https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com Arlington Heights News, Sports, Weather, Health & Fitness Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:05:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-CardinalSealLessMargin512x512-32x32.jpg https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com 32 32 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/04/rollover-crash-in-uptown-arlington-heights-at-rand-rd-and-arlington-heights-rd/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:44:27 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=643124 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 2:43 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2026 to a report of a rollover crash with injuries at Arlington Heights Road and Rand Road in Arlington Heights. The [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/04/six-vehicles-damaged-in-minutes-rear-end-crash-in-uptown-intersection-crash-near-downtown-arlington-heights/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:02:42 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=643084 Rear-End Crash involving 4 vehicles at Arlington Heights Road and Lillian Street Arlington Heights; and another at Pine Avenue and Eastman Street, minutes apart (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police officers responded to two crashes [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/firefighters-extinguish-fire-involving-rooftop-solar-panels-on-kelly-street-arlington-heights/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:14:41 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642814 Fire near rooftop solar panels at house on Kelly Street near Greenwood Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 1;12 p.m. Monday afternoon to [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/cardinal-news-northwest-chicagoland-headlines-sun-mar-29-2026-1115-pm/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:16:58 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642772 Headlines with links have confirmed Google search results on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Article may be updated with new headlines for this date. Search results may expire at significant time after article date. Extra-alarm house [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/hero-of-the-year-award-from-nalc-for-usps-letter-carrier-rafael-pozo-actions-during-garbage-truck-fire-explosion/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:11 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642722 A local letter carrier, Rafael Pozo, who delivers mail in the area of the intersection of Miner Street and Dryden Avenue in Arlington Heights — where compressed natural gas cylinders exploded on top of the [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/police-activity-investigation-at-apartment-building-near-falcon-drive-and-goebbert-rd-arlington-heights-for-fatal-self-inflicted-gunshot/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:40:39 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642388 Police activity at the Ashton Apartments near Falcon Drive and Goebbert Road was due to a shot fired in a suicide in an apartment building Monday morning, March 16, 2026. Police, firefighters and paramedics from [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/seven-arlington-heights-police-officers-awarded-medal-of-valor-at-village-board-meeting/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:16:15 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642371 Following their heroism in rescuing two Arlington Heights residents out of their home during an armed home invasion, five Arlington Heights police officers, a police sergeant, and a police commander were each awarded a Medal [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/arlington-heights-raising-canes-employees-save-saturdays-business-extinguish-fryer-fire-before-morning-opening/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 23:33:59 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642267 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 9:00 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2026 to a report of a fire in a restaurant at Raising Cane’s, 225 East Palatine Road Arlington Heights. Cooking oil [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/metra-train-hits-car-on-tracks-driver-passenger-flee-car-flipped-upside-down-east-of-northwest-highway-and-wilke-rd-arlington-heights/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:16:32 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642226 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 1:47 a.m. Thursday, March 5, 2026 to a report that a Metra train on the Union Pacific Northwest Line crashed into a car on the tracks [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/03/firefighters-quickly-stop-house-fire-on-pine-ave-near-miner-street-arlington-heights/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:11:57 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642212 Scene of a house fire on Pine Avenue that was quickly held back by police and stopped by firefighters Wednesday morning, March 4, 2026 (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/police-release-arlington-heights-chestnut-home-invasion-suspects-identity-list-charges-but-omit-important-details-about-case-and-suspect/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:28:08 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=642011 The Arlington Heights Police Department released the identity of a home invasion suspect accused of armed home invasion in the block of 800 North Chestnut Avenue in Arlington Heights that resulted in a 7.5-hour tactical [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/open-garage-door-allowed-access-for-home-invasion-on-chestnut-ave-arlington-heights-after-suspect-cased-neighborhood-on-bicycle/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:57:40 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641994 Scenes from multiple angles at home invasion police response on Chestnut Avenue in Arlington Heights (21:06 min:sec/CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ The Arlington Heights Police Department announced at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 2026 that [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/luckily-no-injuries-in-car-crash-with-large-tree-service-truck-at-euclid-ave-and-douglas-ave-in-arlington-heights/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:20:25 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641990 Car crash with large tree service