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A revised plan for an affordable housing apartment building on the southwest corner of Quentin Road and Poplar Street in Palatine now calls for two stories and 40 units, instead of three stories and 58 units.

Business | Developer trying again for affordable housing in Palatine

A developer whose preliminary proposal to build affordable housing in Palatine faced strong opposition from neighbors last summer is back with a revised plan.
Renea Amen

News | Woodland District 50 school board member must pay accused parents' attorney fees, judge rules

A Lake County judge has ordered Woodland Elementary District 50 school board member Renae Amen to pay attorney fees and costs to three parents she accused of threatening her during the spring's intense debates over remote learning in the Gurnee-based district.
This Mount Prospect police uniform patch was removed earlier this year amid complaints about its “thin blue line” imagery.

News | Mount Prospect police selling controversial former uniform patch for charity

The Mount Prospect Police Department is selling its decommissioned police patches to raise money for a charity that supports the families of first responders killed in the line of duty.
Illinois Department of Public Health records show 210,847 children ages 5 to 11 statewide have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, an estimated 19.1% of the state’s population of children in that age range.

Illinois | Illinois tallies 595 COVID-19 deaths in November

Illinois recorded 595 COVID-19 deaths in November, fewer than the previous two months. But with an uptick in cases and hospitalizations, health officials believe the death toll in the coming months will likely be higher.
Hersey football coach Joe Pardun announced on Tuesday he is stepping down after eight seasons as the Huskies' head coach.
Prep Football | Pardun stepping down as Hersey's head coach
Hersey head coach Joe Pardun has always preached to his players that football is a family atmosphere. So it was no wonder that Pardun was surrounded by his wife Katie and his daughters Veronica and Vivian when he meet with his players Tuesday morning to inform his team that he was stepping down as head coach of the Huskies.
Schaumburg police are asking for the public’s help identifying this man. This image is from October or November at a hotel on American Lane.
Crime | Schaumburg police seeking public's help to identify man at hotel
Schaumburg police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man seen at a local extended stay hotel in October or November.
Villa Park is considering a proposed mixed-used housing and retail development at 100-110 S. Villa Ave., plus a proposed senior living center on the eastern portion of Lions Park.
News | Recreation center, more apartments proposed for Villa Park
Villa Park is considering constructing a 38,000-square-foot recreation center at Lions Park. Meanwhile, a developer has unveiled a proposal for a mixed-use housing and retail complex along Villa Avenue.
Manuel Porties Jr. an 18-year-old Elgin resident, was among the 1,009 homicides the Cook County medical examiner’s officer registered so far this year.
Cook County | Cook County medical examiner's office passes 1,000th homicide for 2021
The Cook County medical examiner on Tuesday confirmed 1,009 homicide deaths so far in the county. Of those, 23 occurred in the northwest suburbs, per the medical examiner's database.
Jackie Glueckert is the organizer of the annual Glueckert Funeral Home holiday remembrance service. “After somebody has a loss in their family, it’s difficult those ‘firsts’ they have to go through: the first Thanksgiving or Christmas or birthdays without their loved ones,” she said.
News | 'Coping and hoping': Arlington Heights funeral home going hybrid for annual remembrance ceremony
Much like its pandemic-adapted wake and funeral services, Glueckert Funeral Home's annual remembrance ceremony this weekend in Arlington Heights will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event for the first time.
Geoffrey Baer
Columns | Feder: WTTW's Geoffrey Baer lifts viewers 'Beyond Chicago From the Air'
Premiering at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Geoffrey Baer's latest effort is a one-hour tour de force called "Beyond Chicago From the Air."
The sunset over the rooftops in Arlington Heights on Monday was spectacular as most sunsets in November have proved to be with winter approaching.
News | Why the sunsets have been so beautiful the past few days
Meteorologists say low-pressure "clipper" systems combined with breaks in higher-elevation clouds have created some fairly spectacular sunsets in our area over the past few days.
Jaqueline Hernandez
News | Aurora police searching for missing 14-year-old girl
Aurora police are seeking the public's help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl named Jaqueline Hernandez.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 62,498, Scott Sanders photo: After seeing their regular trains delayed by a strike and the ones that were running pass them by, the numbers of commuters at the Arlington Heights train station grew so large that they spilled on to the tracks in April of 1982.
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Youngsters watch from a window as balloons from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pass by, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in New York. The parade is returning in full, after being crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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