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Rosemont is banning installation of new electric vehicle charging stations in parking garages. A fire occurred here on the first floor of the Fashion Outlets of Chicago garage in January 2024. Christopher Placek/cplacek@dailyherald.com Prompted by an electric vehicle fire that required a large response by firefighters, Rosemont officials Monday placed a temporary moratorium on…
Elizabeth Davies, left, and Jeffrey Loffredo are running for Grayslake village president in the April 1 consolidated election. The two candidates vying to be Grayslake village president have different campaign priorities with incumbent Trustee Elizabeth Davies focusing on keeping the town debt-free and community oriented, while Jeff Loffredo is seeking to improve the town’s infrastructure…
Judge Victoria A. Rossetti asks the accused Highland Park parade shooter a question Monday during his trial at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan. AP The Highland Park parade shooter signed his trial waiver “Donald Trump” after pleading guilty, but experts say his plea should stand no matter what name he signed. “He can sign…
Chelsea Laliberte Barnes addresses the Palatine Village Board at Monday’s meeting. Steve Zalusky/szalusky@dailyherald.com Proponents of a citizen-backed referendum to establish a mental health board in Palatine Township and a tax to support it are making their push in the month before the election. Several spoke at Monday’s Palatine village board meeting. A town hall…
Elk Grove Cemetery, the burial place of two Revolutionary War veterans and other local figures, will get $750,000 in upgrades and be annexed into Elk Grove Village, under a plan unveiled this week by village officials. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com Elk Grove Village plans to annex the historic final resting place of a number of notable…
Top from left, Roger Byrne and Monica Lee Lundeen, bottom from left, Michael Schenk and Craig Takaoka are Vernon Hills trustee candidates in the April 1 election. Candidates for three seats on the Vernon Hills village board are well-known to each other and in the community, with three incumbents seeking reelection and a longtime village…
Michele Hunter An Arlington Heights trustee candidate faces a formal complaint alleging she accepted campaign contributions exceeding limits set by the village code. The campaign committee for Michele Hunter received in-kind contributions of $6,353.86 and $1,406.22 on Jan. 17 from the Illinois Republican Party for mailing and printing, according to disclosures filed with the Illinois…
A Wheaton man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and endangering the life of a child after a four-vehicle crash in Bartlett Saturday night. Nicholas Natanek, 36, was charged with two misdemeanors in addition to being cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Bartlett police…
A child was rescued by good Samaritans after falling into an icy pond in Lisle on Sunday afternoon. According to police, the child was rescued by community members. Officers and firefighters were dispatched to the Lakeside Apartments Complex in the 4700 block of Lake Trail Drive at about 2 p.m. to assist. The child was…
Weaponized automatons battle for supremacy during the Robot Rumble Saturday at Rolling Meadows High School. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com Using mechanical proxies, 15 high schools from across the region gathered in Rolling Meadows Saturday for a fierce competition in which violence and destruction were encouraged and rewarded. But it was the smoothly sinister Spatula from Prospect…
