Multiple auto burglaries reported to the Arlington Heights Police Department Wednesday morning at Brandenberry Apartments/Brandenberry Park East Condominiums. Car windows were smashed and contents taken from multiple automobiles in the 2400 block of East Oakton Avenue and 1100 block of North Dale Avenue — presumably overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, New Year’s Eve Day.

TUE DEC 30 2008 — Less than .25 inch of snowfall Tuesday evening. There is no snow cover in Arlington Heights, except for snow mounds from snow removal operations.

SAT DEC 27 2008 — Israeli bombers and rocket-firing helicopters destroyed multiple Hamas security locations in less than five minutes after Palestinian militants had fired about 300 rockets and mortars at Israeli targets over the past week.

Israel has responded to Hamas rocket attacks beginning with an air assault on 320 sites since the middle of the day Saturday.

One Israeli attack targeted a house in the Jebaliya refugee camp, killing seven people, but the Hamas activist was not there.

In another air assault, an Islamic Jihad commander was killed while he walking near his house.

Israeli military also exploded Hamas tunnels between Gaza and Israel. Hamas militants were killed in those explosions.

Naval vessels had also bombarded targets in Gaza.

According to Palestinian medical personnel, eight children under the age of 17 were killed in two separate Israeli airstrikes Sunday night. U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes reported that at least 62 women and children have been killed and 1,400 men, women and children had been injured.

Video of crime scenes in downtown Arlington Heights after stabbing at Arlington Heights Memorial Library front steps (watch in high quality).

Arlington Heights Police are investigating a stabbing near the front steps of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library just before 6:00 p.m. Saturday.  The stabbing victim was found at the corner of Miner Street and Dunton Avenue. Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics treated the victim with life threatening multiple stab wounds at the location near Javier’s Restaurant. Police are investigating how the victim got from the crime scene at the library to the location where he was treated by paramedics at Miner Street and Dunton Avenue.

A possible offender, a locally known homeless male, was placed into custody on the west side of the train station within 15 minutes after the crime was reported. He was transported to the police station.

Police officers originally cordoned off the entire block of Dunton Avenue at 500 North Dunton Avenue, but later reduced the police tape to the area around the steps of the front door of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library at 500 North Dunton Avenue.

Police are also holding a silver Kia Sportage at the northwest corner of Miner Street and Dunton Avenue.

There are possibly witnesses to the stabbing.  Police are searching trash bins at the library and at the train station, and are canvassing the neighborhood near the library to see if there are any other witness.  Developing …

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Local Severe Weather Alert for Arlington Heights, IL (60004) below …

Snow cover is less than 20% of ground cover with only piles from snow

removal remaining. Snow cover was 100% at 9:00 a.m. with about 3 inch

depth.

Current Observations:

Temperature: 60F

Wind: SW 25 MPH

Heavy rain periods

Tornado Watch whole Chicago area with severe thunderstorms south and

west metro area.

FLOOD WARNING BELOW:

/O.EXT.KLOT.FL.W.0129.081227T1917Z-081230T2230Z/ /RVRI2.3.ER.

081227T1917Z.081228T1800Z.081230T1630Z.NR/ 1045 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

…FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY… THE

FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE. *

UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 945

AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. *

FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. * FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS

AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.7 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS

FORECAST INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FORECAST TODAY.

Local Severe Weather Alert for Arlington Heights, IL (60004) below …

Arlington Heights has 8 inches of ice-crusted snow pack at 9:15 a.m.

Friday.

Current Observations:

Temperature: 33 F

Wind: SE 12 MPH

/O.CON.KLOT.FF.A.0007.081227T0600Z-081228T0600Z/ /00000.0.IC.

000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-

LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-

WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-

BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCKFORD…WOODSTOCK…WAUKEGAN…

OREGON…DIXON…DEKALB…AURORA…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…OSWEGO…

MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…WATSEKA…PAXTON…GARY…

VALPARAISO…MOROCCO…RENSSELAER…FOWLER 634 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 /734

AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008/

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

SATURDAY EVENING…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

AREAS…IN ILLINOIS…BOONE…COOK…DE KALB…DUPAGE…FORD…

GRUNDY…IROQUOIS…KANE…KANKAKEE…KENDALL…LA SALLE… LAKE

IL…LEE…LIVINGSTON…MCHENRY…OGLE…WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN

INDIANA…BENTON…JASPER…LAKE IN…NEWTON AND PORTER.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* WIDESPREAD…AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO

DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS

WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE

INCHES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL

TOTALS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY

RAIN…TEMPERATURES WARMING WELL ABOVE FREEZING WILL CAUSE EXISTING

SNOW AND ICE COVER TO RAPIDLY MELT WHICH WILL INCREASE RUN OFF…WHICH

WILL ALREADY BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE FROZEN GROUND. ALSO…THE BITTER

COLD TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST WEEK HAVE CAUSED ICE TO FORM ON MANY

RIVERS…THIS ICE WILL LIKELY BECOME DISLODGED AS TEMPERATURES RISE

ABOVE FREEZING AND STREAM FLOW INCREASES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER

CHANCE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. FINALLY…MANY DRAINAGE

SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY SNOW AND ICE COVER…SO AS HEAVY RAIN

FALLS FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EVEN IN URBANIZED AREAS THAT DO

NOT FLOOD OFTEN.

* IF CURRENT FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR AS EXPECTED THEN

WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CREEKS…STREAMS…AND LOW

LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION…MANY OF THE LARGER MAIN STEM

RIVERS WILL GO INTO FLOOD. GIVEN THE FORECAST MAGNITUDE OF THE

UPCOMING SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT… MAJOR FLOODING AND NEAR

RECORD CRESTS MAY OCCUR ON SOME OF THE LARGER MAIN STEM

RIVERS…INCLUDING THE DES PLAINES… KANKAKEE…VERMILLION…LITTLE

CALUMET…IROQUOIS…AND ILLINOIS.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING

FLOODING TO DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND…WITH SOME AREAS THAT TYPICALLY DO

NOT FLOOD POSSIBLY EVEN BECOMING INUNDATED WITH WATER. PEOPLE LIVING

IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO

LATER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE

PREPARED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND ON SHORT NOTICE. EVERYONE IN AND

NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD

FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD ALSO MONITOR FORECASTS

CLOSELY…AS FLOODING COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT ROADS MAKING TRAVEL

DIFFICULT.