Sears To Lay Off 100 Employees At Hoffman Estates HQ
Sears announced Thursday that 100 people will be laid off at its Hoffman Estates headquarters, despite millions of dollars in forthcoming income and property tax incentives.
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Sears announced Thursday that 100 people will be laid off at its Hoffman Estates headquarters, despite millions of dollars in forthcoming income and property tax incentives.
From afar, it looks like any other playroom. Kids are laughing -- enjoying their toys, books, and each other. But take a closer look and you will see that all of these kids are special. They all have Down syndrome, CBS 2's Rob Johnson reports.
There will be no criminal charges against a former Hoffman Estates High School teacher who quit her job under fire for allowing a student to live with her.
A "Baby Jesus" figure is back with its Nativity scene, after being stolen eight years ago.
A teenager who lived with one of his high school teachers until the school found out in September is trying to clear the teacher's name.
Governor Pat Quinn says he's confident Sears will stay in Illinois but won't get into a bidding war to keep the retailer in the Chicago suburbs.
A Hoffman Estates High School teacher has quit her job after being suspended for not letting officials know she was living with a student.
A couple brazenly stole an eight-week-old kitten from a northwest suburban pet store earlier this week – a crime captured on surveillance video.
A northwest suburban school superintendent is trying to keep Sears headquarters in his district with a more evenhanded approach than hundreds of protestors who don't care if Sears stays or goes.
Staff, parents and students from School District 300 in the northwestern suburbs were headed to Springfield on Monday to tell lawmakers they oppose extending existing tax incentives to keep Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates.
A bank inside a northwest suburban Jewel grocery was robbed Wednesday by a man wearing a fake mustache and nose, according to the FBI.
A Hoffman Estates man is dead, after suffering burns all over his body during a fire and explosion at his home on Monday evening.
The state is investigating the Wednesday morning death of a Hoffman Estates infant at her northwest suburban home.
Sears and Chicago have gone hand-in-hand longer than anyone living today has been alive, and now, the State of Illinois is working hard to keep Sears from moving out of state.
While Sears Holding Corp. is considering leaving its suburban Chicago headquarters and taking more than 6,000 jobs out of Illinois, the costs - in money, lost employees and disruption - make moving an expensive proposition, one that some experts say they doubt the struggling retailer will undertake.
Two people were hurt, and 150 gallons of fuel ended up on the pavement, when a semi slammed into a dump truck on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway early Friday.
Sears is thinking of moving its corporate headquarters out of Illinois to Washington, D.C., according to a published report.
With a series incentives set to expire next year, retail giant Sears Roebuck and Co. is considering whether to move from it's headquarters in Hoffman Estates.
Sears Holdings Corp. is closing one of its suburban stores, making the retailer one of six Illinois companies planning a total of 505 job cuts in coming months.
A man and a woman were killed in a fiery crash Thursday night in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, an accident state police say was a hit-and-run.
Police say a man asked to see a high-priced Yorkshire Terrier and left with the pup when the clerk wasn't looking.
A Hoffman Estates family is trying to find their Christmas spirit again after a mean prank destroyed a holiday display 24 years in the making.
