Bed Bugs Infuriate Residents At Arlington Heights Complex With ‘World Class...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (CBS) — An apartment complex boasts of its “world class amenities” on its website, but it doesn’t mention the bed bugs crawling around. Tenants say it’s been a problem for months, but...
View ArticleDaily Herald Building Reopens After Evacuation For Suspicious Package
CHICAGO (CBS)– The Daily Herald’s office building was evacuated due to a suspicious package Thursday, but reopened about an hour later. According to an article posted by the Daily Herald, the package...
View ArticleOne Hurt After Metra Train Hits SUV In Arlington Heights
CHICAGO (CBS) — One person was injured when a Metra Union Pacific-Northwest line train hit an SUV late Monday morning in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. Police said the accident happened around...
View ArticleCar Driver OK After Metra Train Collides With SUV In Arlington Heights
CHICAGO (CBS) — Caught on camera. A Metra train slams into an SUV in Arlington Heights. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole has the details. It’s jarring to watch video as an SUV crossing the tracks is hit by an...
View ArticleDistrict 25 In Arlington Heights Warns School Community Of Potential...
CHICAGO (CBS)– The superintendent of District 25 in Arlington Heights is warning the school community of potential exposure to the coronavirus. Superintendent Lori D. Bein said the district was...
View ArticleSpouse Of Patient In Arlington Heights Hospital Tests Positive For...
CHICAGO (CBS)– State health officials confirm the wife of a patient at a hospital in Arlington Heights has tested positive for the coronavirus according to the Northwest Community Healthcare. That...
View ArticleArlington Heights Residents Are Fed Up With The Lost And Late Mail, Say...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — No mail, late mail, stolen mail, someone else’s mail – all of these are complaints we’ve heard from residents in Arlington Heights. They are fed up with the U.S. Postal...
View ArticleMultiple People Rescued From Arlington Heights Apartment Fire
CHICAGO (CBS)– A man was desperate for fresh air as the second floor of his Arlington Heights apartment building filled with smoke. Several others were rescued after the fire ripped through their homes...
View ArticleMan With Gun Found Dead After Standoff Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — Police found an armed suspect dead Saturday afternoon following a standoff in Arlington Heights. Arlington Heights police were called just before 2 p.m. to a house in...
View ArticleNanook The Huskie Misses His Friends At Hersey High School In Arlington Heights
CHICAGO (CBS) — Nanook the Huskie has been the beloved mascot of John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights for 50 years. Now he’s lonely without his classmates to keep him company, but he has a...
View ArticleMan Who Survived COVID-19, Pneumonia Will Be Released From Hospital Monday
CHICAGO (CBS)– One man survived a traumatic ordeal, fighting both COVID-19 and pneumonia, and he will be released from the hospital Monday. Eric Heumann has been at Northwest Community Hospital In...
View ArticleMan Wheeled Out Of Northwest Community Hospital To Family After 34-Day Battle...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — Every positive case is a person – perhaps a father or mother, or sister or brother to someone. On Monday, one survivor was finally able to hug his family after spending...
View ArticleStormy Weather Costs Restaurants That Are Already Hurting
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The stormy weather is another drain to restaurant owners. With only outdoor seating allowed, some are seeing their profits dry up. Restaurants in Arlington Heights were...
View ArticleArlington Heights Police Issue New Rule Requiring Officers To Intervene If...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The police chief in Arlington Heights has gone on record making a historic change. Chief Nick Pecora has added “duty to intervene” to the Arlington Heights Police code...
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Arlington Cake Box Bakery Closing After 71 Years In Arlington Heights
CHICAGO (CBS)– Arlington Cake Box Bakery is closing after 71 years in Arlington Heights. Owners announced the closing in a Facebook post Monday stating, “We are so grateful for the level of support...
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Accident Leaves Car Split In Half In Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — A car slammed into a pole and split right in half in Arlington Heights Tuesday night. The driver was ejected. The accident happened along Northwest Highway and North...
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Swastika Found Scrawled On Condo Building In Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — Arlington Heights police on Monday night were investigating after a swastika was found scrawled on a building in the northwest suburb. Earlier Monday, police received a...
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One Dead After Train Strikes Vehicle Near Arlington Heights; Metra UP-NW...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Inbound and outbound trains are moving with extensive delays after a train on the Metra UP-NW line struck a vehicle near Arlington Heights Thursday afternoon, Metra officials said. One...
View ArticleBig Surprise Planned For 6-Year-Old Big Truck Lover Dylan Schroeder, As He...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — A recent viewer email read in part, “Please consider doing a feel-good thankful story.” It involves a grateful family – despite having a young boy with leukemia. CBS 2’s...
View Article6-Year-Old Dylan Schroeder Gets His Surprise Parade Of Trucks As He Finishes...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — A little fighter from Arlington Heights was in for a massive surprise on Sunday. Dylan Schroeder, 6, has spent half his life fighting cancer. On Sunday, he took his last...
