Christopher Placek
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District 25 fires nurse under investigation for giving students wrong medicationMay 09, 2024 7:24 am - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members have fired a school nurse under investigation for dispensing the wrong medication to students. During a spec...
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Amid growing popularity of women’s sports, Rosemont extends deal with pro softball leagueMay 09, 2024 6:00 am - An innovative women’s professional softball league that launched in Rosemont at the height of the pandemic is putting down deeper roots at the village-owned softball stad...
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Last billboards in Arlington Heights — other than one owned by Bears — to come downMay 07, 2024 7:33 pm - With approvals due to expire next month for the Bears’ revenue-generating billboard at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights village board members this week told a small-busi...
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Arlington Heights police bring on full-time crisis counselor despite cut in federal fundingMay 06, 2024 8:55 pm - Though federal grant funding runs out this summer, Arlington Heights trustees agreed Monday to commit village funds to keep a police department crisis counselor employed ...
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From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiarMay 04, 2024 11:45 am - As Chicago Bears executives last week presented glossy renderings and extolled the virtues of building a new stadium on the city’s lakefront, one could hear echoes of sim...
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Rolling Meadows park director hired for same role in BartlettMay 03, 2024 8:05 pm - Friday was Rolling Meadows Park District Executive Director Kevin Romejko’s last day on the job, before he takes on a similar role Monday in Bartlett. Romejko, who spent ...
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Wauconda man in custody after 2-hour standoff with policeMay 03, 2024 5:13 pm - A Wauconda man is in police custody after a two-hour standoff that started when he barricaded himself in his house, police said. Officers responded to the residence on th...
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This city’s unlimited paid time off policy believed to be first in suburbsMay 01, 2024 7:07 pm - Some public employees at Rolling Meadows City Hall are now eligible for unlimited paid time off, in what is believed to be a first for a large municipality in the suburbs...
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Plaster repairs to put Prospect High pool out of commission this summerApr 30, 2024 8:09 pm - Eight years after opening, Prospect High School’s pool is in need of repairs due to crumbling plaster behind tiles that otherwise should have lasted up to a dozen years, ...
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Developer pays $9 million for long-sought Guitar Center property in Arlington HeightsApr 29, 2024 6:12 pm - Work has begun to transform the southern gateway of Arlington Heights, but developer Bradford Allen is already eyeing its next phase of redevelopment. The Chicago-based r...