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Newly nominated Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres said he believes speaking the many languages of the community is the key to successful leadership.

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Ex-con sent back to prison for holding brother's gun after shooting

A Rockford man Thursday was headed back to prison for a weapons offense linked to a fall shooting near Huff Elementary School in Elgin

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The privacy illusion

Technology advances at lightning speed, and we eagerly snap up the latest gadgets that promise more and faster, faster, faster.

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Anti-illegal immigration display draws shrugs at Elgin college

Dean Knopse of Crystal Lake was killed in 2006 while riding the motorcycle he bought as a retirement gift to himself. The accused drunken driver who slammed into Knopse's motorcycle already had been deported three times, each time sneaking back over the border.

Full Story updated 5/8/2008 7:26 PM

Former Geneva priest returned to prison

A former Geneva priest who served four years in prison for molesting two teenage girls is back in prison for violating terms of his parole.

Full Story updated 5/9/2008 6:56 AM

Caarpentervsille finance panel -- minus one -- to resume meetings

A Carpentersville commission disrupted by the latest village board dispute will soon return to business as usual -- for the most part.

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Briefs: Stun gun used on man

Police went to a home on Wren Road in Carpentersville on Tuesday for a domestic battery call in which a woman suffered a gash on her forehead. The man they arrested resisted when police tried to arrest him.

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U-46 school locked down

Elgin Area School District U-46 officials briefly locked down Channing Elementary School Thursday afternoon after reports of shots fired in the area, U-46 spokesman Tony Sanders said.

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Man charged in W. Dundee mall abduction might use insanity defense

A Chicago man might use an insanity defense if he ends up on trial in the attempted abduction of a youngster from a West Dundee mall, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Neighbors feted for helping preserve land

Preserving open space and Kane County's rural heritage takes more than money.

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Pace adjusts routes in Kane, DuPage counties

Pace officials hope to offset cancellation of several bus routes with expansions of others, including a new service between DuPage and Kane counties.

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Daily Herald series receives tribute

Daily Herald reporters Deborah Donovan and Anna Marie Kukec were honored Thursday by the Chicago Bar Association for a series on the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

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Local dentist was WWII Air Force vet

After graduating from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1953, Robert E. Lee of Batavia began his career as a dentist in the same Aurora building where his father had practiced medicine and his father-in-law had practiced dentistry.

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Midway offers security lanes for pro, casual and new travelers

Are you the type of savvy traveler who glides through airport security -- shoes off, identification on display and cell phone ready for inspection?

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Campton Hills questions district's capacity

Campton Hills is asking state officials to review an independent study that suggests the Wasco Sanitary District is taking on more customers than it can handle.

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Pay raise feud gets personal

The debate in the General Assembly over pay raises for lawmakers got personal Thursday, with a Senate Democrat chastising another for her wealth and blaming state representatives for using the Senate to get their money.

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Police beat

Dozens of clothing items were stolen from two stores on Commons Drive this week. Between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, 97 tank tops valued at $2,861 were stolen from a front display table at American Eagle Outfitters, police said.

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Undercover officer named Kane County's best

A police officer who continually put his life on the line working undercover was honored as Kane County's officer of the year on Thursday.

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