Christopher Placek
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Women's Jazz Festival in Arlington Heights set to expandJul 04, 2023 11:00 pm - After its inaugural jazz festival highlighting female artists, the Hey Nonny music venue in downtown Arlington Heights announced it received a $30,000 grant to expand th...
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Healing in Highland Park: Community walks parade route on anniversary of shootingJul 04, 2023 1:00 am - Ed and Adele Kaufman spent years watching the Highland Park Fourth of July parade from the downtown sidewalks. But Tuesday, they — and about 5,000 of their neighbors — w...
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'Haven't done their research': Bears stadium critic to try to recall Arlington Hts. mayor, trusteeJul 03, 2023 1:00 am - A critic of the Chicago Bears' potential redevelopment of Arlington Park has launched a petition drive to recall the Arlington Heights mayor and a village trustee over w...
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How NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski became Elk Grove Village's pitchmanJun 30, 2023 1:00 am - On Sunday, veteran NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski will navigate his No. 6 Ford Mustang through 12 turns of the 2.2-mile Chicago downtown street course. During commercial ...
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Hersey principal to go on medical leave for a year, then step downJun 29, 2023 1:00 am - Two years into his tenure as principal at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Keir Rogers is going on a yearlong medical leave and then stepping down, under te...
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Fearing effect on downtown Arlington Heights, not all businesses welcoming Bears to townJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - Among the 300 or so who attended Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren's meeting in Arlington Heights this week was Chip Brooks. Dressed in a Hey Nonny T-shirt th...
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Data centers the latest proposal for Elk Grove Twp. subdivision, and homeowners are listeningJun 27, 2023 5:00 am - Three years after plans for a trucking warehouse in an Elk Grove Township residential subdivision got tied up in litigation and the builder backed out, a new developer h...
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District 214 board member to Bears president: Schools want certainty on taxes, tooJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren said Monday the NFL franchise wants “certainty” over taxes at its new Arlington Heights property. But so do the school dist...
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We support move, want new assessment: School districts respond to Bears' call for more tax talksJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - The Daily Herald reached out Tuesday to leaders in Palatine Township Elementary District 15, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and Northwest Suburban High Sch...
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'Strictly business': Bears don't seek handout but tax 'fairness,' Warren says in Arlington HeightsJun 26, 2023 1:00 am - This story was updated Tuesday after a Bears spokesman clarified Kevin Warren's comments that he was contacted by an undisclosed municipality as he was driving from ...