10 stories you might have missed this weekend
Daily Herald report
1. Aurora police are investigating the early-morning slaying of a 33-year-old Montgomery man who was shot Saturday while driving in Aurora. Police would not speculate on a motive for the shooting but said they do not believe it was random.
2. The 11th annual Hablamos Español Expo offered not only a celebration of Hispanic culture on Saturday in Elgin, but it also provided a one-stop shop with information and services in the community.
3. After struggling with a congenital heart defect since birth, 17-year-old Keri Woodruff finally has a new heart. “It was crazy because we've been waiting 14 months,” said Keri's mother, Lynne Woodruff, of Elgin.
4. What are the chances a one-eyed dog at a Naperville animal shelter will find a “forever home”? Not unlike many shelter animals, Cassidy has been through a lot.
5. Joining a union should be a personal choice — not a required one — and voters should decide if they want to implement right-to-work laws in their municipalities and counties, Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a short speech in Elgin. The notion that he's anti-union is “horse manure,” Rauner told the largely friendly crowd.
6. A former prosecutor and state lawmaker is seeking to toughen penalties for distracted drivers who wind up killing someone — putting them more on par with those doled out to drivers who take a life while under the influence of alcohol.
7. More than 100 people hit the icy waters of Lake Zurich Saturday, as part of the Purple Plunge at Breezewald Beach and Park. “We totally lucked out with the weather,” organizer Paul Hunt said. “I'm impressed with the outpouring of support from everybody.”
8. The unmistakable pinging sounds of dodge balls hitting their targets — and audiences cheering and groaning — could be heard on multiple courts Saturday in Dundee-Crown High School gymnasium. Thirty-three teams of six people played for a chance to win money and benefit two charities: Muscular Dystrophy Association and FISH Food Pantry of Carpentersville.
9. An attempt to satirize the Ku Klux Klan at Wheaton College triggered outrage and a call for forgiveness for at the Christian institution. About 20 members of the Wheaton College football team performed a “racially insensitive skit” during a team event.
10. Gerald Chapman, a former Palatine Township Elementary District 15 school board president handily defeated in the 2011 election, has been appointed to fill a 2-year vacancy on the panel. Bruce Brown, the regional superintendent of north Cook County schools, had to make the decision after the school board couldn't agree on a process to trim the list to the top contenders.