Tag result for article published on Mon May 06 2013 4:41 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: arrest, attempted murder, First Degree Attempted Murder, first-degree murder, murder Wheeling, shooting, Wheeling, Wheeling Police Department
Jesus Sanchez (law enforcement photo). Jesus Sanchez, 18, of the 2000 block of West Nichols Road, in unincorporated Arlington Heights, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and first degree murder after he attempted to commit a gang-related hit in the block of 400 Pleasant Run Drive, Wheeling, but instead shot and killed the wrong person. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri November 30 2012 7:43 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fatal industrial accident, fatal industrial accident Wheeling, industrial accident, MABAS Box Alarm, TRT Box, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department
Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac speaks with reporters immediately after the recovery of a victim in a fatal industrial accident at Sunnyside Products, 225 Carpenter Avenue in Wheeling. A man killed in an industrial accident yesterday was a contractor hired to clean a tank at Sunnyside Products, 225 Carpenter Avenue in Wheeling. The project assignment [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed July 18 2012 3:56 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: EMS Box, extra alarm for ambulances, Prospect Heights, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department
VIDEO: Scene after at least six people were injured in a rear-end collision in the westbound express lanes of Palatine Road, just east of Wheeling Road. Prospect Heights firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a three-car crash with victims trapped in vehicles in the westbound express lanes of Palatine Road, just [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat June 23 2012 1:57 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: armed robbery, armed robbery Wheeling, handgun, robbery, Wheeling, Wheeling Police Department
Wheeling police alerted area police departments of an armed robbery at the Family Video, 740 West Hintz Road, near Elmhurst Road and Hintz Road. Police received a report that two armed offenders robbed the Family Video about 12:35 a.m. Saturday (precise time of crime not confirmed). The offenders were described as two male/white suspects — [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri April 13 2012 11:00 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: medical emergency, Wheeling, Wheeling High School
Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:09 a.m. Friday to Wheeling High School, 900 South Elmhurst Road. Emergency responders received a report that a student was apparently intoxicated.
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Tag result for article published on Wed April 04 2012 8:44 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: condo fire, townhouse fire, townhouse fire Wheeling, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department, Wheeling Police Department
VIDEO: Townhouse fire showing fire that self-ventilated through the roof and continued burning after fire in a bathroom was knocked (© 2012 Shapiro Photography). Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:16 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a townhouse on fire at 1315 Exeter Court. Emergency responders received a report of a fire in a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 17 2012 8:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: shooting, shots fired, shots fired Wheeling, Wheeling, Wheeling Police Department
Wheeling police responded about 8:08 p.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of West Norman. The suspect’s vehicle is described to be a silver SUV possibly a Dodge or Chrysler. Originally, the call was re-broadcast to area police departments as a shooting, but was actually a ‘shots fired’ call. See [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue January 31 2012 4:56 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: carbon monoxide illness, carbon monoxide illness Wheeling, CO Illness, CO illness Wheeling, EMS Box, EMS Box 2nd Level, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department
Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:21 p.m. Tuesday to a report of trouble breathing for a female in her 20′s at a manufacturing plant at 750 Northgate Parkway. Paramedics soon discovered that more workers were becoming ill from high carbon monoxide levels, and at least one person was reported passed out about 1:31 p.m. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu January 12 2012 5:32 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: commercial garage fire, commercial garage fire Wheeling, garage fire, structure fire, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department
Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:01 a.m. Thursday to a report of a commercial-size garage fire at 2808 Schoenbeck Road. Police arrived within three minutes and reported a fully-involved detached garage fire with a vehicle or vehicles on fire in addition to the garage fire. No injuries were reported. A van was destroyed by [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri November 18 2011 7:40 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: arrest, DUI, DUI Arrest, Wheeling, Wheeling DUI arrest, Wheeling Police Department
Wheeling police responded about 3:15 p.m. Friday to a report of a DUI driver in near the intersection of Wolf and Dundee Road. Police received a report that the driver of a green Saturn appeared DUI and was pulling out of the BP gas station at Dundee Road and Wolf Road. Police were updated that [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu November 10 2011 4:06 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Code 4, residential fire, roof ventilation, townhouse fire, Wheeling, Wheeling Fire Department
Firefighters after fire was stopped at 303 Kingswoods Lane just after 11:00 a.m. Thursday. Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:50 a.m. Thursday to a report of smoke in a residence in the 300 block of Kingswood Lane in Shadow Bend. Police arrived first and reported learning of a small fire in between the walls.
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Tag result for article published on Mon October 31 2011 7:46 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arlington Club, assault, attack, Mace, Wheeling, woman attacker
Wheeling police responded about 9:03 p.m. Sunday to a report that a woman was attacked in the 1400 block of Lenox Court in the Arlington Club neighborhood. The offender was described as a male/white wearing a black hoodie and a black ski mask. Police received a report that the offender grabbed her neck, slammed her [...]
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