truck at Euclid Avenue and Douglas Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/firefighters-stop-detached-garage-fire-from-significantly-damaging-home-on-william-street-mount-prospect/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:09:26 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641946 Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Mount Prospect responded about 1:54 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 2026 to a report of a structure fire in the block of 200 North William Street in Mount Prospect. Mount Prospect [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/one-hurt-in-crash-at-palatine-road-and-rand-road-us-12-in-arlington-heights/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:16:28 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641896 Police, firefighter, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 10:00 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2026 to a report of a crash with injuries at Palatine Road and Rand Road in Arlington Heights. One person was [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/02/heroic-fire-rescue-of-2-adults-by-neighbors-on-dryden-ave-near-clarendon-st-in-arlington-heights/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:16:40 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641775 Neighbors rescue two adults from fire that destroyed garage on Dryden Avenue near Clarendon Street, Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Neighbors near Dryden Avenue and Clarendon Street rescued two adult neighbors from a [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/two-cats-die-in-house-fire-quickly-controlled-by-firefighters-on-hintz-rd-near-kennicott-ave-arlington-heights/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:13:02 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641705 House Fire on Hintz Road near Kennicott Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2026 to a report of [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/house-fire-quickly-extinguished-by-firefighters-on-hintz-rd-near-kennicott-ave-arlington-heights/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:02:06 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641698 House Fire on Hintz Road near Kennicott Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ UPDATE FROM INITIAL REPORT … Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/car-crash-into-front-door-at-gamestop-on-elmhurst-rd-near-golf-rd-in-mount-prospect/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:44:35 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641413 EMS Activity at Gamestop @CitizenApp Golf/Elmhurst Yesterday 12:47:06 PM CST Police, firefighters and paramedics from Mount Prospect responded about 12:40 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2026 to a report of a crash with injuries into the [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/arlington-heights-firefighters-stop-vehicle-fire-before-it-catches-residence-on-fire-on-evergreen-avenue/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:08:52 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641385 Arlington Heights Fire Department responded about 3:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2026 to a report of a vehicle fire threatening a home in the block of 100 South Evergreen Avenue near downtown Arlington Heights. The [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/multi-vehicle-crash-on-palatine-road-near-windsor-drive-in-arlington-heights-in-snow-and-whiteout-conditions/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:54:57 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641322 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2026 to a report of a multi-vehicle crash with injuries on Palatine Road near Windsor Drive in Arlington Heights. Four Wazers [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/smoke-investigation-at-arlington-heights-memorial-library-makerplace-on-belmont-ave-and-miner-st-arlington-heights/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:50:54 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641250 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded just after 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2026 to a report of smoke in the building at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Makerplace, 112 North Belmont Avenue [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2026/01/serious-house-fire-on-wing-st-in-arlington-heights-stopped-fast-by-firefighters/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:50:14 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=641013 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 10:00 p.m. Friday, January 2, 2026 to a house fire in the block of 400 West Wing Street in Arlington Heights. Firefighters on arrival saw fire [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/12/driver-in-suv-hits-parked-car-suv-rolls-over-on-gibbons-ave-arlington-heights/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:52:00 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640825 SUV rollover after driver hits parked car on Gibbons Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about just before 9:00 a.m. Friday, December 19, 2025 [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/12/one-hurt-in-rollover-crash-involving-street-light-down-at-windsor-dr-and-suffield-dr-arlington-heights/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:25:16 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640818 Rollover crash with a light pole involved Windsor Drive in Suffield Dr., Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded just before 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 19, 2025 [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/12/an-electrical-fire-underground-in-new-york-city-and-an-electrical-fire-overhead-in-arlington-heights/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:02:56 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640807 Manhole Fire Spreads to Two Cars @CitizenApp 29 Arden St 12/18/25 3:11:50 AM EST FDNY firefighters and NYPD police officers responded about 3:11 a.m. EST, Thursday, December 18, 2025 to a 9-1-1 report of a [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/11/driver-critically-injured-in-crash-with-metra-train-near-northwest-highway-and-arlington-heights-rd-in-arlington-heights/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 05:19:50 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640526 Metra train crash with Toyota Camry at Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights