The Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines fire departments are implementing a plan to serve the more than 5,000 residents who received fire protection from the now-defunct Elk Grove Township Fire Department.
Ever since the first call came in at 10:14 a.m. from a police officer who reported shots fired at Central Avenue in Highland Park, feelings remain tender among dispatchers who worked up to 18-hour shifts on the day the city was rocked by a mass shooting.
Ever since that first call came in at 10:14 a.m. July 4, 2022, from a police officer who reported shots fired at Central Avenue in Highland Park, feelings remain tender among dispatchers who worked up to 18-hour shifts that day when the city was rocked by a mass shooting.