Streamwood
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District 211 Foundation awards $60,000 in senior scholarshipsJun 24, 2024 9:14 am - The District 211 Foundation has awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships this spring to graduating seniors, including students pursuing specific careers in areas like engineering, journalism and healthcare; students demonstrating excellence and leadership and those who have actively participated in various school activities.
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Palatine police building on pioneering use of electric motorcyclesJun 18, 2024 6:00 am - Palatine police became the first law enforcement agency in the state with an electric motorcycle.Now it is acquiring a second vehicle, with the help of a $50,000 Community Project Funding grant through Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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Pedaling uphill: Ingenuity, adaptability have made the difference for suburban bike shops since the pandemicJun 16, 2024 5:44 am - The inventory and service demands that accompanied the pandemic’s sudden surge of interest in cycling sent suburban bike shops pedaling uphill on an already 4-year-long journey that hasn’t yet seen a downhill coast to 2019 market norms.
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Suburban communities look to address tree inequity, build climate resilienceJun 14, 2024 9:51 pm - Whatever a community’s leading issue is, there’s a tree for it. Whether it’s saving money, reducing crime or improving water quality, “there’s a tree for a lot of things ...
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Program brings early learning opportunities to Elgin-area familiesJun 14, 2024 2:41 pm - The Elgin Partnership for Early Learning's Learning On the Go is back for the eighth year, providing learning opportunities to underserved families with young children in the Elgin area.
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Krishnamoorthi secures $1 million earmark for Rosemont’s gated community — even though it’s not in his districtJun 12, 2024 6:42 pm - Rosemont has never gotten a congressional earmark as large as the one U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi secured — nearly $1 million — even though it’s for a public works proj...
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School worker gets 8 years for sexually assaulting studentJun 12, 2024 4:03 pm - A former hall monitor at Tefft Middle School in Streamwood has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a student.
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Putting down roots: Morton Arboretum helps communities plant more than 1,800 treesJun 11, 2024 1:01 pm - The Morton Arboretum is distributing $6.9 million in federally funded grants to help nearly two dozen communities throughout Illinois plant and care for trees. The city of Elgin, the Roselle Park District and the village of Streamwood are among the suburban grant recipients.
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Streamwood man sentenced to 52 years in prison for murder of ‘best friend’Jun 10, 2024 4:11 pm - Convicted in the April 2022 shooting death of the man he called his best friend, 29-year-old Streamwood resident Salvatore Scardino was sentenced Monday to 52 years in prison.
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Hanover Township Summer Open Gym underwayJun 07, 2024 4:22 pm - The Hanover Township Summer Open Gym Program is underway and runs through Aug. 9.