View ArticleFire Damages Church In Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — Investigators late Sunday were trying to determine what started a fire at an Arlington Heights church. When firefighter arrived at the church at the Christian Church of...
View ArticlePedestrian Hit, Killed By Box Truck In Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a box truck Saturday evening in Arlington Heights. The accident happened just after 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Rand Road in...
View ArticleElderly Couple Dies In Arlington Heights Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Arlington Heights Fire Department said two elderly people are dead after a fire Thursday morning. Firefighters went to 1929 North Spruce Terrace after flames were seen coming from...
View ArticleArlington International Racecourse To Go Up For Sale, But 2021 Race Schedule...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Tuesday it is moving forward with a sale of the 326-acre Arlington International Racecourse, although the company said it still plans to hold all...
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Arlington Heights High Speed Crash Leaves One Dead
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) – A man is dead after driving over a median at high speeds and into a residential fence in Arlington Heights. Police said on Saturday at 6:30 p.m., several separate...
View ArticleNaperville District 203 Among Suburban High Schools Dealing With Spikes In...
CHICAGO (CBS)– Several suburban high schools are dealing with a spike in covid cases with hundreds of students now in quarantine. Naperville District 203, had more than 700 students self-isolating late...
View ArticleChicago Area Restaurants Boom With Warm Weather And Relaxed COVID-19...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — There was a business boom this Sunday thanks to summerlike weather and improved COVID-19 metrics – with Chicagoans out in big numbers for a boost that many restaurants...
View ArticleOff-Duty CPD Officer Jose Castro Killed In High Speed Crash In Arlington Heights
CHICAGO (CBS) — An off-duty Chicago police officer, identified as Jose Castro, was killed in a crash that ended in an Arlington Heights backyard early Monday morning, after police said he fled an...
View ArticleArlington Heights Memorial Day Parade Canceled; Drive By Salute In Memorial...
CHICAGO (CBS) — For another year a familiar sight will not be happening in Arlington Heights. The city is holding off on its Memorial Day parade, saying hosting a large gathering would be too risky for...
View ArticleArlington Heights Commemorates Memorial Day
CHICAGO (CBS) — Residents in Arlington Heights honored fallen heroes and veterans with a drive by salute. CBS 2’s Mugo Odigwe was there. There are flags out here and wreaths on the ground too. People...
View ArticleDylan Chavez, 22, Charged With Stabbing Woman, Hitting Man With Bat In Fight...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — A man stood charged Tuesday with stabbing a woman and hitting a man with a bat over the weekend during a fight in Arlington Heights. Police were called at 7:40 a.m....
View ArticleSome Residents Say A Bears Move To Arlington Heights Would Benefit Community,...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The Chicago Bears announced Thursday that they have placed a bid to buy Arlington International Racecourse. The Bears have flirted with the idea of moving the team out...
View ArticleFast-Moving Storms Take Down Tree Limbs, Power Lines In Northwest Suburbs
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — Scattered storms hit the area again on Sunday, and took a strong turn in the northwest suburbs. In Arlington Heights, the storms left a big mess. A big tree limb fell on...
View ArticleBears Sign Purchase Agreement For Arlington Park Property; Lightfoot Says...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Bears have signed a purchase agreement for the Arlington International Racecourse property in Arlington Heights, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her administration will go on working...
View ArticleMayor Lightfoot Insists She’s Not Giving Up, But Offers No Specifics On Plans...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Bears have talked about moving to Arlington Heights numerous times going back decades, but this time, it’s different. On Wednesday, the Bears confirmed that they have signed...
View ArticleProspect Of A Bears Move To Arlington Heights Has Some Worried, Some Hoping...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) — The idea of a move to Arlington Heights by the Bears is getting mixed reviews in the northwest suburbs. As CBS 2’s Chris Tye reported Wednesday, some neighbors have...
View ArticleProposal For Bears To Move To Arlington Heights Has Come Up Over And Over...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The idea of the Bears moving to a site on or near the Arlington International Racecourse property in Arlington Heights may be a shock for Chicagoans, but it’s far from new. In fact, the...
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Car Crashes Into Arlington Heights Home After Driver Suffers ‘Medical Episode’
CHICAGO (CBS)– A car crashed into a house in Arlington Heights after police said the driver suffered a “medical episode.” Police responded to the crash at 523 East Circle Hill Drive just before 4:30...
View ArticleDozens Of Families Displaced Overnight By Apartment Fire In Arlington...
CHICAGO (CBS)– A fire in an Arlington Heights apartment building sent residents into the freezing cold overnight. Smoke was seen billowing out of a unit in the building located at 400 West Rand Road...
View ArticleElderly Man Charged With Aggravated Arson In Fire That Damaged Arlington...
CHICAGO (CBS) — An 80-year-old man is facing arson charges, accused of setting a fire in his apartment in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, damaging several other units in the building last week....
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