Folks at the Gospel Presbyterian Church in Schaumburg heard the cries of an infant and found someone had left a newborn girl in a grocery bag wrapped in a towel. more ›

Chicago Tea Party Director Stevan Stevlic decided to skip TeaCon 2011 in Schaumburg this weekend after Gawker dug up evidence of his June 2010 arrest for soliciting prostitution. more ›

By the end of summer, real-world Michigan Avenue will get a reprieve from the carnage of burning cars, wrecked streets and robots that are more than meets the eye; LEGO Michigan Avenue, on the other hand, will be rebuilding for a long time following this weekend's invasion from Imperial Stormtroopers and Battle Droids. more ›

In the wake of yesterday's story on accident statistics at red light camera intersections in the city comes another red light camera story, this one in Schaumburg. It seems the village is none-too-pleased about the ordinance passed last week by the Cook County Board, approving a new slew of RLCs to go in at 30 intersections in the Cook County suburbs and now they're fighting back. Last night, the village board passed an ordinance requiring their approval before any RLCs are installed in the village. But Schaumburg isn't the only suburb fighting the new cameras: Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wilmette, and Bartlett are all taking umbrage with the new cameras and exploring the legality of the board's actions. more ›

It wasn't too long ago we were looking at the Chicago connections to the world's new tallest building, located in Dubai. Now, Lee Bey uncovers the story of plans to build the world's then-tallest building...in Schaumburg. Proposed in 1973, behold, the Schaumburg Space Needle. [via] more ›

For the first time ever, Schaumburg has passed a property tax for residents, "adding about $252 to the tax bill for a home with an equalized assessed value of $50,000," according to the Tribune. The move by trustees has left residents angered; resident Joe Librizzi said, "It's not fair -- it's not right." Officials defended the move, saying the money will bring in around $24 million which will help cover the village's impending $17.4 million budget deficit. more ›

Just yesterday we were looking at swine flu stats for local colleges and, as if on cue, a Schaumburg school is reporting a pair of new cases. The cases come from St. Peter Lutheran School; principal Roger Kirsh has promised precautions have been taken and the school opened as scheduled today. [Tribune] more ›

Citing a lack of results, the city of Schaumburg is getting rid of the one red light camera they had installed. Curious to see how the cameras worked, the city installed one at a particularly busy intersection close to Woodfield Mall. What happened next led to the eventual decision to scrap plans for more. more ›

• Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg was completely evacuated this afternoon after a citizen reported seeing a man with a gun. After a subsequent search by police turned up nothing, the mall was reopened.
• A federal judge sentenced Paul Schiro to 20 years today. Schiro is the first defendant from the Family Secrets trials to be sentenced. While the jury had only convicted Schiro of racketeering, his sentence was longer because, according to the Sun-Times, "U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel found that the prosecution had proven by a preponderance of evidence that Schiro had helped kill [Emil] Vaci."
• Box maker Smurfit-Stone, who has a headquarters located here, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Such a filing would allow them to restructure their debt.

• Motorola, based out of Schaumburg, announced today it would be cutting 4,000 jobs. This is in addition to the 3,000 cut during the fourth quarter of 2008. Damn.
• An Illinois House committee that oversees DFCS may consider tougher laws about aggressive dogs living in foster homes following Sunday's mauling death of foster child Alex Angulo.
• Tom Tuduj, accused of stabbing his boss to death in 2006, testified at his own trial and claimed his medication was to blame.

Another fantastic skyline shot from rjseg1