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Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia speaks at a press conference about the Bears on Jan. 16, 2026, in Arlington Heights. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Arlington Heights mayor still hopeful Bears will ‘reverse this ship’ on stadium plans

August 13, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

Officials in Arlington Heights remain optimistic the Chicago Bears may again turn their attention toward the northwest suburbs, even after team brass said they're focused on a new stadium in...

Black Friday shoppers ride an escalator inside Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont in 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

After backlash, Rosemont mall reverses pay-to-park policy

August 11, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

After months of complaints from shoppers, businesses and Rosemont’s powerful mayor, Fashion Outlets of Chicago officials on Monday announced a reversal of their paid parking policy.

A snowball fight for fun was part of show at the Chicago Snowballs' "sportstainment" experience at Wintrust Field in Schaumburg on Aug. 2, 2026. (Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald)

No second bananas: How Chicago Snowballs combine baseball with a ‘traveling circus’ show

August 7, 2026 at 6:47 p.m.

The Chicago Snowballs — the local answer to the antics of the Savannah Bananas — are on an inaugural season tour to bring family-friendly “sportstainment” to baseball stadiums throughout the...

Hey Nonny chef Mauricio "Noe" Sanchez-Tapia makes food in Arlington Heights on June 27, 2023. Arlington Heights is changing municipal code to allow liquor license holders to end food service at 8 p.m. nightly. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Why Arlington Heights is changing a longstanding requirement for liquor service at restaurants

July 23, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

In a town that’s long required food to be served alongside drinks at local establishments, Arlington Heights is changing municipal code to allow liquor license holders to end food service...

Miharsh, left, and Prerana Patel react after learning they were the first to be selected for the opportunity to buy one of 20 homes being built through a partnership between the town and a local developer during a raffle held at Belvedere Banquet Hall on July 18, 2026 in Elk Grove Village. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

At an NFL draft-style lottery, potential homebuyers get their chance at the ‘Elk Grove dream’

July 20, 2026 at 11:08 a.m.

Inside a room at the Belvedere banquet hall in Elk Grove Village, 10 families got the chance to pick their new single-family home in a perhaps first-of-its-kind municipal housing initiative...

Chicago Bears President/CEO Kevin Warren is interviewed by author David Sweet at the Gorton Center in Lake Forest on July 16, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Chicago Bears stadium property taxes and World Cup on Kevin Warren’s mind at Lake Forest event

July 17, 2026 at 10:47 a.m.

Chicago Bears President/CEO Kevin Warren said the team is performing due diligence for a potential stadium in northwest Indiana, but he didn’t close the door on Arlington Heights either.

This portion of Eastman Street in downtown Arlington Heights, where the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosted pandemic-era outdoor shows in 2021, is now being eyed as the site of an ice-skating rink this winter. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald)

Arlington Heights could close a downtown street for an ice skating rink this winter

July 16, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

Officials at Arlington Heights village hall and park district headquarters are already thinking cooler thoughts for an outdoor ice skating rink that would be installed downtown this winter.

A digital billboard advertising the Bears sits near the practice track of the former Arlington International Racetrack near Route 53 and Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights on June 25, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago Bears get OK to keep billboard in Arlington Heights despite stadium uncertainty

July 7, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

The billboard in Arlington Heights that teases Chicago Bears games will be able to remain in place for another year, village board members agreed Monday.

Dave Grundhoefer, left, belts lyrics while Mark Abate plays alongside during a recent rehearsal at Rough Draft Studios in Palatine, June 12, 2026. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

‘A bucket list item that I didn’t know I had’: Suburban garage rockers prep for first headlining gig since ’60s

June 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Huns broke up after high school and haven't performed together in public — much less picked up a guitar, for some of them — since the late 1960s. That's...

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