Barrington News Archives

Barrington Village President Karen Darch said back in April it was unclear whether six veteran police officers taking early retirement would be enough to avoid layoffs.

The Barrington Police Department is laying off two full-time officers, effective Saturday, because it didn't receive a federal grant to fund the positions.

Five people were in serious condition Tuesday following a two-vehicle crash in unincorporated Barrington.

This house at 132 W. Station St. in Barrington is among three the village wants to sell make room for downtown development.

If you drive in the northern Fox Valley, you're going to heave a sigh of release when you read this.

Socius Insurance Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property & casualty insurance wholesaler, today announced the appointment of Matt Baird as Assistant Vice President in its Elgin, Illinois branch office.

Starting Wednesday, October 21st, American Meteorological Society and National Weather Service Meteorologist Chuck Collins is joining the number one local TV news team in Central Illinois, forecasting weather on WEEK-TV channel 25, WHOI-TV channel 19 and WAOE-TV channel 59.

Sing along to your favorite tunes from the 1965 film "The Sound of Music" at the Gorton Community Center's "Sound of Music Sing-Along." Photo courtesy of the Gorton Community Center Russian-born pianist Mikhail Yanovitsky performs in a free concert with the Highland Park Strings.

An owl looks at a skull though a magnifying glass with a red fish above him and a blue fish below him, while a figure peers out from behind a curtain with an organic design on it.

Isn't it great to hear about the accomplishments of local residents? That's one of my favorite things about writing this column.

A 17-year-old girl lost her eye over the weekend in a street fight in the Far South Side's Roseland neighborhood, only about half a mile from where 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death last month.

Sara Shumaker of Arlington Heights, a student at Rolling Meadows High School, runs the course Sunday during the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Hoffman Estates.

Four people were charged Sunday afternoon after a teen girl was critically injured during a melee in the Far South Side's Roseland neighborhood that one witness said involved up to 25 people.

Come rain or shine, area residents will be gearing up to join in the 27th annual Barrington Area CROP Walk on Oct.

A construction worker suffered minor injuries when a roof truss collapsed at the addition to Wool Street Grill & Sports Bar, 128 Wool St., Barrington on Tuesday.

For KC Printing Services, Inc., a 14-employee shop in Lake Barrington, Ill., adding the Screen Truepress 344 direct imaging press was the logical next step in the company's expansion beyond color copying and toner-based printing.

With the first shipments of H1N1 vaccines arriving in Illinois, many local providers are experiencing shortages of the other flu vaccine – the seasonal flu vaccine.

Two men arrested in connection with a Barrington Hills home burglary pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court to weapons charges in that case.

Part of an addition to Wool Street Grill and Sports Bar collapsed Tuesday afternoon in Barrington.

Fall festivals are ambivalent about the weather: If it's too warm, it doesn't feel like fall; if it's too cold, people stay home.

A water search was called off Friday afternoon for a missing Barrington man, although authorities are continuing to search for Robert D. Nelson throughout the area.

It's unclear whether the use of an automated external defibrillator, or AED, would have saved the life of a Barrington Hills man who died after experiencing heart problems on a Metra train this week.

Authorities called off a search of the Fox River Thursday night for a Barrington man who has not been seen for nearly 24 hours after walking away from his home in a "despondent" mood Wednesday night.

A Morris woman who authorities said was painting her fingernails when she fatally struck a motorcyclist last spring pleaded not guilty Thursday to six counts of reckless homicide, the Lake County News-Sun is reporting.

Honquest Furniture for Living, 1455 Barrington Road, has received the U.S. Commerce Association's 2009 Best of Barrington Award in the Furniture Stores category.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market's trademark apple logo may be green, but the chain of small grocery stores is bleeding red ink.

When the deep, rich tones of six grand pianos on Sunday swept through Northbrook Court Shopping Center during the 16th annual Festival of Pianos, shoppers could do nothing but stop to listen.

Resurfacing on four state road projects in the county are set to begin. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, resurfacing will occur on Route 176 from Route 21 to St.

James Degorski's teenage girlfriend testified today that the Brown's Chicken killer kidnapped her and threatened to kill her after he restrained her wrists and ankles with duct-tape and forced her into the trunk of her Renault hatchback in the spring of 1992.