Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/Elgin/ en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 06:55:55 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149733/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:06 -0400 Laurel Kling, former president and 12-year member of the Burlington-based Central 301 school board, has filed a slander lawsuit against her supervisor in the Kane County Probation Department. Kling argues that Drug Court supervisor Carrie Thomas told coworkers Kling was "fired" from her post as school board president because Kling was an alcoholic. She seeks more than $50,000 damages and a jury trial. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705149616/ Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:34 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149747/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:07:48 -0400 Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149762/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149762/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:55 -0400 Mark A. Clough, 46, of South Elgin, appeared in Kane County bond court Tuesday on charges of arson, a felony, according to court records. Elgin police responded to a fire just before 10 p.m. April 28 at Advance Engineering Corp., 440 S. McLean Blvd., and an arson investigator determined the fire could not have started on its own, according to police reports. After several interviews Clough admitted to using a lighter to ignite the wrapping on a section of pipe in the building, costing the company $46,000 to reverse the damages, police reports said. Bail was set at $30,000. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149776/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:16:13 -0400 Carter W. Myers, 19, of Batavia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis (between 2.5 and 10 grams), at 9:51 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of South Batavia Avenue, according to a police report. He was also issued a warning for not having a rear license plate. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139596/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139596/ Mon, 13 May 2013 23:14:57 -0400 Community Unit District 300 board members have moved from one charter school proposal to another, holding a public hearing for the Illinois Online Charter School. The charter would be for Northern Kane Educational Corp., which already runs the Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove and serves District 300 students, but also extend to others in the state. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139645/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139645/ Mon, 13 May 2013 21:31:24 -0400 Bystanders and Elk Grove police officers are credited with saving a man whose box truck caught on fire after a crash at Thorndale Avenue and Lively Boulevard Monday afternoon, fire officials say. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139702/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139702/ Mon, 13 May 2013 17:29:27 -0400 A 49-year-old Huntley man was arrested early Monday in Elgin and charged with his fifth DUI offense. Timothy Bartlett has four previous convctions after DUI arrests in 1986 and 1999 in DuPage County and 1997 and 1998 in Cook County, police said. He faces four to 15 years in prison if convicted. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139722/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139722/ Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400 John Giesing, 74, of the 700 block of Coventry Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged over the weekend with solicitation of a sexual act, after police said he offered to pay a 16-year-old boy to perform a sexual act, according to a police report. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139772/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139772/ Mon, 13 May 2013 14:01:27 -0400 A 32-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine charges after authorities searched his Elgin home last July. Jayson P. Sturdivant, of Elgin, was on probation for a felony drug charge in 2010, pleaded guilty late Friday in exchange for prosecutors dropping the most serious charges that could have landed him in prison up to 30 years. His trial was set for Monday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130511/news/705119741/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130511/news/705119741/ Sat, 11 May 2013 23:13:42 -0400 The suburbs aren't immune to the degredation of human trafficking, speakers at a forum Saturday in Elgin stressed. "A lot of these victims are really young," said Marty Page of the Attorneys Targeting Labor and Sex Trafficking group. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130511/news/705119866/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130511/news/705119866/ Sat, 11 May 2013 18:17:22 -0400 Two people were injured and 19 others were forced out of their homes after an apartment complex roof collapsed early Saturday in Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109641/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109641/ Sat, 11 May 2013 15:20:38 -0400 Two men charged in an early Friday morning knife fight in Elgin were transferred to Kane County jail Saturday after a judge set high bail amounts for both. A 14-year-old Elgin boy who is also a suspect remains in the Kane County Youth Detention Center. