Christopher Placek
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Fatal Buffalo Grove shooting: What kind of training do suburban cops get on mental health issues?Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - A day after the police-involved fatal shooting of a man in mental distress in Buffalo Grove, a law enforcement educator detailed the type of training police throughout t...
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New Rolling Meadows emergency fund to help residents in crisisDec 02, 2021 4:30 am - Rolling Meadows has formally launched a new city financial assistance program - funded by public donations - for residents in emergencies and crisis situations. Called t...
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'He was hurting and he needed help,' mom of man firing guns and killed by Buffalo Grove police saysDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - A man firing two guns was shot and killed by Buffalo Grove police early Thursday, in what is the first officer-involved shooting in the village's history, authorities sa...
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Arlington Heights funeral home going hybrid for annual remembrance ceremony this yearDec 01, 2021 4:00 am - Much like its pandemic-adapted wake and funeral services, Glueckert Funeral Home's annual remembrance ceremony this weekend in Arlington Heights will be a hybrid in-pers...
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Don your red suit for annual Santa Run in Arlington HeightsNov 26, 2021 5:00 am - More than 1,000 runners clad in Santa suits are expected to fill the streets of downtown Arlington Heights once again next weekend for the return of the Rotary Santa Run...
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'We treat people like people': Small church near St. Charles serves meals for homelessNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - Most large-scale Thanksgiving community dinners - a regular thing before the pandemic, put on by churches, charities and community groups - still haven't returned to the...
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Former Rolling Meadows finance chief gets $10,000 in extra pay, mostly for added manager dutiesNov 24, 2021 4:12 am - Former longtime Rolling Meadows Finance Director Melissa Gallagher will receive nearly $10,000 in severance and retroactive pay for serving as temporary city manager in ...
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Bail denied for Pingree Grove man charged in Wheeling murder and kidnappingNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - A Cook County judge denied bail Wednesday to a Pingree Grove man charged in the murder of his one-time girlfriend and the kidnapping of her baby daughter. Ahmeel Fowler,...
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Planned spec building could be sign of things to come at Northwest Point in Elk GroveNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - A planned $15.3 million, 147,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at Northwest Point in Elk Grove Village could be a sign of things to come in the old office ...
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Will Arlington Park get to keep OTBs? State panel hasn't made a decision yetNov 18, 2021 3:00 pm - This story has been corrected with the estimated amount of net profit Churchill Downs Inc. would stand to gain by keeping open its network of off-track betting parlo...