Gun found in backpack after 3 Hoffman Estates High School students arrested for fighting: police
Three students were arrested and one was found to be in possession of a handgun after a fight Friday morning at a high school in suburban Chicago.
Hoffman Estates woman gets 3 years in prison for starving 2 dogs to death
Sarah Gorski of Hoffman Estates will serve three years in prison. One of the dogs, Otis, weighed only 20 pounds at the time of his death when he should have weighed 70. The other dog, Bubba, weighed only 4 pounds.
Hoffman Estates hopes new Amazon center will boost local economy
The city of Hoffman Estates is hoping a new Amazon center will help boost the local economy by the next shopping season.
Barrington school bus driver James Dolan arrested for DUI after crash in Lake County
Deputies said they could tell James Dolan was drunk after he crashed a school bus carrying students from a suburban Chicago school. Luckily, no one was hurt.
Hoffman Estates home damaged by fire, but no one hurt
The Hoffman Estates Fire Department said that the fire at the two-story home on the 3400 block of Wilshire Drive was under control in less than ten minutes.
Deck fire causes $40K in damages to exterior of Hoffman Estates home
A structural fire caused about $40,000 of damage to the exterior of a Hoffman Estates home Friday night.
Illinois nurse who treated first local COVID-19 patient speaks out 2 years later
“The day that I found out, it was very overwhelming,” Miller said. “I was scared.”
Suburban school district cancels January 3 classes because of COVID
In an alert sent to parents on January 2, District 300 Superintendent Susan Harkin said that staff would spend Monday trying to figure out how the latest surge in COVID cases will impact staffing and student attendance.
Salvation Army to host forum in Hoffman Estates after racism guide controversy
The Salvation Army is hosting a two-day racial justice forum in Illinois in an effort to "help alleviate the pain of suffering humanity within our communities and institutions" after the organization sparked controversy last month with a racism guide that it has since retracted.
Concealed carry holder shoots 2 teens who tried to carjack him in Hoffman Estates: police
Two 16-year-old boys were shot in suburban Chicago early Friday morning after allegedly trying to carjack a motorist at a gas station.
Illinois man says United flight had no A/C on tarmac, pilot passed out
A suburban man says his United Airlines pilot passed out because of the heat on Tuesday.
State says poor quality mammograms were performed at Hoffman Estates facility
The state is warning women who got a mammogram at a Hoffman Estates imaging facility to get a second opinion.
All-girls high school robotics team in Hoffman Estates preparing for international competition
This year’s international competition focuses on cleaning waterways, so the all-girls team in Hoffman Estates has developed a robot to complete tasks like picking up surface debris or pollutants in the water.