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109660/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109660/ Sat, 11 May 2013 14:15:32 -0400 Local officials Saturday welcomed President Barack Obama action declaring suburban counties hit by heavy flooding last month federal disaster areas, saying it will help the recovery. "There are many of our residents who don't even have flood insurance, and this is going to help them out," said Lisle Mayor Joe Broda. "We were keeping our fingers crossed that we would, in fact, qualify because it's really going to aid our folks in moving forward." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109728/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109728/ Fri, 10 May 2013 19:59:15 -0400 The two suburban men accused of leading police on a high-speed case from Elgin to Wisconsin last weekend, have been extradited back to Illinois to face charges here. During a Friday morning bond hearing, bail was set at $100,000 for Kevin Gorman, 30, of Streamwood, while bail was set at $35,000 for Jacob A. Braden, 22, of Bartlett. Both men remained behind bars as of Friday afternoon. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109702/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109702/ Fri, 10 May 2013 18:03:14 -0400 Three Elgin residents were arrested on animal cruelty charges Friday after authorities discovered 22 dogs and four cats in their apartment. Elgin police said members of the department's animal control unit responded to a complaint about the care of animals in the apartment on the 100 block of Villa Street. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109757/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109757/ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:52:59 -0400 Brandy M. Jackson, 23, of the 2700 block of North 49th Street in Milwaukee, was arrested Thursday and charged for using a fake $100 bill to buy merchandise at the Bath and Body Works store inside Algonquin Commons, police said. Jackson's bail was set at $25,000 and she is due in court Wednesday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109924/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130510/news/705109924/ Thu, 9 May 2013 23:33:49 -0400 Special education teachers and parents from across the region spoke out against proposed school rule changes Thursday in Elgin. At the same hearing, four administrators spoke in favor of the changes, saying the rules now restrict local districts from making decisions that work best for their students. "Whoever came up with this idea should quit," one teacher said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099691/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099691/ Fri, 10 May 2013 08:59:05 -0400 Marlene Shales won a lifetime achievement award from the Elgin YWCA at its 30th annual Leader Luncheon. Seven other women were honored for their work in business, the arts, communications, education, public service, social service and volunteerism. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099720/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099720/ Thu, 9 May 2013 18:13:41 -0400 Elgin police have arrested three teenagers in connection with a Tuesday night "smash and grab" burglary that took place in a cellular phone store, police said. Alexander Bizefski, 18, Awaan Woods, 17, and Lacy Ousley, 18, all of the 500 block of West Highland Avenue in Elgin, were each charged with one count of burglary, police said. Bail was set Thursday morning at $20,000 for Bizefski and Ousley and at $10,000 for Woods, authorities said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099949/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130509/news/705099949/ Thu, 9 May 2013 05:23:01 -0400 A round-table discussion scheduled Saturday aims to raise awareness on sex and labor trafficking in the Northwest suburbs. Elgin-based Administer Justice, an agency that offers legal aid to low-income individuals, has joined forces with the Elgin Police Department, Willow Creek Community Church and other groups to discuss those issues during the ATLAST Human Trafficking Awareness Forum, scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/discuss/705159979/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/discuss/705159979/ Tue, 14 May 2013 10:15:47 -0400 An Elgin letter to the editor: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has not ordered the state to pass a concealed carry law by June 9. The 7th has ruled that Illinois' Unlawful Use of weapons and Aggravated Unlawful use of Weapons statute is unconstitutional as it operates as an effective ban on the exercise of the right to keep and bear arms. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149630/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149630/ Tue, 14 May 2013 22:35:21 -0400 A no-hitter and an 8-run third inning helped catapult St. Charles East's baseball team to a much-needed victory Tuesday afternoon. Senior right-handed pitcher Troy Dykhuis faced the minimum 15 batters over 5 innings during the Saints' 10-0 Upstate Eight Conference River Division triumph over Larkin (10-17, 7-16) in St. Charles. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149633/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149633/ Tue, 14 May 2013 22:27:20 -0400 Huntley 9, Rockford Jefferson 0: Beth Parks scored 3 goals and had an assist as Huntley rolled to an easy win in the semifinals of the Class 3A Guilford regional. Abigail Nordeen added 2 goals for the Red Raiders (16-4-1) while Autumn Maraviglia, Crystal Hoffman, Alyssa Kaufman and Taryn Jakubowski added single goals. