Man, 33, killed at Arlington Heights home of woman who had restraining order against him

A 33-year-old man was killed Sunday after police said he unlawfully entered the home of an Arlington Heights woman who had a restraining order against him, and another man who was visiting her and had a conceal carry license fatally shot the intruder. According to an Arlington Heights Police Department news release, police were called at around 1:40 p.m. Sunday to a unit in the Arbor Lakes Apartment Complex, in the 4200 block of North Bloomingdale Avenue, in the northwest suburb. The release states that the woman who lives in the apartment called police to report that the man, now […]

Structural fire renders Orland Township home uninhabitable after suspected lightning strike

A structural fire in unincorporated Orland Township Tuesday night, after an earlier inspection from a suspected lightning strike found nothing, left a home uninhabitable. The Orland Fire Protection District responded to the 16500 Block of Lee Avenue following multiple 911 calls from the homeowner claiming he suspected his house was struck by lightning. In the […]