Hanover Park News

Students and faculty at Schaumburg High School admit it: the Saxons never met a challenge they didn't like.

Richard Niemczyk, 49, of 7846 Jensen Boulevard, Hanover Park, was arrested for his tenth driving under the influence violation.

Hanover Park has joined the ranks of more than two dozen local governments in the state to ban video gambling machines in bars and restaurants.

Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider was elected to the Board in 2006. Representing the 15th District , Schneider had campaigned against increased taxes and spending, fiscal responsibility and transparency in government, according to his Web site.

A Lake County judge declined to reduce bond for a Cook County man who was found with an AK-47, several handguns and $500,000 in jewelry that were stolen from a Barrington Hills home in September.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 3:33 pm US/Central STREAMWOOD, Ill. A 15-year-old boy was held on $1 million bond Monday after being charged with attempted murder for his alleged role in a gang-related Halloween night shooting in northwest suburban Streamwood.

ELGIN – Officials at Elgin Community College anticipated a growth in enrollment this fall but were not expecting the 1,883 student increase they got, making the school a leader in a statewide trend.

Perseverance is something David McFadden of Bartlett said he learned from his dad.

Facebook postings, a cell phone trace and old-fashioned police work led authorities to an armed fugitive from Michigan who fired shots and barricaded himself in a Hanover Park apartment over the weekend.

A Kalamazoo County man is being held in Illinois after police in Emmett Township said he broke into the apartment of an 18-year-old woman and choked her to unconsciousness.

Share + Oct 25, 2009 3:50 pm US/Central Man in custody after a 13-hour stand-off that began Saturday afternoon in the northwest suburbs.

A man barricaded himself inside a Hanover Park apartment building Saturday afternoon, the town's mayor said, prompting a significant police response.

Prairie Ridge's doubles team of Allison Murphy and Carolyn Huerth won the IHSA Girls Tennis State Tournament doubles championship, 6-3, 6-4, against Decatur St.

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.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 10:33 pm US/Central Reporting Pamela Jones CHICAGO 1 of 1 Amy Howat's mother Pamela was stabbed to death by an ex-boyfriend in June 2009.

A grand jury has indicted a 17-year-old from Hanover Park who is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm.

Construction got under way last week on a state-of-the-art rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility in Hanover Park.

James Vobroucek, left, Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig, Dan Koerner and Carol Vobroucek talk at a neighborhood barbecue celebrating the rebuilding of a derelict house for use in a Spanish ministry for Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Rodriguez resisted arrest Saturday after police caught him with five tablets of Vicodin, a police report said.

Academically gifted fifth- and sixth-graders at Creekside Elementary School in Elgin were recently in tears when they found out that they might be separated from longtime classmates.