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Published Thursday December 06 2018 10:36 am.
A private funeral service will be held at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Thursday morning. The funeral is by invitation only. A Union Pacific train will then transport President Bush to his final resting place in College Station. Live coverage of the private funeral service for President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church […]
Published Wednesday December 05 2018 7:39 am.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., which included a eulogy by his son, former President George W. Bush. Watch the full service here. Presidential funerals are planned far in advance, and presidential families receive help from the military to coordinate the events. […]
Published Monday December 03 2018 11:14 am.
For the final time, the late president’s service dog served him by resting near the side of his casket. Sully, the service dog of former president George H.W. Bush, spent Sunday night, December 2, 2018 lying in the foreground of his US flag-draped casket. Jim McGrath, spokesman for the Bush family, tweeted out a photo […]
Published Friday November 30 2018 11:43 pm.
George Herbert Walker Bush, who as the 41st president has died at the age 94. A statement from former President George W. Bush (#43) reads: “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died. George H. W. Bush was a man of the highest […]
Posted in Peeps
Published Tuesday November 20 2018 6:57 pm.
Brian Less talks in a press conference about his daughter, Dayna Less, a 24-year-old pharmacy resident who was among four people shot and killed at Mercy Hospital on Monday. Dayna Less was leaving an elevator while working as a second year pharmaceutical resident at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, when a criminal shooter killed her […]
Posted in CRIME BLOG C, Peeps
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 […]
Posted in Front Page B, Peeps
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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