Arlington Heights

One Chicago suburb landed at the top of the ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s newest list of “Best Places to Live in Illinois in 2025-26” — and the village may even soon be home a new Chicago Bears stadium.

The Chicago Bears’ potential move to Arlington Heights has neighboring suburb Rolling Meadows preparing for the impact of a possible NFL stadium.

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the best places to live in the U.S., with Johns Creek, Georgia taking the top spot.

The report, which surveyed people from 250 major cities, analyzed responses across difference indexes, which accounted for quality of education and health care, house affordability, crime rate, culture and leisure offerings and more.

Newly inaugurated Arlington Heights mayor Jim Tinaglia spoke on conversations he has had with the Chicago Bears on a potential new stadium in the suburb.

Arlington Heights has opened a formal review of a possible new stadium for the Chicago Bears. NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The comments come after Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren said Arlington Heights was back in the mix for a potential Bears stadium.

Judge Susan Crawford cemented a liberal majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court with an electoral victory Tuesday as voters in the Chicago area went to the polls for municipal elections. NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The cause of an explosion of a garbage truck in Arlington Heights last year has been revealed. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Suburban firefighters battled a multiple-alarm fire at an Arlington Heights apartment complex Tuesday. NBC Chicago’s JC Navarrete reports.

Endeavor Health will lay off approximately 100 people and “discontinue inpatient psychiatric services” at one of its suburban Chicago hospitals, according to company spokesman,

Authorities in suburban Arlington Heights said a 69-year-old man is dead after a violent rollover crash on Lake Cook Road Saturday afternoon.

Lake Cook Road in northwest suburban Arlington Heights was expected to remain closed for several hours late Saturday following a multi-vehicle collision that left one person critically injured, authorities said.

A suburban father is suing a daycare after his 5-year-old daughter was left on a school bus for several hours in sub-freezing weather last week. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

A suburban father is suing KinderCare after his 5-year-old daughter was left on a school bus for several hours in sub-freezing weather last week.

Amid frigid temperatures in the Chicago area, a child was accidentally left onboard a bus at a suburban daycare center on Tuesday night.

Rafael Pozo, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, was wrapping up his shift earlier this month in northwest suburban Arlington Heights when he noticed something out of the ordinary: a burning garbage truck.

Startling footage captured the moment a garbage truck exploded in northwest suburban Arlington Heights, leaving three first responders injured.

Doorbell camera captured the startling moment a garbage truck exploded Friday evening in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.

Doorbell camera captured the startling moment a garbage truck exploded Friday evening in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.