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Orange Sky By Minooka and Several Buildings Struck by Lightning in Southwest Suburbs

Wed Aug 3, 2011 12:19 am Cardinal News

Many residents are reporting an orange glow in the sky near Minooka. A stack from a plant near Route 6 and Ridge Road had an abnormal burnoff Tuesday night. Lightning strikes apparently caused at least […]

Chicago Fire Department, Police, Coast Guard Rescue Man in Lake Michigan Near Oak Street Beach

Sat Jul 30, 2011 06:26 pm Cardinal News

Chicago Fire Department, Chicago police officers and the U.S. Coast Guard responded just after 4:50 p.m. Saturday to a water rescue call in Lake Michigan east of Oak Street Beach. Rescuers received a call that […]

Mount Prospect Extra Alarm Fire: Colonial Greens Apartment Building on Algonquin Rd, Top Floor and Roof Destroyed

Sat Jul 23, 2011 08:31 am Cardinal News

Video of the fully-involved third floor of the Colonial Greens Apartments that destroyed the building at 2024 West Algonquin Road, Mount Prospect. Mount Prospect firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 3:40 a.m. Saturday to a report […]

Storm Report: Flooding, Downed Power Lines

Sat Jul 23, 2011 03:51 am Cardinal News

A line of storms grew along Lake Cook Road about midnight from Barrington to the Lake Michigan shore. The storm grew in length and width as a very large complex of thunderstorms approached from the […]

2 Killed in Personal Car: First Passenger Car of Metra Train Derailed at Crossing Near Oak Forest After Crash

Thu Jul 21, 2011 04:52 pm Cardinal News

Train vs. Car Crash on the Rock Island Metra Line Kills At Least One Person Oak Forest firefighter/paramedics and Oak Forest police responded just after 4:00 p.m. Thursday to a car vs. train collision near […]

Semi-Trailer Truck Rear-Ends Several Vehicles Eastbound I-90 Near Route 59

Wed Jul 20, 2011 08:51 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police troopers responded about 8:05 a.m. Wednesday to crash involving a semi-trailer truck and three cars in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at mile marker 60.25. At least […]

Second Alarm Fire at 8 Crestview Lane in Lake Barrington

Tue Jul 19, 2011 09:09 pm Cardinal News

Barrington firefighters responded just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to a house fire at 8 Crestview Lane. Crews arriving on the scene reported a fully-involved house fire. Fire departments from Buffalo Grove, Palatine, Elk Grove Village, […]

Fatal Crash on Route 72 Near Hampshire Kills Jerry Crosby

Mon Jul 18, 2011 06:27 am Cardinal News

Kane County Sheriff’s police responded about 9:00 p.m. Saturday to a crash on Route 72 near Hampshire. Jerry Crosby, 20, of Rockford, was transported to Provena St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elgin, where he was pronounced […]

Crash, Extrication Operation Blocks Golf Rd (Rt 58) and Sutton Rd (Rt 59) Hoffman Estates

Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:27 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:00 p.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Golf Rd (Route 58) and Sutton Rd (Route 59). According to fire communications, two accident victims required […]

Motorcyclist Radostin Kolev Killed in Crash with Car at West Lake Ave and Magnolia St

Sun Jul 17, 2011 02:13 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street View centered at eastbound center land of West Lake Avenue — looking toward the direction a 2001 Saturn was driving from before Radostin Kolev’s motorcycle struck the Saturn. Motorcyclist Radostin […]

Extra Alarm Fire — 6 Alarms — for Apartment Fire on Carriage Dr, West Chicago

Mon Jul 11, 2011 06:29 am Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street view near 515 Carriage Drive. West Chicago Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at about 2:15 a.m. Monday at 515 Carriage Drive in West Chicago. The fire spread quickly […]

CFD 2-11 Alarm: Rear Porches on Fire in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood Started by Fireworks

Mon Jul 4, 2011 06:12 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Chicago firefighters and police responded about 4:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a fire in a three-story apartment building at 1323 West 18th Street. The fire spread to buildings at 1319 […]

Ana Aguilar-Lopez Killed in Three-Car Rear-End Collision on I-90 Near Devon Toll Plaza

Mon Jul 4, 2011 03:56 pm Cardinal News

Ana Aguilar-Lopez, of Rolling Meadows, was killed about 1:00 a.m. Monday while a passenger in a minivan that was rear-ended on westbound I-90 in Des Plaines, near the Devon Toll Plaza. A Pontiac minivan driven […]

Glen Ellyn House Fire on Dawes Avenue

Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:25 pm Cardinal News

Glen Ellyn house fire (Photos courtesy of Northern Illinois FireGround Photos/Complete photos …). The Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company and Glen Ellyn police responded about 4:30 a.m. Monday to a house fire at 555 Dawes […]

Victor Pantaleo, 68, of Darien Killed, Passenger Injured in Plane Crash in Romeoville

Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:16 pm Cardinal News

Victor Pantaleo, 68, of Darien and second person whose identity has not been released were onboard the Cessna 210 when it crashed near the Lewis University Airport in Romeoville about 2:45 p.m. Sunday. The aircraft […]

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