Portage, Indiana, mayor pitches proposal for new Bears stadium site
The city recently made its pitch video to the Bears, calling it "Halas Harbor."
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The city recently made its pitch video to the Bears, calling it "Halas Harbor."
While the team's season is over, the renewed push for a new stadium is in playoff mode, with more cities throwing their hats and money at the team to come to their community.
Talks are intensifying between the Chicago Bears, the village of Arlington Heights, and state leaders as the team seeks to build a new stadium, and sources said state lawmakers are close to a deal to keep the Bears in Illinois.
A sledgehammer-wielding neighbor rescued an elderly disable woman from a fire in Arlington Heights Wednesday morning, which family said started when her husband turned on his car in the garage.
Arlington Heights fire officials said two people are safe, and one was rescued by a neighbor, after a garage fire Wednesday morning.
Illinois House Speaker Emmanuel "Chris" Welch posted photos of himself with Chicago Bears owner George McCaskey and president Kevin Warren at Sunday night's game as the apparent two-horse race continues to land a new football stadium.
As officials in Arlington Heights on Friday renewed their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears to the northwest suburbs, leaders in Gary, Indiana offered three potential sites to move the Bears across state lines.
There is a new push in northwest suburban Arlington Heights to keep the Chicago Bears in the state and get their new stadium built on the property they purchased in 2023.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
The Arlington Heights restaurant and live music venue Hey Nonny is hosting the five-day festival starting on Tuesday. Jackie Kostek got a preview.
It was an extra special Christmas Day for 50 recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes, who were surprised with a trip off base in the middle of bootcamp for some holiday cheer.
Bears fans spoke out ahead of the game against the Packers about the team eyeing a possible Northwest Indiana move for its new stadium.
The Chicago Bears are expanding their search for a new stadium to Northwest Indiana, even though they already own land in Arlington Heights and have also proposed a new lakefront stadium in Chicago.
Warren said they are not asking for state taxpayer dollars, but are still seeking a commitment to local infrastructure and reasonable property tax certainty.
In an open letter, President and CEO Kevin Warren said that the team is expanding their search and evaluating opportunities throughout the wider Chicagoland region, including Northwest Indiana.
The Arlington Heights Police Department said it has responded to multiple reports over the weekend where residents reported damage to their front doors as a result of the trend.
Police also said that everyone's safety is more important than views and likes from social media.
A maintenance worker shot and killed a co-worker before turning the gun on himself last week at the apartment building where they worked in Arlington Heights, police said.
Arlington Heights police said the two victims, who were both maintenance workers in the building, had been shot and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The spokesperson said the man, whose age was not released, was inside the car and was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in unknown condition.
Two coworkers were found dead Friday afternoon inside an apartment building in Arlington Heights.
Police said around 4:30 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call of two men found unconscious in the utility room of an apartment building in the 1500 block of East Central Road.
Architecture firm Manica has released two new renderings for what a possible Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights could look like.
A quick response from Arlington Heights police helped catch as slow-moving culprit.
After an adventure outside his yard, the escape artist named "Flip-Flop" is back home safe.
