With emergency calls rising and Elgin relying increasingly on mutual aid calls, Fire Chief Robb Cagann hopes the city will approve a sixth ambulance and nine new firefighters in the 2025 budget.
Day: November 18, 2024
Palatine fire traced to electrical component
Palatine fire officials said the failure of an electrical component caused a fire early Monday morning at a home on the 0-100 block of East Washington Street.
Column: NFL’s new Trump dance craze is certain to unite almost half the nation
The latest dance craze sweeping the NFL is the Trump dance. How long will it last? And will anyone care?
Slate of candidates in Lake Bluff’s April 2025 municipal election becomes clearer
Lake Bluff residents will see a mixture of incumbents and newcomers on the ballot in next April’s municipal elections.
Lake County Symphony Orchestra marks 20th anniversary; A ‘beautiful success story’
What started with about 20 players has grown to nearly 50, featuring artists from Milwaukee to Chicago, playing about five concerts a season.
Editorial: A sad remembrance for Officer Enrique Martínez asks us to better appreciate our cops
As the life of police Officer Enrique Martínez, shot to death Nov. 4 after a traffic stop, was celebrated Monday, Chicago police chief Larry Snelling issued a bracing message.
Clarendon Hills Holiday Walk, tree contest set for Dec. 6
The annual Holiday Walk and a Christmas Tree contest that will raise money for Chamber and the Clarendon Hills Lions Club.
La Grange boutique marks 10 years of success
JAYNE Boutique in downtown La Grange not only survived a decade that included a global pandemic, it has thrived.
YouthBuild Lake County training youths in solar panel installation; ‘This is the fastest-growing job in the country’
YouthBuild Lake County is one of three organizations nationwide piloting a national program to train people to install solar panels on homes, businesses or other buildings, certifying 10 people in October in North Chicago as qualified to install the equipment.
Gary man fatally shot Sunday; another man killed in crash
A Gary man was shot and killed late Sunday morning, according to police, while a second man perished in a Saturday vehicle crash.