Christopher Placek
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Multiple St. Viator students provided texts that led to charges, report saysAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Police records released Friday show multiple St. Viator High School students and parents provided authorities with copies of text messages they deemed inappropriate, lea...
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Arlington Heights plans to recruit more minorities to police forceAug 07, 2019 5:30 am - Arlington Heights officials say they will make a renewed effort to recruit more minority candidates to the police department in an effort to diversify the force. The dep...
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Students shouldn't forget about 'soft' skills, employers sayAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - What kind of skills do businesses want their student interns and apprentices - and perhaps their future employees - to have in today's 21st-century workforce? Many youth...
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Suspect sought in Rolling Meadows Walmart parking lot shootingAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows police have identified a suspect in the June 15 shooting in a Walmart parking lot, and there's now a warrant out for his arrest. Police announced this we...
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New Des Plaines park board member chosenAug 06, 2019 11:00 pm - A new Des Plaines park board commissioner has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by a longtime board member who stepped down before being hired as a district superi...
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Nearly two dozen willing to sell homes to make way for warehouse near Elk GroveAug 06, 2019 5:00 am - Despite rumors of development for years, the Roppolo residential subdivision in unincorporated Elk Grove Township has been left unscathed amid the growing commercial and...
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Construction begins on townhouses at former Rolling Meadows Dominick's siteAug 05, 2019 1:00 am - Monday marked a new chapter for the former Dominick's site in the Rolling Meadows' downtown, with construction equipment on site and city officials putting shovels in th...
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Ex-St. Viator coach accused of sending inappropriate texts to studentsAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - Former St. Viator High School boys basketball coach Joseph Majkowski was charged with four counts of disorderly conduct stemming from allegations the former faculty memb...
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Park Ridge police: Son dumped mother's body in garbage can after slayingJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - A 47-year-old Park Ridge man is accused of stabbing his mother to death and dumping her body in a garbage can in an attempt to conceal it, police said Wednesday. David K...
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Police seek video of fatal Arlington Heights skateboarding accidentJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - Arlington Heights police are looking for any videos that may have captured the skateboarding accident Saturday night that took the life of a 17-year-old Buffalo Grove Hi...