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149637/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149637/ Tue, 14 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400 Huntley 4, Grayslake North 2: Tamara Funke had a 2-run home run as Huntley scored 4 runs in the sixth inning to win this Fox Valley Conference crossover. Randi Peterson added a double and an RBI for the Red Raiders (19-10) while winning pitcher Haley Spannraft was 2-for-3 and Megan Baczewski had an RBI. Spannraft allowed 6 hits.Westminster Christian 23, St. Benedict 1: Ally Heischler (2B, 3 RBI), Rachel Fugiel (2b, 3B, 3 RBI), Jackie Calabrese (2B, 3B, RBI), Maddie King and Liz Farwell (3-for-4, 2B) each had 3 hits to lead the Warriors to an easy win in the semifinals of the Class 1A Westminster regional. Rachel Rich was 2-for-4 with a double and triple for Westminster (11-8), which will play the winner of today's game between Christian Liberty and Luther North in Saturday's championship game. Fugiel was the winning pitcher, allowing just 1 hit with 10 strikeouts and 1 walk.Batavia 10, Larkin 8: Alex Buhrow was 4-for-4 with a home run, double and 2 RBI and Lexi Price went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI but Larkin (3-22, 2-13) fell just short in the Upstate Eight River. Sarah Hansen was the losing pitcher.Hampshire 4, McHenry 1: Jordan Hook was 2-for-4 with a double and Aly Snider added a double while Jen Hurst scattered 6 hits with 10 strikeouts and 1 walk to lead the Whip-Purs (10-17) to an FVC crossover win.Elgin 14, Streamwood 7: Anna Eckholm was 5-for-5 with 2 home runs, 2 doubles and 5 RBI to lead the Maroons (12-11, 6-9) to a UEC River win. Monica Stockman had a double and 2 RBI and Lissette Sanchez was 3-for-4 with an RBI for Elgin. Jessica Rago was the winning pitcher. For Streamwood (5-18, 2-13, Jessica Daley went 3-for-4 with a double and Holly Foret was 3-for-3 with an RBI. Kaitlyn Hedger took the loss.Jacobs 14, Woodstock 4: Alyssa Lach was 2-for-3 with a double and Emily Borg had a home run as Jacobs (15-14) won this FVC crossover. Kelsey Peters was the winning pitcher. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149654/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149654/ Tue, 14 May 2013 21:49:35 -0400 South Elgin 13, East Aurora 0: Alex Wolfe was 4-for-4 with a double and 3 RBI and Ryan Nutof went 3-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBI to lead the Storm to an Upstate Eight Valley win. Nutof also pitched a 2-hitter for South Elgin (13-10, 12-10) with 12 strikeouts and 1 walk, while Riley Halter (2-for-4, 2B), Joe Crivolio (3-for-4, 2 doubles, RBI) and David Palmer (3B, RBI) also contributed to the offense.St. Charles North 6, Elgin 0: Alex Buttell had a double for the Maroons (6-20, 5-18) in this UEC River loss.CL South 13, Dundee-Crown 1: Ryan Wilkening threw a 1-hitter with 3 strikeouts and 1 walk to lead the Gators to a Fox Valley Conference win. Troy Bittenbender (3-for-4, RBI), Paul Wille (2-for-3, 2B, RBI) and Garrett Bright (2-for-3, 2B, RBI) led the offense for Crystal Lake South (17-5, 14-5), while Tom Gaede and Max Meitzler added doubles. Garrett Ryan had a double for Dundee-Crown.Huntley 8, Burlington Central 7: Matt Sullivan (2-for-3, RBI), Colin Lyman (2 RBI) and Tyler Mundak (RBI) led Huntley to this nonconference win. Jake Wagner was the winning pitcher for the Red Raiders (23-4). Mike Lee went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Rockets and Alex Bell suffered the loss on the mound.Kaneland 4, Cary-Grove 1: Andrew Splitt was 2-for-2 with a double and Rob Johnson went 2-for-3 with an RBI but Cary-Grove lost this nonconference game. Trey Herman took the loss for the Trojans (18-10).Batavia 14, Streamwood 4: Eric Hamlin was 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI, Kevin Sojda went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Matt Harding had a double for Streamwood in the UEC River. Harding was also the losing pitcher for the Sabres (5-20, 5-18).Prairie Ridge 8, Jacobs 7: Joe Rizzuto (2-for-3, 2 doubles, RBI), Grant Kale (3 RBI) and Ben Murray (2B) led the Jacobs offense in this Fox Valley Conference Valley Division loss. Tim Hubner took the loss for the Golden Eagles.Metea Valley 7, Bartlett 6: Mike Roberson (2-for-3, 2B, RBI), Ryan Karrick (2B, 2 RBI), Colin Nowak (2B) and Matt Vitulli (3-for-4, 2 RBI) led the Bartlett (13-11, 12-11) offense in this UEC Valley loss. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149670/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149670/ Tue, 14 May 2013 21:20:07 -0400 With 20 minutes to go in the semifinal of the Class 2A Sycamore girls soccer regional semifinal Tuesday, few in the stands were thinking overtime. No one but the most ardent Burlington Central fans was planning a Rockets' victory celebration. Hampshire led 3-0 and was seemingly able to run out the clock. But by the end of overtime, it was indeed the Rockets who were celebrating. Alyssa Messina scored the tying goal with 1:11 left in regulation, then scored the eventual game-winner halfway through the first overtime as the Rockets completed the improbable comeback for a 4-3 victory. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149681/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149681/ Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:11 -0400 What has become evident through three postseason games for the St. Edward girls soccer team is that at the very least, seven-goal wins are simply the norm. And Tuesday's win over Woodlands Academy was no exception. Just as they disposed of Elgin Academy (8-0) and Westminster Christian (7-0) similarly last week in regionals, the Green Wave yet again put on a show early in a 7-0 win over the Wildcats in a Class 1A Westminster Christian sectional semifinal in Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149973/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/sports/705149973/ Tue, 14 May 2013 10:10:51 -0400 The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from water polo, track, baseball, softball, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer.