Christopher Placek
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Anti-Flock signs removed as Rolling Meadows debates license plate camerasAug 19, 2026 6:05 pm - Rolling Meadows city inspectors removed 57 yard signs placed by opponents of automated license-plate reading cameras. Officials say the signs were on public property, but organizers accuse the city of selective enforcement.
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Ownership dispute over shuttered Sugar Factory restaurant in Rosemont leads to heated meetingAug 18, 2026 6:48 pm - A dispute between rival ownership groups of the shuttered Sugar Factory restaurant led to a heated zoning board meeting in Rosemont.
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‘Proactive not reactive’: Rosemont to install walk-through metal detectors at Allstate ArenaAug 17, 2026 5:02 pm - Rosemont will install a dozen walk-through metal detectors at all Allstate Arena entrances in the coming weeks, potentially in time for the Garth Brooks concerts Sept. 10-13.
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Neighbors oppose data center plan for WGN site, but Elk Grove mayor says truck depot would be worseAug 14, 2026 5:57 pm - Some Elk Grove Village residents oppose plans for a data center campus at the WGN radio transmitter site, but Mayor Craig Johnson defends the project as preferable to a trucking and logistics center.
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Mayor still hopeful Bears will ‘reverse this ship back toward Arlington Heights’Aug 13, 2026 4:35 pm - Arlington Heights officials remain hopeful the Chicago Bears will choose their town for a new stadium despite the team’s latest pursuit of Northwest Indiana.
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With an assist from AI, Donald E. Stephens comes back to life in new Rosemont museumAug 12, 2026 6:58 pm - Rosemont next week will open to the public its new $3.5 million history museum featuring an AI-powered animatronic replica of its iconic late Mayor Donald E. Stephens.
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Once Upon a Bagel among new eateries planned on Higgins Road in RosemontAug 12, 2026 8:32 am - Once Upon a Bagel will open a 1,800-square-foot shop in Rosemont’s village-owned strip building at 9500-9520 W. Higgins Road, taking over a former Starbucks corner location and joining other new eateries in the developing restaurant row.
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Arlington Heights to hire a dozen more cops, restoring staffing to prerecession levelsAug 11, 2026 6:05 pm - Arlington Heights plans to hire 12 new police officers over three years to address staffing challenges caused by increased training requirements, complex investigations, and officers’ reluctance to work overtime, officials said.
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After backlash, Rosemont mall reverses pay-to-park policyAug 10, 2026 5:56 pm - Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont on Monday announced a reversal of a controversial paid parking policy following backlash from shoppers, businesses and the village’s mayor.
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Attorney recalls ‘proudest moments’ representing Arlington Heights for nearly half centuryAug 08, 2026 1:39 pm - Ernest R. Blomquist III, who served as Arlington Heights village prosecutor for 48 years, has retired from a career that ranged from handling traffic and DUI cases to arguing before the Supreme Court.