Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson and village officials have joined nurses in speaking out against the proposed closure of Ascension Illinois Alexian Brothers Medical Center’s maternity ward, decrying an ongoing decline of services at the community hospital. dailyherald.com/20250717/news/…

Elk Grove Village’s mayor was once a regular presence on the high school wrestling mats. But those grappling matches never had all the theatrics of the eight-man tag team battle royale he found himself in this weekend. dailyherald.com/20250719/news/…

An Arlington Heights hotel’s new rooftop restaurant and bar will soon be able to open to the public, after receiving village zoning permissions last night. dailyherald.com/20250721/news/…

Arlington Heights trustees disagree about potential rules that could restrict sleeping/camping on public property for an extended period of time. The debate is prompted by complaints from condo owners about a group of people loitering by their building. dailyherald.com/20250722/news/…

Mirroring what he built in Mt. Prospect and is now building in Rosemont, developer Nick Papanicholas Jr. of Nicholas & Associates confirmed long-rumored plans for an indoor ice rink in Elk Grove Village to serve the burgeoning suburban youth hockey community. dailyherald.com/20250718/boys-…

A man was shot in the face early this morning in an unincorporated area north of Arlington Heights, Cook County Sheriff's Office authorities said. dailyherald.com/20250725/crime…

Rolling Meadows may TIF the area near the prominent I-90/Route 53 interchange and close to the Bears’ Arlington Heights property. “The visibility of this location is really important as far as a gateway into and out of our community,” one official said. dailyherald.com/20250727/news/…

In what has become a growing trend on the high school level, District 214 could become the next suburban public school district to sell sponsorships, naming rights and other advertising to help pay for upgrades at schools and athletic facilities. dailyherald.com/20250729/news/…

Front page of today’s Daily Herald … remembering the big Arlington Park fire that happened 40 years ago today. dailyherald.com/20250730/news/…

The Bears’ Arlington Park property off in the distance on the Daily Herald cover twice today … Photo of the wildfire smoke, and with my story about Rolling Meadows officials using the proximity of a potential stadium to entice developers. dailyherald.com/20250801/busin…

Arlington Heights Trustee Carina Santa Maria launches bid for state Senate seat held by Mark Walker for Illinois, while Mary Beth Canty seeks Walker’s Wheeling Dems committeeman post. For now, Walker isn’t seeking reelection to the former, but is to the latter. dailyherald.com/20250804/illin…

How and why did the name of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author/journalist with little connection to the Chicago suburbs end up affixed to a school in Arlington Heights? Today’s cover story in Daily Herald Hersey High School District 214 dailyherald.com/20250805/news/…

A Palatine High School teacher’s aide has been charged with possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said today. dailyherald.com/20250808/crime…

Bears message to Springfield: Kevin Warren - “Time is now” to pass stadium bill George McCaskey - “It’s on us to convince the governor and the state legislators that this is a good idea for the people of Illinois, and we need to do a better job at that.” dailyherald.com/20250808/news/…

Above the fold in today’s Daily Herald: Bears prez is all in on an Arlington Heights stadium, but admits it won’t happen without a long-term property tax break from state lawmakers. dailyherald.com/20250808/news/…

Arlington Heights hitting the brakes on an all-encompassing ban on kids under 16 operating so-called “motorized mobility vehicles or devices” on sidewalks and streets. dailyherald.com/20250812/news/…

Elk Grove Village officials have scheduled a town hall for Ascension Illinois executives to answer questions about the proposed closure of the maternity ward at Ascension Alexian Brothers Medical Center. dailyherald.com/20250813/news/…

Arlington Heights’ last mayor opposed pot shops, arguing they’d diminish the town’s family image. But supporters say times have changed, and there was the new mayor, holding scissors at a ribbon cutting & welcoming green- leaves and tax dollars -to town. dailyherald.com/20250815/news/…

Arlington Heights tonight becomes one of the few Chicago area communities to implement a streaming tax. Officials hope it can make up from declining cable fees. “It’s just shifting from one technology to another newer technology,” said Trustee Jim Bertucci dailyherald.com/20250818/news/…

Chicago garage rock bands from the 60s are getting credit for their place in local music history on a new album that pays homage to the old Arlington Heights teen hangout, The Cellar. Today’s page one centerpiece in the Daily Herald dailyherald.com/20250901/news/…