at about 6:35 p.m. Saturday, November 22, 2025. YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/11/palatine-man-naperville-man-found-dead-in-utility-room-in-arlington-heights-condo-building/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:37:24 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640515 Two men found dead in condo utility room in Arlington Heights, Illinois about 4:30 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2025 (CARDINAL NEWS/CapturedNews). YouTube Tips ⓘ A male employee of Dana Point Condominiums from Palatine, and a [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/11/metra-police-officer-stabbed-by-woman-at-arlington-park-train-station-lot-standoff-after-woman-crawls-under-vehicle/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:31:55 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640363 Metra police officers began an an investigation Sunday morning, November 9, 2025 regarding two people in a parked car in the parking lot of the Metra train station at 2121 West Northwest Highway in Arlington [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/11/buffalo-grove-woman-dies-after-struck-by-2-vehicles-on-arlington-heights-rd-near-plaza-verde-shopping-center-buffalo-grove/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:23:53 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=640269 Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) investigators working with Buffalo Grove Police Department police officer to investigate a fatal crash involving two vehicles that struck a Buffalo Grove woman while she was crossing Arlington [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/10/driver-crashes-into-house-on-corner-at-wilke-rd-and-grove-st-arlington-heights/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:59:12 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639936 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Sunday, October 19, 2025 to a report of a single-vehicle crash into a house in the block of 1700 West Grove [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/10/nwcds-9-1-1-dispatch-has-gone-silent-over-the-air-with-encrypted-activated-for-fire-dispatch-and-communications/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:16:33 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639861 Around 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS) has apparently switched to encryption as no dispatched calls have been announced on the unencrypted talk groups since around 8:00 a.m. There was [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/10/nwcds-associated-fire-agencies-going-the-wrong-direction-using-wrong-technology-to-balance-patient-privacy-and-ems-success/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:27:19 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639674 The area fire departments and fire districts in the Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS) 9-1-1 coverage area in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, are apparently going the wrong direction with technology by encrypting fire radio [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/10/disclaimer-limited-access-to-fire-ems-public-safety-information-will-constrain-safe-effective-public-awareness/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:02:55 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639660 DISCLAIMER: Due to the impending encryption of fire and EMS radio communications by Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS), CARDINAL NEWS may no longer be able to reliably and thoroughly provide public safety information to our [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/wheeling-teen-killed-in-fatal-high-speed-motorcycle-crash-with-pickup-truck-at-buffalo-grove-rd-and-university-dr-buffalo-grove/ Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:53:03 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639585 Motorcycle crash with pickup truck kills 18 year-old Wheeling resident in Buffalo Grove about 5:38 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2025 (CARDINAL NEWS/CapturedNews). YouTube Tips ⓘ Police, firefighters and paramedics from Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/two-gofundme-fundraisers-for-2-fatal-crashes-in-arlington-heights-in-6-days-victims-jeffrey-tanafranca-and-samuel-alfaro-acevedo/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 18:40:36 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639574 Police, firefighters and paramedics responded to two separate fatal vehicle crashes on Arlington Heights streets less than one week apart — the first crash involved a motorcycle and a minivan that killed a man driving [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/fatal-minivan-motorcycle-crash-at-golf-road-and-goebbert-road-arlington-heights/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:59:52 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639568 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2025 to a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a minivan at Golf Road and Goebbert Road in Arlington [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/e-biker-killed-in-arlington-heights-was-riding-friends-illegally-modified-e-bike-while-village-board/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:21:43 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639512 Multiple sources communicating with CARDINAL NEWS, who do not want to be identified, have specified that the 16 year-old Mount Prospect teen killed at Grove Street and Reuter Driver was operating a friend’s Class III [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/speeding-teen-e-bike-rider-disobeys-stop-sign-dies-after-crash-with-pickup-truck-at-reuter-dr-and-grove-st-arlington-heights/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:31:42 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639490 Police, firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded Monday evening, September 15, 2025 to a report of a crash involving an e-bike and a pickup truck at Reuter Drive and Grove Street in Arlington Heights. [...]]]> https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2025/09/crash-with-injuries-arlington-heights-7/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:45:10 +0000 https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/?p=639485 Arlington Heights police responded about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2025 to a crash involving a police chase from Bensenville that ended near the Aldi store, 550 East Golf Road in Arlington Heights. Bensenville police [...]]]>