urging viewers to "reject the politics of fear and division."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Cook County Forest Preserves’ Jonny Brann, center, helps people learn basic cross-country skiing techniques and test out some skis while exploring the trails around Camp Reinberg Saturday, February 20, 2021 in Palatine.
An attempt to build snowmen and finding golf balls in the snow are part of The Week in Pictures photo gallery for February 20-26, 2021.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 553, Don Vickery photo: Plotting the downfall of one another are these chess club members at Arlington High School in March of 1965. Clockwise from above left are Ferdunand Korndorf, Robert Jenkins, John Simmons and Allan Swaby.
Through the Film Magnifier: Nancy Lopez, AHS chess club, Dallas Green, Blackhawks and more
A pedestrian takes small steps in the slippery snow to cross S. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights Monday night.
It was a busy and unpredictable couple of weeks and Daily Herald photographers present it in The Week in Pictures for February 6-19, 2021.
A jet crosses the path of a sun pillar seen from the parking lot of Glenbrook North High School Saturday. Sun pillars happen when a strong light source, in this case it is the setting sun, reflects off tiny ice crystals suspended in the air. The bitter cold and bright sun were the perfect conditions that day. This sun pillar lasted less than 10 minutes and got stronger as the sun went lower.
Spectacular sunset in Northbrook
Brian Kotowski, of Palatine uses his snowblower to dig out from an overnight snowstorm that once again hit the suburbs, “The first couple of times were all right, now I don’t like it,” Kotowski mentioned as he took a break during his snow removal duties on Tuesday morning.
Suburbanites were digging out of more snow Tuesday and Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for the entire state.
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