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Palatine police warn of scam targeting elderly residents

Palatine police are reporting a recent increase of phone/text/email frauds involving elderly residents being scammed out of substantial amounts of money. This crime involves scammers impersonating ...

‘A loss for our neighborhood’: St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School in Palatine is closing

Facing declining enrollment and a mounting deficit, St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School in Palatine will close at the end ...

NW suburban Catholic grade school to close after more than 60 years of education

Sixty-four years after opening its doors, St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School in Palatine will be closing at the end of ...

Catholic elementary school closing in Palatine due to low enrollment numbers

A north suburban Catholic elementary has announced it will soon shut down. The Archdiocese said it was left with no choice but to close St. Thomas of Villanova as enrollment numbers were just not ...

Palatine man charged in girlfriend’s fatal shooting

A Cook County judge this week ordered a northwest suburban man detained in custody after prosecutors accused him of killing ...

Murder charge filed against man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend in Palatine

A felony murder charge has been handed down to a man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in the northwest suburbs late ...

Rolling Meadows Tentatively OKs Annexations Near Palatine

The city of Rolling Meadows will grow a bit if several annexations pass final approval on Jan. 28. Aldermen gave first reading approval to the annexations at the city council meeting on Tuesday, Jan.

Boyfriend fatally shoots girlfriend in head and leaves her to die, Illinois cops say

Officers found 42-year-old Fatima Lizeth Escalante Matamoros with a gunshot wound to her head in Palatine on Nov. 29, the ...

Palatine man sentenced 6 years in 2023 DUI crash that killed Wauconda HS teacher

A Palatine man pleaded guilty on Friday in a DUI crash that killed a high school teacher in the north suburbs in 2023, court ...

24-hour laundromat in Palatine Bridge provides affordable, convenient service

When Edward Gomez opened his Sky’s Laundromat in April 2011, he usually locked the entrance door every night at 9 or 10. That ...

Palatine man charged in girlfriend’s fatal shooting

Sergio Velasquez-Fuentes, of Palatine, faces one count of first-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend, Fatima Lizeth Escalante Matamoros. Velasquez-Fuentes, 43, allegedly shot Matamoros ...