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Elgin police officer dies after off-duty collision with deer
Elgin officials observed a moment of silence at last night's city council meeting for an off-duty police officer who died after his motorcycle struck a deer late Tuesday. Full story. ...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 11:16 AM
Generations at Risk: Four-part series about the effects of poverty on education, starts today
What if the way we've been judging schools in Illinois for years is wrong? Every year when school report card data comes out, the top schools - or the...
Updated: Jun 22, 2015 at 11:13 AM
No injuries were reported in an electrical fire that caused about $150,000 in damage to a Carpentersville manufacturing building Monday, authorities said.
Firefighters responded about 6:30 a.m. to 400 Maple Avenue. The fire was put out in about 15 m...
Updated: Jun 16, 2015 at 08:18 PM
From a major derailment and crude oil explosion in Galena to a minor oil leak in Riverdale, both occurring in March, rail hazmat releases are a fact of life in Illinois, a major freight hub for the nation.
That reality sent more than a dozen local f...
Updated: Jun 13, 2015 at 09:33 AM
Bicyclist killed near Hampshire
A bicyclist was killed in an unincorporated area near Hampshire yesterday afternoon after it collided with a vehicle in the middle of an intersection, Kane County officials said. The crash happened at 4:10 p.m. a...
Updated: May 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM
More than 30 suburban fire departments helped fight a South Barrington house fire in the Crabtree Trails subdivision Monday afternoon.
Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District Chief Jeff Swanson said his department was alerted to a fire at 2 ...
Updated: May 19, 2015 at 01:56 PM
The fire that gutted a Barrington Hills mansion earlier this month illustrates the kind of herculean challenge that suburban fire departments face when battling blazes in neighborhoods that lack the fire hydrants many communities take for granted.
I...
Updated: Apr 30, 2015 at 10:15 AM
The people living in the Barrington Hills home that went up in flames last weekend were, by all accounts. lucky. Nobody died. Had the house fire started in the middle of the night, the story could have been different.
A brush fire in the back of the...
Updated: Apr 24, 2015 at 06:46 AM
Cause of Barrington Hills fire remains under investigation
Barrington Countryside fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire Saturday that gutted a Barrington Hills mansion. Firefighters returned to the scene early Sunday aftern...
Updated: Apr 20, 2015 at 10:27 AM
Barrington Countryside fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire Saturday that gutted a Barrington Hills mansion.
Firefighters returned to the scene early Sunday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after the fire started, to prevent remainin...
Updated: Apr 20, 2015 at 02:36 PM