Daily Herald: Recent Episodes
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After appearance on Fox News to defend patch, Prospect High School resource officer reassigned; Sirens across Northwest suburbs triggered by mistake; Fitch upgrades Illinois' credit outlook to 'positive;' Mike Ditka says Bears should stay in Chicago
Vernon Hills officials plan to extend restaurant assistance program; Schaumburg rejects permit requirement for large rallies, demonstrations; Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Lake Bluff in Lake County; Blackhawks' Pat Foley to conclude broadcasting career next season
Tornado cleanup expected to stretch for weeks; East Dundee village administrator reinstated 2 weeks after firing; Popeyes franchise coming to Hoffman Estates
Sunday's tornado damaged hundreds of homes in Naperville, Woodridge and Darien; Grayslake man, 34, critically injured when struck by car near Volo; Man killed in St. Charles crash; Hanover Park man shot to death in Chicago
President of Illinois Holocaust Museum dies at 91; One dead, one injured in Prospect Heights crash; Suburban men among the injured in deadly motorcycle pileup on I-80
Meet LVAD Dad, a Des Plaines father with no heartbeat; What if there are both the Chicago Bears and horse racing at Arlington Park?; Evanston author and retired Harvard business professor Steve Rogers pens an open letter and a book to white people about how they can be better allies to Blacks
How suburbs are marking Juneteenth an official holiday; An automated phone survey to gauge attitudes toward the Chicago Bears’ possibly moving to Arlington Park is circulating in the suburbs; Some suburban hospital officials are reporting they have no COVID-19 inpatients
The Chicago Bears confirmed Thursday the organization has submitted a bid to purchase the Arlington Park property; Illinois will hold lotteries for residents who have received a COVID-19 vaccine or plan to receive the vaccine that could net adults as much as $1 million; 70% of Illinois adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
Who's Freddy the fox, and why is he captivating Bartlett residents?; 7 arrested but none charged so far in Six Flags Great America fight; Police: DNA led investigators to man charged with attacking teen on bike path in Beach Park; Naperville council OKs 'small house, big garage' plan for Iron Gate Motor Condos
Harper College officials Tuesday announced the receipt of an $18 million donation from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott; Lake County coroner identifies Waukegan murder victim; Lombard food co-op $2.1 million short of fundraising goal
Gurnee Police were called to Six Flags Great America Sunday evening to help break up fights at the theme park; Carpentersville man identified as victim of road rage beating; Aurora police Chief Kristen Ziman plans to retire in August from the department; Former U-46 superintendent to be named interim CPS CEO; Wizard World Chicago returns to Rosemont in October
Charity ride creates memorial fund; Nurse wants to help new moms; COVID-19 case totals continue to decline
Real estate investment experts analyze all the rumored options for Arlington Park; A Wheaton woman with cancer found so many absurdities in chemo that she made a coloring book of one-liners about it; How Frida Kahlo's dresses were re-created at COD; An industrial center will replace a Lake County family farm and supper club
As businesses and entertainment venues were allowed to fully reopen Friday and operate with full capacity for the first time in 447 days; 42,083 more people got doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The village of Schaumburg is ramping up its events; Microscopic parasites are being blamed for a rash affecting some people who have visited Wauconda’s Bangs Lake; A man injured in a road rage beating Thursday in West Dundee remains hospitalized
With Illinois set to fully reopen today, it’s a time of relief, freedom and mask tossing — unless you happen to be 11 or younger; A one-on-one chat with Dr. Ngozi Ezike about the 15 months she's just had; Nearly 45% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated; Wheaton's College Church gets its new steeple after last year's tornado
Man charged with killing Naperville teen is back in Illinois; 'I didn't want the chickens to die': Addison firefighters, repair shop workers save about 14,000 hens; Ex-Burr Ridge dentist jailed for illegal practice; East Dundee village administrator fired after acknowledging relationship with assistant; Elgin church to host vax clinic for homeless; John Legend, Marie Osmond, Counting Crows added to Ravinia 2021 season
Buffalo Grove flies Pride Flag after outcry, but not at village hall; Des Plaines residents come out to support Pride flag's display at city hall; COVID-19 update: 44,174 more vaccinations, 365 new cases, 11 more deaths; Restaurant Poke Bros coming to Palatine; New drive-through Chipotle coming to old Macaroni Grill site in Wheaton; Arlington Alfresco to end in late September to make room for downtown 'finale event'
COVID-19 update: 33,407 more shots, 244 new cases, 14 more death; Hoffman Estates neighborhood garage sale to feature 157 homes this weekend; St. Charles Park District hosting meet-and-greet with sculptors; Waukegan police seek information in shooting death of Gurnee teen; Renovated Des Plaines Theatre expected to reopen this summer; First Watch cafe opens second suburban location in Kildeer
All main metrics for measuring COVID-19 continue to improve in Illinois; One dead in five-vehicle crash in Fox Lake; Bond set at $250,000 in St. Charles attempted murder case
Could Arlington Park become the next home for the White Sox?; Downers Grove dad learns to figure skate at daughters skating lessons and is now an award-winning competitive figure skater; Frida Kahlo ‘Timeless’ Exhibit opens at at College Of DuPage; St. Charles Chamber of Commerce moving locations in July
Drought conditions in the suburbs; Man charged in 1972 murder of 15-year-old Naperville girl; The state has recorded the lowest single-day percentage of new COVID-19 cases; Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a law establishing legislative district maps
Mount Prospect police continue to investigate a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a man in a wheelchair; Illinois hospitals are treating the fewest number of patients with the disease since the state started tracking the metric; The state’s vaccination numbers are only inching up; More festivals are returning, but Pride parades proceed with caution.
Suburban residents make up more than half of those who received COVID-19 vaccine doses each day during the past week; The state’s 7 day average case positivity rate continues to drop; Schaumburg’s Woodfield Trolley service is expected to return on July 2; Randhurst Mall owner wants to sell up to 15 outlots.
A late Monday night fire at an Addison business that tows and repairs large trucks destroyed 12 vehicles and 8 trailers; Illinois will soon join a coalition of states operating lotteries for residents who have received COVID-19 vaccine shots; The latest pandemic push is to roll out more COVID-19 inoculations at doctor’s offices; Sunday afternoon will see the second Buffalo Grove Pride Drive; A 15-year-old Chicago boy has been identified as one of two people killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash on I-90
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois is continuing to decline; Two teens charged in fire at former McHenry roller rink; No one hurt after townhomes catch fire in Hainesville
Birth control bill passes in Illinois House; Illinois reaches vaccine milestone as new case figures hit 10-month low; Des Plaines man opened fire on police, tied to $22 million drug bust
Memorial Day observances in the suburbs are proudly back in person;Two married couples are now on one village board; Morton Arboretum has new giant sculptures
Illinois is now averaging fewer than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day; The free Barrington Art Festival is returning in full swing this weekend; Bartlett’s 4th of July Festival will be back this year; The former Just For Fun Roller Rink in McHenry is a “total loss and has collapsed” after a fire.
A street race triggered the April 20 crash that killed 2 Judson University students in Elgin, authorities said; Frontier Days organizers are reversing course and planning a scaled-down version; Several mass vaccination sites that opened this winter are closing; A lower-level Arlington Heights committee Wednesday night tackled a big topic: the fate of Arlington Park
The association representing horse owners and trainers at Arlington Park has called on the Illinois attorney general to launch an antitrust investigation into track owner Churchill Downs; Providers in Illinois have administered more than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; The Schaumburg Boomers will return to the recently renamed Wintrust Field tonight after a yearlong hiatus.