Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates faces Lincoln-Way Central in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 7A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive reporter Rob Oesterle will have live updates, scores and news from the game

A caracal, an endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates, was captured by police Tuesday and soon will be on its way to an animal sanctuary in Wisconsin.

Ryan Donnelly returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown and later caught two TD passes, helping lead Palatine's 56-22 blowout of Hoffman Estates.

Fremd's defense limited Hoffman Estates to 26 yards on 16 plays in the first half as the Vikings built a comfortable lead and rolled 37-6 in the Mid-Suburban West opener between unbeatens.

Fremd hosted Hoffman Estates in Week 5 football on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Palatine.

Senior Nate Cleveland is sharing quarterback duties with junior Austin Lesniak this fall for Hoffman Estates, and on Friday led a 57-0 win over Maine East.

Hoffman Estates hosted Maine East in the third week of football on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.

The 62nd season of Mid-Suburban League football began as a pair of teams from opposite divisions completed their home-and-home two-year series. Hoffman Estates beat Buffalo Grove 35-24.

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A fire caused significant damage to an office building in Fox River Grove overnight Saturday night.

Wanda and Allen Iverson have always supported their independent filmmaker son. Now his first feature length movie, "For Prophet" is debuting in theaters.

Circus artists use acrobatics to convey various insect characteristics in this celebration of biodiversity and insect life, which last played the United Center parking lot in 2011.

The Illinois House approved a bill Tuesday to allow student teachers to receive stipends while earning their education degree, even though the money needed to fund those stipends is unlikely to be included in next year’s budget.

One challenge stemming from the influx of migrants that some advocates say the state has not done enough to address is educating the children of those coming across the border.

Fifteen years after a senseless act of violence claimed the life of Jeff Engelhardt's father, younger sister and grandmother, the former Northwest Herald reporter, now-married father of two, still chooses forgiveness.

The Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates - where the once-mighty retailer moved from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago in the 1990s - will soon be torn down.

From 1950 until 2023, 11 tornadoes occurred in the Chicago area during the month of February, according to the National Weather Service in Romeoville whose forecast area includes 18 counties in northeast Illinois and five in northwest Indiana.

A Lake in the Hills couple assumed the roles of executive producers in supporting their son who wrote, directed and filmed an independent film drawing some attention from several film festivals over the last year.

Pure magic would describe “Corteo,” a fantasy-filled production by Cirque du Soleil, whose signature circus artistry is paired with absorbing theater and live vocalists and musicians sharing the performance space. It is playing through June 4 in the western suburbs.

Cirque du Soleil returns to northern Illinois for the first time since 2019, presenting “Corteo” from June 1 to 4.

Those charged with felonies the week of April 16, 2023, by the Cary, Crystal Lake, Huntley, Island Lake, Johnsburg, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office and the North Central Narcotics Task Force.

A Midway International Airport worker. A doctor who assists women with abortions. The head of a service for homeless individuals. All three are among guests invited by members of Illinois’ congressional delegation to attend President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

An Algonquin eye doctor who died while awaiting his murder trial instructed family members to liquidate more than $1 million in bank accounts and mutual funds, a wrongful death lawsuit alleges.

Dereck Kelly, 20, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7 to reckless homicide for the May 8, 2021, collision at Eighth Street and Strom Drive that killed Carl Bley of Hoffman Estates.

Prairie Ridge faces Hoffman Estates in a Hinkle Holiday Classic basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Marian Central faces Hoffman Estates in a Hinkle Holiday Classic basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

After nearly four years as Carpentersville’s village manager, Eric Johnson is moving on to the Fox River Water Reclamation District.

Elk Grove hosted Hoffman Estates in the first round of the IHSA football playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022.

Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie and Democratic challenger Maria Peterson jousted over issues including abortion and the SAFE-T Act on Wednesday during a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area.

Palatine hosted Hoffman Estates in the final regular season game on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.

Willkommen, bienvenue and welcome to “Cabaret,” the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre’s season opener.

The Downers Grove North at Hoffman Estates football game was postponed Friday due to electrical issues. The game will resume at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Hawks leading 6-0 in the first quarter.

The visually inviting Bistro Wasabi creates the vibe of a downtown, Asian-inspired bistro.

Mark Forcucci threw a touchdown pass on Wheaton North's opening drive and completed his first 10 passes, and the Falcons' defense had six sacks and forced two turnovers in a 38-8 rout of Hoffman Estates in Friday's Class 7A second-round game.

Bond was set Tuesday for two Hoffman Estates residents accused of starving two dogs to death.

“Billy” E. Orris III, 26, died Friday after officials said a car collided with his motorcycle on Golf Road in Hoffman Estates.