Hanover Park News

Yikes! Ten DUI arrests since 1991? That's some feat, but 49 year-old Hanover Park resident Richard Niemczyk managed to hit double digits when he was pulled over by the Bartlett police on Route 59 at 8 p.m. Oct.

Aurora's 3rd Ward Alderman Stephanie Kifowit continues to push to spend taxpayer funds on a dog park for Phillips Park, which she says is "badly needed." Plans included $2,000 benches shaped like dog bones and other waste of taxdollars during a time of fiscal constraint.

The Rev. Gerald Simonelli, left, leads St. Isidore Catholic Church parishioners in a procession headed to the grand opening of a new youth center near Stratford Square Mall on Sunday in Bloomingdale.

A 49-year-old Hanover Park man is being held on $100,000 bond in DuPage County Jail for his 10th DUI arrest since 1991, Bartlett police said.

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.