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Published Sunday November 04 2018 2:17 pm.
The Village of Arlington Heights announced internally on Thursday, November 1, 2018 the upcoming retirement of Fire Chief Ken Koeppen, with 38 years of service with the Arlington Heights Fire Department. Ken Koeppen was appointed Fire Chief in late-March 2014 after serving as Acting Fire Chief following the February 2014 retirement of former Chief Glenn […]
Posted in 24/7 Fire Rescue!, Peeps
Published Wednesday October 03 2018 12:37 pm.
The Arlington Heights Police Department announced with great sadness, that the department has learned that retired police officer Cliff Shasteen passed away. Our sincerest condolences go out to Cliff’s family and friends. Officer Cliff Shasteen was hired as an Arlington Heights police officer December 20, 1971 and retired with 29-years of service in 2001. Shasteen […]
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Published Monday September 24 2018 6:07 pm.
Authorities on Monday September 24, 2018 released the identify of an Elgin woman that was killed about 10:20 p.m. Saturday September 22, 2018 when the go-kart she was driving was rear-ended by a Toyota Camry. Yajayra Huerta, 29, was driving alone on the go-kart westbound on River Road in Marengo Township when she was hit […]
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Published Thursday September 20 2018 7:44 pm.
A volunteer for the Yavapai County Arizona sheriff’s office has probably saved the life of a dog that was tied to a moving semi-trailer truck. The dog was trying to keep pace with the truck as it headed toward an interstate highway. On their official Facebook page, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office reported that a […]
Posted in Accolades, Public Service
Published Tuesday September 11 2018 7:30 pm.
Chelsea Renee Farmer was working out at a Planet Fitness in Georgia on Tuesday September 11, 2018, when she saw two firefighters on the StairMaster — fully suited and one was carrying an SCBA air packs on his back. “They started at 8:46 a.m. Two firefighters at my gym walking all 110 stories of the […]
Published Friday September 07 2018 12:00 am.
Known for his trademark mustache, his comeback role in “Boogie Nights” earned him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe; he starred on TV and the big screen. Burt Reynolds, age 82, died Thursday morning at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida. The dashing star appeared in romantic comedies Starting Over (1979) with Jill Clayburgh and […]
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Published Thursday September 06 2018 7:25 am.
After almost nine months and on her birthdate, a British coroner says that The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan died accidentally from drowning because of alcohol intoxication. Witnesses told a coroner’s inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court on Thursday that O’Riordan was found submerged in her bathtub at a London hotel, the Park Lane Hilton, on January […]
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Published Thursday August 30 2018 8:29 pm.
Rockford-area residents rescue woman from submerged car off Interstate 90 near Huntley on Aug. 3, 2018. (Video provided by Illinois State Police) Eleven people were presented commendation letters recently from the Illinois State Police in Downers Grove for helping save the life of Joanna Girmscheid, age 26, of Libertyville, after her car crashed into a […]
Posted in Accolades, FIREBLOG C
Published Friday August 24 2018 6:21 pm.
John LaPointe collapsed during a cross country practice at Antioch Community High School Tuesday afternoon, August 21, 2018 and was unresponsive after he collapsed. An assistant coach administered CPR, and paramedics took over CPR and began Advanced Life Support when they arrived. LaPointe was transported to the St. Catherine’s Medical Center campus in Pleasant Prairie, […]
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Published Wednesday August 22 2018 7:34 pm.
After a devastating Prospect Heights condominium fire on July 18 2018, Bryan Itzkowitz, director of bands at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, asked the community to donate musical instruments that were no longer being used for the families that lost their musical instruments in the fire. Area families immediately responded with donations, contributing brass, woodwind […]
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Published Tuesday August 14 2018 5:09 am.
The Daily Herald’s Eric Peterson reported on the life of Mitchell Z. Sroka, interviewing Sroka’s daughter after he was killed in a boat explosion about 8:00 a.m. Saturday August 11, 2018 in Wilmette Harbor. Sroka was the president of P.R. Streich & Sons in Franklin Park — a company that installs Gasoline Pumps, Hydraulic Vehicle […]
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Published Sunday August 12 2018 10:46 pm.
They came to pay their respects and honor a great Chicago Blackhawk who passed away earlier this week. CBS 2’s Jim Williams reports on the visitation of #21 Stan Mikita. Sunday August 12, 2018 in the United Center atrium, Stan Mikita’s coffin was draped with his sweater and a large arrangement of red and white […]
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