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Lenore T. Adkins

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Lenore Adkins joined the Daily Herald in June 2004 and covers several towns, crime and breaking news in the Fox Valley.

Before that, Adkins covered Central Unit District 301, South Elgin, weekend events and community news about Elgin people, places and institutions. Adkins has spent her entire Daily Herald career working in the Fox Valley bureau and is currently responsible for news in Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, Cary, Fox River Grove, Pingree Grove and McHenry County College. She also covers Elgin bond call several times a week. She has been interviewed about Daily Herald stories on WBBM News Radio 780.

Adkins earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass media from Rutgers University, with a focus on print journalism. She also minored in history. Before joining the Daily Herald, she was a staff writer at the Hyde Park Herald, Chicago's oldest community newspaper, and the Lakefront Outlook, which details ongoing development in Bronzeville. For nearly three years, she covered the education beat and in 2004 placed second in an Illinois Press Association contest in the education category.

Adkins stays active by running, playing tennis and soccer. She is so crazy about tennis that she plans her vacations around the four Grand Slam tournaments.

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West Dundee arts center taking shape

May 25 2012 | 5:16 pm - A downtown West Dundee building that once housed a grocery store and later a hardware store, is on the road to becoming a regional performing arts center.

Carpentersville, W. Dundee link up on trash deal

May 24 2012 | 3:03 pm - Rather than going it alone, Carpentersville and West Dundee have joined forces to negotiate a five-year extension of their garbage collection contracts, a move officials say helped them snag a better deal. Residents from both villages would see no...

East Dundee banquet hall fined seven times for noise

May 23 2012 | 1:52 pm - An East Dundee business that faced neighborhood opposition long before it even opened has been fined seven times for playing music too loudly. Premier Banquets owes $700 for six violations that occured in March and one more that happened in April.

Barrington Hills man wants to spruce up East Dundee

May 21 2012 | 8:29 pm - For years, Tom Roeser, the owner of Otto Engineering in Carpentersville, has concentrated his efforts on making that village a better place to live. But now, the Barrington Hills resident is spending some money in East Dundee. He recently bought two...

Driver in car surfing death gets six months in prison

May 21 2012 | 11:24 pm - A Schaumburg man who initially faced serious time for his part in a car surfing accident that killed his friend, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, a move that means he'll probably be free in time for Thanksgiving.

Video of drone flying over Elgin appears bogus

May 18 2012 | 1:03 pm - A video that's going viral on YouTube shows what the poster purports to be a surveillance drone flying over Elgin.

Bite into a bratwurst at Hampshire open house

May 18 2012 | 5:26 am - Be sure to bring your empty stomachs to the Hampshire Fire/EMS Association's upcoming open house and bratwurst dinner. The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Hampshire Fire Station. You can select from a menu of hot dogs, brats,...

Jameson's Charhouse closed in Carpentersville

May 17 2012 | 5:25 pm - Jameson's Charhouse in Carpentersville closed this week, due to its owner selling the eatery to another restaurant operator."We just decided to leave the market — it wasn't meeting our standards," owner Spiros Angelos said.

Carpentersville finding ways to eradicate emerald ash borer

May 16 2012 | 12:01 pm - Carpentersville officials are kicking around ways to keep the emerald ash borer from ever striking its trees again.

E. Dundee land swap could bring fire station referendum

May 14 2012 | 11:02 pm - This fall, it is all but guaranteed that residents within the East Dundee Fire Protection District will vote on a ballot question, one that asks whether theyre willing to pay for a new fire station. Monday night, the...

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