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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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
A Rockford man Thursday was headed back to prison for a weapons offense linked to a fall shooting near Huff Elementary School in Elgin
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
Technology advances at lightning speed, and we eagerly snap up the latest gadgets that promise more and faster, faster, faster.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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
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
A Carpentersville commission disrupted by the latest village board dispute will soon return to business as usual -- for the most part.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
Preserving open space and Kane County's rural heritage takes more than money.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
Pace officials hope to offset cancellation of several bus routes with expansions of others, including a new service between DuPage and Kane counties.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
Are you the type of savvy traveler who glides through airport security -- shoes off, identification on display and cell phone ready for inspection?
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
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.
Full Story published 5/9/2008 12:29 AM
5/8/2008
- » Was Elgin man slain by serial killer?
- » Man chased, charged with selling cocaine
- » Drug cartel soldier receives 18 years
- » Water use still under scrutiny
- » Aurora to crack down on prostitutes, johns
- » Two Aurora residents held in shooting
- » Kane County rep to get early start
- » C'ville trustees weigh attendance policy
- » Pace vows to remedy service problems
- » Kane Co. board to vote on raises next week
- » U-46 hiking lunch prices 30 cents
- » Campton Hills pursues special tax levy
- » Putting brakes on bus dispute
- » Police beat
- » Briefs: Reward in bank heists
- » Briefs: Figgins memorial service
- » Police beat
- » Five charged in online sex sting
- » House votes down officials' pay hikes
- » House votes to let campus cops carry guns
- » Lawmaker: Construction funds in danger
- » Construction costs a political hang-up
5/7/2008
- » Teen pleads guilty in Elgin teacher attack
- » You can now cross the river in Batavia
- » Illegal immigrants target of display
- » C'Ville board limits official's power
- » Study revives notion of ending townships
- » Local schools gain from lawmakers' lapse
- » Elgin home damaged by fire
- » C'ville teacher named one of state's best
- » Sugar Grove will upgrade roads
- » Campton Hills seats elected leaders
- » Kane County to name top cop Thursday
- » Residents get to name Aurora school
- » Half of toll violations believed unintentional
- » Police beat
- » Police beat
- » Briefs: Woman ticketed in crash
- » Briefs: Garden market Friday
5/6/2008
- » U-46 picks CPS official as superintendent
- » Editor known for her caring ways
- » St. Charles cancels Memorial Day parade
- » Aurora cheerleading coach arrested
- » Elgin-area students put on school's A-list
- » Retiring city official to stay on as adviser
- » New Elgin fire station now open for business
- » Kane Co. roads to get needed work
- » E. Dundee residents oppose TIF district
- » Band shell gets OK in Batavia, and some funds
- » Police beat
- » Police beat
- » Briefs: Parking lot closed
- » Briefs: Fundraiser for local family
- » Downtown Batavia bridge reopens
- » Senators: Day off isn't for Obama's benefit
5/5/2008
5/4/2008
5/3/2008
- » St. Charles home may have a secret past
- » 23-year sentence for kidnapping
- » Briefs: District 158 talks stall
- » Emmylou Harris to play at arboretum
- » Peace group wants access to U-46 schools
- » Dog park issue could be headed to court
- » No hot air: St. Charles pipe club must move
- » C'ville trustees eye new attendance policy
- » Police beat
- » Elgin group will keep eye on older structures
- » Aurora rapist gets 22 years
- » Police beat
- » Batavia worker hospitalized after fall
- » Get a taste of France in a Geneva market
- » Briefs: Fire at N. Aurora factory
- » Sugar Grove house fire displaces 2 families
- » Pressured to reject recall? No, they say
- » ComEd: Power restored for 35,000 customers
- » Celebs to golf in St. Charles benefit
- » More road work scheduled in North Aurora
- » Aurora cops soon will carry Tasers
- » Sides in Metea tiff agree to mediate
5/2/2008
- » Kapow! Free comic day!
- » Activists unite in immigration march
- » A walk on Geneva's artsy side
- » Woman rescues, heals cats hurt in Elgin fire
- » Christians pray for nation at services
- » Crash claims Batavia student
- » Dist. 300 debates random searches
- » 2 cases create legal thicket for Elgin teen
- » Red ink might leave potholes unfilled
- » Briefs: MCC buys Gilger land
- » 40 artists unite for art exhibit in Geneva
- » Police beat
- » Elgin man beats co-worker with bat
- » Elgin leaders honor heritage
- » Police beat
- » St. Charles man gets jail for child porn
- » Have a say in Geneva cultural events
- » Sheriff's Web site upgraded
- » Kaneland schools nix new bus policy
- » Kane County Jail locked down after threat
- » Driver cited in crash that killed Batavia man
- » Elgin man charged in St. Charles scheme
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