Alicia Fabbre

2 days ago | dailyherald.com | Alicia Fabbre

Jacqueline Sanderson, an assistant entomologist with the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, checks for ticks after dragging a trail in Hoffman Estates. Brian Hill/[email protected] The sun is shining, birds are singing, and the ticks are back. Yes, suburbanites, it’s tick season. And this year may just be one of the “tickier” ones, experts suggest. Last week, Palatine Township Elementary District 15 officials alerted families to the presence of ticks on some school properties.

4 days ago | shawlocal.com | Alicia Fabbre

Carpentersville trustees are turning to their village attorney to take over as village manager after firing the town’s former top administrator. Trustees are expected to appoint Brad Stewart as village manager during the village board meeting on Tuesday. John O’Sullivan, who was hired as village manager in 2023, was let go more than a week ago. Tuesday’s agenda includes a formal vote by trustees removing O’Sullivan as village manager.

6 days ago | dailyherald.com | Alicia Fabbre

John O’Sullivan Carpentersville officials are looking for a new village manager. Village trustees are expected to take formal action on Tuesday regarding John O’Sullivan’s tenure as village manager, Acting Village Manager Carrie Cichon said in an email. O’Sullivan, who served as a village trustee before being named to the village manager post in 2023, confirmed he was terminated.

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Alicia Fabbre

A Will County judge Thursday granted a two-year, no-contact order against a Neuqua Valley High School English teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 16-year-old student. Judge Theodore Jarz extended the emergency order of protection originally filed on March 13 on behalf of the student. William Schaub, 56, of the 0-100 block of North Stone Avenue in La Grange, was arrested April 3 and charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of grooming.

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Alicia Fabbre

William Schaub A Will County judge Thursday granted a two-year, no-contact order against a Neuqua Valley High School English teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing a 16-year-old student. Judge Theodore Jarz extended the emergency order of protection originally filed on March 13 on behalf of the student.