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Report: Good, bad U-46 teachers go unaddressed

Teachers may not come off assembly lines like Fords. But school districts across the country, including Elgin Area School District U-46, treat them as if they do, one study claims.

Full Story updated 7/3/2009 8:19 PM

South Elgin bank robber gets three-year prison term

A former Cook County correctional officer was sentenced this week to three years in prison on charges she robbed a pair of South Elgin banks in December.

Full Story published 7/4/2009 12:34 PM

Batavia seeks to fix downtown sidewalks with stimulus money

If it can, Batavia would like to get some sidewalks repaired in downtown when Wilson Street is resurfaced this summer.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 10:17 AM

Volunteers spruce up Geneva info kiosk

Good old volunteer spirit has spiffed up another corner in downtown Geneva. The canopied information kiosk by the Kane County Courthouse at Third and Franklin streets had become a neglected repository for taxi-service stickers, baby-sitter-available notices and the like.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 10:46 AM

Elgin cops: Woman attacked driver with bottle

A driver on the east side of Elgin this morning forgot some key advice: don't pick up strangers, especially close to 3 in the morning.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 4:07 PM

Police beat

The windshield and left mirror were broken, the driver's door was dented and scratched, and the hood was scratched on a Jeep Cherokee parked in the 1500 block of Meadows Road between 11:30 p.m. June 27 and 9:30 a.m. June 28.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM

Tri-Cities briefs

Batavia MainStreet reports that five new businesses opened in Batavia in May, two businesses expanded, two closed or moved out of the downtown and that six were issued building permits for improvements.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM

Police beat

An Elgin man was arrested on a retail theft charge at 10:56 a.m. Thursday after he entered the Burlington Coat Factory, 250 S. Randall Road, with a brown leather coat on and wore a $280 leather coat out of the store, reports said.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM

Fox Valley briefs

The Huntley village board has selected a Naperville-based firm to draft a plan to revitalize the village's historic downtown. The village will pay Houseal Lavigne Associates about $50,000 to complete the study, which will include a vision of the downtown, a survey of transportation and potential funding sources for a downtown facelift.

Full Story published 7/3/2009 11:59 PM

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» Bar owner banks on hosting MMA fights
» Fox Valley arts and crafts shows
» Enroll young naturalists in forest camp
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» The day the trains didn't return
» Batavia to light up skies on the Fourth
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» Tri-Cities briefs
» Fox Valley briefs
» Elgin's parking ticket appeal challenged

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