Cook County
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Could we see our first snow next week?Oct 25, 2019 1:00 am - October ends next week, but a touch of winter is coming to the suburbs. It will be noticeably colder - daytime temperatures in the 40s and overnight lows in the 30s - an...
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Rotary Club of Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates marks 50 years of serviceOct 24, 2019 6:40 am - Members of the Rotary Club of Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates work year-round on community projects, but on Oct. 17, they rested. More than 160 members and their guests gathe...
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Can a state senator who's not under federal probe sponsor this fire pension bill?Oct 19, 2019 1:00 am - A bill that would limit future firefighters to only one pension passed the Illinois House nearly unanimously this year, then a Democratic Senate sponsor tucked it into a...
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Man who drove through Woodfield indicted on charges of terrorism, criminal damageOct 18, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County prosecutors announced an indictment against a Palatine man charged with driving his SUV into Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg last month. Javier Garcia, 23, fac...
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Long-sought trail link will connect Arlington Heights to Lake County Forest PreserveOct 16, 2019 1:00 am - A long-sought pedestrian connection from Arlington Heights to the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve in Lake County is planned for construction starting next spring, official...
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Scouts camp out, play games and do science at Busse Woods camporeeOct 12, 2019 1:00 am - More than 4,500 Scouts, leaders and parents converged on the Busse Woods Forest Preserve in the Northwest suburbs this weekend to do what Scouts typically do at a jambor...
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Street sign honors longtime Rolling Meadows presiding judgeOct 11, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty-four years after minor-league baseball player-turned-Cook County jurist James A. Geocaris retired as presiding judge of Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District, ...
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Man with long record of break-ins gets 8 years for Lake in the Hills burglaryOct 10, 2019 1:00 am -
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Expungements, tax appeals will cause hiring spree as overall Cook County jobs declineOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County will go on a hiring spree to help with court record expungements and property tax appeals, even as the total number of county jobs declines. Cook County Boar...
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Ex-Harvest Bible employee 'remorseful,' agrees to repay $100K in lawsuit settlementOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - A former Harvest Bible Chapel employee has agreed to a five-year repayment schedule of $100,000 he was accused in a lawsuit of embezzling. Jeffrey Lee Parham Jr., 38, of...