Same-Day Courier up the Jane Addams.

Comet Messenger Service, a Chicago courier since 1976, runs same-day delivery throughout the northwest suburbs — Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village, Itasca, and Des Plaines. Comet's hub at 2045 W Grand Ave connects to the Kennedy and the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90), so northwest-suburb pickups typically dispatch within one to two hours during business hours. Typical runs include a part or supply that ran out, laptops and equipment between offices, catering picked up and carried in, documents to the Rolling Meadows courthouse, and TSA-certified runs to O'Hare on the way. Service is 24/7.

Pickup in the northwest suburbs typically dispatches within one to two hours during business hours, depending on the town and traffic on the Kennedy and I-90. Streak, Comet's fastest service, delivers in one to two hours and runs 24 hours a day, every day; Priority runs two to three hours; Standard runs four to six hours on weekdays and is the most economical. Because Comet dispatches from the city side, one driver can cover a downtown-to-Schaumburg run and the return on the same booking.

Yes. Arlington Heights is part of Comet Messenger's northwest service area, along with neighboring Palatine, Rolling Meadows, and Mount Prospect. Comet picks up from offices, medical practices, shops and homes in Arlington Heights and delivers same day across Chicagoland — downtown, to O'Hare, to another suburb, or across town. Pickup typically dispatches within one to two hours during business hours, and Streak runs 24/7. Book online at cometmessenger.delivery or call (312) 786-2288.

Yes. Comet Messenger runs same-day court filings to the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows, which serves the northwest suburbs. Your firm prints and prepares the papers, and a Comet driver picks them up and brings them to the clerk the same day, along with exhibit binders and boxes. Out-of-town firms with a case there can use the same service. For paper courtesy copies of documents you have already e-filed, Comet's Court Copies service prints, binds and delivers them where the judge or clerk wants them, with photo proof of delivery; order at cometmessenger.delivery/court-copies.html. Call (312) 786-2288 with the courthouse and deadline.

Yes. When a part, a tool, or a supply runs out mid-shift, Comet Messenger picks it up from your supplier, warehouse or other location and brings it straight to your door in Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Itasca, or anywhere in the northwest suburbs. Streak is the fastest service, direct with no other stops, and runs 24 hours a day. Cars, SUVs and cargo vans cover anything from a small box to a pallet. Call (312) 786-2288 or book at cometmessenger.delivery.

Yes. Comet Messenger runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including nights, weekends and holidays. Streak and Priority are available around the clock for Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights and the rest of the northwest suburbs; Standard runs on weekdays. After-hours and weekend runs are quoted up front with every charge included, and weekday business-hours orders cost less. Call (312) 786-2288 any hour.

Yes. Comet Messenger covers the western and northwest suburbs on one account, so a Naperville-to-Schaumburg run is one booking with one driver going suburb to suburb, not a handoff through the city. The same applies to Oak Brook to Arlington Heights, Elgin to Hoffman Estates, or any suburb-to-suburb run across Chicagoland. Streak is the fastest service for rush; Priority and Standard handle longer runs economically.

Uber's courier option is available in Schaumburg, Arlington Heights and other northwest suburbs, and it solves a different problem than a local courier. Uber moves a small parcel point to point with whichever rideshare driver is closest — a good fit for a consumer handoff where any driver will do. A local courier like Comet Messenger adds bonded-and-insured handling, drivers who know the area's offices, courthouses and loading docks, cargo van and pallet capacity, multi-stop routing on one booking, TSA-certified airport runs, and 24/7 dispatch from a Chicago hub that covers city-to-suburb and suburb-to-suburb runs on one account. Comet has run the northwest suburbs since 1976.