Parents appeal to Vatican to keep St. Hubert Catholic School in Hoffman Estates open
A group of parents in Chicago's northwest suburbs is appealing directly to the Vatican to try to keep their Catholic school open.
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A group of parents in Chicago's northwest suburbs is appealing directly to the Vatican to try to keep their Catholic school open.
A group of parents in Chicago's northwest suburbs is appealing directly to the Vatican to try to keep their Catholic school open.
Illinois State Police say a drunk driver caused a multi-vehicle crash that injured an EMT on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Hoffman Estates early Monday morning.
Illinois State Police say a drunk driver caused a multi-vehicle crash that injured an EMT on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Hoffman Estates early Monday morning.
A semi-trailer truck rolled on its side in a multi-vehicle crash on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Hoffman Estates, Illinois early Monday morning.
The school has been in Hoffman Estates for 65 years.
They are now calling for a 90-day moratorium on any decisions regarding the school's future and an audit of the school's finances.
The incident captured on video shows the teen girl getting pulled out of the passenger seat. She is then thrown to the ground, all while saying she is not resisting arrest.
They say their daughter and her two friends were taken in cars to the Hoffman Estates Police Department parking lot, where they sat for hours.
A fire broke out at a ComEd substation in suburban Hoffman Estates early Wednesday morning. Large flames were seen shooting from the facility off the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway.
Suburban OB-GYNB Mona Ghosh was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insurance and Medicaid fraud, officials announced.
Video from the scene shows heavy smoke coming from the building on Atlantic Avenue.
Firefighters are battling a fire at a three-story building in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on Tuesday morning.
After forcing their way in, the teens were extracted and immediately given life-saving measures. Both were then taken to St. Alexius Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead.
Hoffman Estate Police said just after 12:30 a.m., police and fire crews responded to the 200 block of East Berkley Lane for a report of two people inside a locked vehicle who appeared to be unconscious and not breathing.
Crews found both teens inside a vehicle unresponsive.
Jan Hoffman-Rau said she was flabbergasted when she spotted the wild cat hanging out in her backyard on Friday morning.
A wild cat that had been roaming the northwest suburbs for at least a few days is no longer on the prowl. Animal control officers captured the caracal in Hoffman Estates on Tuesday, after it was first spotted in a homeowner's backyard on Friday.
A caracal is something you might expect to see on a safari in central or southern Africa, not in Chicago's northwest suburbs. But Hoffman Estates police said one of the exotic cats has been roaming around the village, and they're trying to catch it. The caracal has become the talk of the town.
Sears first moved into the headquarters in 1992, after receiving a series of incentives.
Sears first moved into the headquarters in Hoffman Estates in 1992.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a Culex mosquito, or house mosquito, that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
A batch of mosquitos found in Hoffman Estates earlier this week tested positive. So far, there have not been any reported cases in humans.
Illinois State Police said a driver slammed into the toll plaza on the Barrington Road exit ramp in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 around 4:30 a.m.
Flammable items such as fuel were in the trailer, prompting a hazmat response for the fire.
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Despite the 42-day Homeland Security shutdown, travelers at O'Hare International Airport said they haven't seen the extremely long waits in TSA security lines – in some cases 2 to 4 hour waits – that have plagued some other airports across the country.
The Chicago Bears will have to wait until at least April for action on a property tax bill that would boost their efforts to build a new stadium in Arlington Heights, as the Illinois House is set to adjourn Friday.
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