Christopher Placek
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Arlington Heights hospice volunteer celebrates lives well-livedNov 22, 2018 5:00 am - Since she began volunteering as a hospice caretaker in 2006, Mary McArthur of Arlington Heights has been there for dozens of patients in their final months and days. Tak...
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From turkey trots to turkey dinners, how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the suburbsNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - How Thanksgiving was celebrated in suburbs from Naperville to Lake Zurich
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Authorities identify Waukegan stabbing victimNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - Authorities on Thursday identified the 38-year-old Waukegan man they say was stabbed to death by his wife earlier this week. An autopsy was performed Wednesday on Raoof ...
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Arlington Heights Library employee - sans library degree - appointed new directorNov 21, 2018 4:22 am - The Arlington Heights library board conducted a national search for a new executive director, but in the end, it decided to give a 13-year employee now serving as interi...
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Morrison holds on for 37-vote victory over Trevor in 54th House districtNov 21, 2018 12:00 am - After the counting of provisional and late-arriving mail ballots, Republican state Rep. Tom Morrison of Palatine will hang on to his seat with only 37 votes separating h...
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Authorities: Man offered 7 different accounts of how his wife was fatally injuredNov 21, 2018 12:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife more than a month ago was ordered held Wednesday on $1 million bail. Timothy J. Z...
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Craft beer store/cafe plans to open in downtown Arlington HeightsNov 20, 2018 4:30 am - A craft beer retail store and tasting cafe is proposed to open next spring in downtown Arlington Heights as the second location of a small business that launched two yea...
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With changing political landscape, outgoing state Sen. Rooney saw defeat comingNov 17, 2018 12:00 am - Updated 11/18 to corect that Tom Rooney was appointed in September 2016 Outgoing Republican state Sen. Tom Rooney of Rolling Meadows is staying out of elected polit...
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Palatine man dies after minivan hits tree in Arlington HeightsNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - A 49-year-old Palatine man was killed Friday when his minivan veered into oncoming traffic and struck a tree in Arlington Heights, authorities said. The driver, Damon Ro...
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Downtown upgrades the focus of 2019 Arlington Heights budgetNov 15, 2018 4:00 am - Construction work in and around downtown Arlington Heights may be the most visual example of how the village might spend its money next year — representing a portion of ...