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Camp Pendleton Marine dies in combat in Afghanistan

2010-11-11 16:33:15

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'Solar tree' proposed for training academy in Glenview

2013-05-21 12:39:00

Is it urban art or just a new gadget for collecting solar power? Some say it's both. Glenview officials recently got a look at a miniature version the "solar tree" that the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Services Academy wants to erect...

High school students turn to internships to help plot future

2013-05-20 00:00:00

This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of...

Bails set for two in Wheeling gang shooting

2013-05-05 15:09:00

A suburban man allegedly plotted to kill a teenager because he switched gang affiliations, but he wound up killing another man, Cook County prosecutors said Sunday. Jesus Sanchez, 18, and Collin Scheffler, 19, are charged with first-degree murder and...

Vote totals official in too-close-to-call Arlington Heights trustee race

2013-05-06 15:15:26

In the Arlington Heights trustee race, Norman Breyer lost to fellow incumbent Bert Rosenberg by just 20 votes, according to vote totals recently certified by the Cook County Clerk's Office. "We almost split evenly. Let's face it – percentage-wise...

Arlington Heights man sentenced to 30 years for abusing two young girls

2013-05-01 14:46:00

An Arlington Heights man who prosecutors said forced two girls, beginning when they were 11 and 13, to have sex with him and took video of the acts was sentenced in Cook County Circuit Court today to 30 years in prison. Danny Sims, 44, of the 2200...

Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Palatine police blotter: April 29

2013-04-29 00:00:00

The following items were taken from police reports. Arlington Heights Burglary An exterior door of a vacant office building at 145 E. Algonquin Road was reported forced open and copper wire with a possible value in excess of $20,000 removed. The...

BEST BETS FOR THE WEEK

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Electronics recycling in Arlington Heights for SWANCC residents Since 1999, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County has provided a variety of electronics recycling programs for residents in its member communities. Programs currently offered...

Arlington Heights shares cost of battling ash borer

2013-04-24 07:42:00

Residents who treated more than 1,800 ash trees in parkways in Arlington Heights for the deadly emerald ash borer beetle have been reimbursed a total of at least $90,000, but it's estimated that another 12,000 ash trees remain untreated. "It is very...

Lake Zurich, Mundelein, Grayslake police blotter: April 24

2013-04-24 00:00:00

The following items were taken from police records: Lake Zurich •On April 12 at 2:29 p.m., police arrested a 70-year-old Island Lake woman on U.S. Route 12 at Illinois Route 22 and charged her with improper lane usage and driving with a suspended...

Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide

2013-04-24 00:00:00

In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....

Quilting bee members meet to socialize, contribute to causes

2013-04-24 00:00:00

An ice storm is slowing morning commuters, but there's no stopping the 10 members of the Sewing Circle who convene at a Geneva church for their quilting bee. "When I was out of town, I missed them," said Joanne Wagner. "When I'm in town, I'm here...

John McCain is stepping into local politics in Illinois, but it has nothing to do with former rival Barack Obama.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

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Bond for a Cherry Valley, Ill. man was set at $350,000 in Cook County Court after he was charged with enticing a 16-year-old girl to work as prostitute in Arlington Heights, authorities said.

2013-03-22 00:00:00

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Supporters of Democratic candidates attend an early-voting rally in Arlington Heights, Ill.

2012-10-27 00:00:00