Bartlett News

Phokeo S. Luangrath, 17, of 1361 Burke Lane, and Matthew R. Mills, 17, of 701 A. Fieldcrest Drive were arrested July 5 after being spotted trying to open unlocked parked cars in the area of South Prospect and Oneida avenues, reports stated.

A construction crew severed a natural gas line about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, prompting the closure of West Bartlett Road from route 59 to Naperville Road for about 41 2 hours.

Call it one heck of a coincidence. Cook County officials do. It's complete coincidence, they say, that in 2008, all 11 contracts in certain specialty areas were in some way, large or small, tied to political donors.

Everyone loves a party, and America's birthday is a great reason to celebrate. With parades, picnics and patriotism on full display, the Fourth of July is some of the best of what our country has to offer.

I live in Elgin off Route 25. Day in, day out, big rig haulers have made a habit of using Route 25 as their "main drag." Liberty Street in Elgin is completely residential until you make it all the way south to Bartlett.

She was charged Tuesday with retail theft, a Class 3 felony, and 16th Judicial Circuit Court Judge John A. Noverini set bail at $10,000. Her court date is July 10 at the Kane County Judicial Center.

On Friday, the Bartlett Police Department celebrated the promotions of Commander Patrick Ullrich to deputy chief, Sgt.

Lots of art in Bartlett Sixty-four artists will display their works at the annual Bartlett Festival of the Arts.

When building an addition onto their older home proved to be too tall an order, Tall Oaks in Elgin provided a solution for the Hudziak family.

The Planter's Palette in Winfield will host a benefit garden walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28.

Vega-Camacho was charged with retail theft, a Class 3 felony which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines.

The suburban people who have dedicated their careers to fighting for children inflicted with the cruelest pains trudged into the city Wednesday afternoon to fight for themselves.

Two men were caught filling up a tanker truck with water from a Bartlett fire hydrant, police said.

Bartlett resident Marquis Gillespie was sentenced Monday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Police said officers were called at about 7:30 p.m. to the 200 block of South Oak Avenue, where they found Matousek sitting in the passenger seat of a Jeep Cherokee parked in the road.

Police said Gilliana was driving a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer when she tried to turn left onto westbound West Bartlett Road from Devon Avenue and collided with a car traveling eastbound on West Bartlett.

Motorists cruising through Hoffman Estates could see red-light cameras installed as early as October.

Before her violent murder, Pamela Howat suspected a troubled former co-worker with a drug addiction might be breaking into her Hanover Park home.

The American Diabetes Association hosted the Grand Geneva Tour de Cure 2009 for the second year at Peck Farm Park on Sunday, June 7. Despite the rain, members of the Chicagoland community turned out to support the ADA's mission to prevent and cure the disease.

Bartlett * Teen charged with sex abuse: Octavio Cardenas, 19, of 7340 Gladiola Ave., Hanover Park, was charged with criminal sexual abuse Monday for allegedly inappropriately touching a female juvenile co-worker several times since August 2008 at an eating establishment in the 900 block of Route 59, police said.