Copyright 2009 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:17 CST http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338829&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338829&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:14 CDT A recently released Elgin Area School District U-46 enrollment report gives weight to what some Bartlett parents have been saying for years: Their elementary school is toward the top of the list of those most overcrowded. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338312&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338312&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:17 CDT Boy Scout Troop 2 of Elgin recently recognized Travis St. Amand of Carpentersville as a recent recipient of the highest award in Scouting, the rank of Eagle Scout. Troop 2 is chartered by St. John's Lutheran Church in Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338309&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338309&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:17 CDT Thanksgiving is an ideal occasion to join together to give thanks for our bountiful blessings. One of the standing traditions in the Elgin community is the annual Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce Thanksgiving Luncheon, where they reach out in gratitude and friendship to local service clubs and organizations and sponsor a luncheon. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338310&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338310&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:17 CDT Sherman Hospital's 23rd annual lighting of the Love Light tree will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, on the second floor of the John Graham Pavilion. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338313&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338313&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:16 CDT Kim's Black Belt Academy will be hosting Breakfast with Santa to help raise donations for Toys for Tots Saturday, Dec. 12. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338317&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338317&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:16 CDT On Sunday, Nov. 22, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Institute, with director David Anderson, presents 25 small ensembles in their first concert of the 2009-10 season. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338318&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338318&src=32 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:16 CDT The Cirque de la Musique gala was a record-raising event for the Elgin Community College Foundation, netting $59,444. That is the highest total ever for an ECC Foundation event. Held Sept. 26 at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, the gala was attended by a sellout crowd totaling 280 people. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338811&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338811&src=32 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:59:04 CDT Bond was set at $100,000 Saturday morning for an Elgin man accused of setting a house on fire while his 2-year-old son was inside in a highchair. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338702&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338702&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:17 CDT The father of the 2-year-old trapped in Thursday's house fire in Elgin has been charged with setting the blaze. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338644&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338644&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:05 CDT Three inmates at the Kane County jail in St. Charles face fresh felony charges after attacking a fourth inmate, police said Friday. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338675&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338675&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:44 CDT If the challenges to Dan Kairis' nominating petitions prove true, then the Green Party candidate in the 14th Congressional District doesn't know his family and friends very well. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338671&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338671&src=32 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:25 CDT An Elgin man was arrested and charged Thursday with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm without a firearm owners card - all felonies. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338658&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338658&src=32 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:02:25 CDT Centegra Health System has joined other suburban health care providers in limiting hospital visits to curb the spread of the flu. Centegra's hospitals will not allow visitors younger than 18. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337849&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337849&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:25 CDT In the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, there are reminders everywhere to generously help others by giving. One of the biggest reminders to give this season is Operation Christmas Child. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337852&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337852&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:24 CDT The Christmas music on the radio and a chill in the air are reminders it's inevitable. Winter is coming. But instead of cursing it, South Elgin Parks and Recreation is going to celebrate it. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337900&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337900&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:24 CDT Photo contest finalists http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337986&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337986&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:24 CDT Join Morning Star Church and The River Church for "Latter Rain Awakening Chicago," a prophetic evangelism conference featuring prophetic evangelists Sandy Brown-Glassford and Greg Glassford this weekend. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337987&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337987&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:24 CDT St. John: St. John's Lutheran Church and School, 115 N. Spring in Elgin, will celebrate the last Sunday of the church year at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338347&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338347&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:24 CDT South Elgin will hold its annual "An Almost Winter Day" from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at SEBA Park at South Water Street and West Middle Street. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338379&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338379&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:22 CDT Elgin leaders have granted a 4 a.m. liquor license - the latest allowed in the city other than the casino - to the owner of the Road House Bar and Main Event Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338394&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338394&src=32 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:22 CDT A woman complained that a man who promised to make fast money for her at the Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino instead bilked her out of $1,500 Wednesday. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338305&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338305&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:22 CDT Patients can compare rankings of Illinois hospitals for a wide range of performance and cost measurements on a new Web site that debuted Thursday. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338381&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338381&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:21 CDT An Elgin firefighter heroically saved a 2-year-old boy from a burning home on the city's west side this afternoon, minutes before the toddler could have died from smoke inhalation, officials said. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337963&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337963&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:18 CDT The parents of a Burlington-Central student killed in a head-on crash in St. Charles took the stand at an inquest Wednesday to describe the "big holes in our hearts" left by their son's death. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338205&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338205&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:26 CDT At the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, leaders in Community Unit District 300 trumpeted the end of an era that had seen many students across the district educated in mobile classrooms. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337486&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337486&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:20 CDT Bartlett's Centennial School Student Council's annual coin drive is underway and runs through Dec. 15. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337607&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337607&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:19 CDT Sherman Hospital's 23rd annual lighting of the Love Light tree will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 on the second floor of the John Graham Pavilion. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337899&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337899&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:19 CDT The Elgin-based Association for Individual Development will open its new fitness room today at the AID Elgin Area Services Building, 1135 Bowes Road, Elgin. The Sherman Health Foundation and Activate Elgin provided grants to start up the room, which contains a treadmill, rowing machine and several stationary bikes. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337928&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337928&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:19 CDT At a school board meeting this week, several Elgin Area School District U-46 parents expressed frustrations over the decision to drain high school swimming pools after winter activities conclude. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337921&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337921&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:19 CDT Two Elgin residents, were arrested and charged with felony unlawful use of debit card Tuesday morning. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337944&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337944&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:18 CDT A Kane County Coroner's jury Wednesday faulted no one for the death of a 66-year-old East Dundee woman struck and killed by a pickup truck while crossing the street. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337951&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337951&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:18 CDT Tefft Middle School has been named one of 10 "2010 Breakthrough Schools" by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for its work raising academic performance and closing the achievement gap for minority students. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338017&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338017&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:17 CDT Elgin took two large steps forward Wednesday night to preserve, grow and strengthen the city's tree population for years to come. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338008&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=338008&src=32 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:02:17 CDT During their 2010 budget process, Elgin City Council members have pledged not to raise taxes. So Wednesday night, it was natural for a 9 percent hike in water rates and a 51 percent overall increase from now until 2014 would raise some eyebrows. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337922&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337922&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:53:11 CDT Private doctors will be the newest distributors of the H1N1 vaccine in Kane County as a new shipment will allow the health department to provide 5,000 doses to local obstetricians and pediatricians. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337646&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337646&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:23 CDT Peter Singer's thought-provoking work on ethics and animal rights has taken him to universities across the globe and earned him a spot on Time magazine's annual list of 100 most influential people. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336944&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336944&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT Chicago native Benny Goodman has been called many names, including the "King of Swing," "Patriarch of the Clarinet," "The Professor" and "Swing's Senior Statesman." http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337612&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337612&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:51 CDT The number of Elgin Area School District U-46 students expelled for having weapons may be going down, but the number of students assaulting staff members has gone up in recent years, according to recently released data. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337809&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337809&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:25 CDT Nearly $500,000 in federal stimulus funds is now available to central Kane County residents facing foreclosure or eviction. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336946&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336946&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT The Community Crisis Center in Elgin will host its 34th anniversary dinner on Thursday, Nov. 19 in the Heritage Ballroom at The Centre, 100 Symphony Way, Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336947&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336947&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT Merry Makers: For the 15th year, the Merry Makers will open the doors to the public at 816 W. Highland Ave., Elgin, for its annual Holiday and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336948&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336948&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT Conductor of the Cleveland Pops and clarinetist Carl Topilow launches the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Guest Artist Master Class Series from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in Community Room A-B-C at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. in downtown Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337019&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337019&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT The Native American flute has a hauntingly beautiful sound. Join the Elgin Public Museum on Thursday, Nov. 19, as they welcome Bill "Conquering Bear" Buchholtz, who plays songs that convey the spirit of Native American culture. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337602&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337602&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT About $720 in tools were reported stolen from a trailer in the 900 block of Bluff City Boulevard at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, reports said. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337615&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337615&src=32 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:24 CDT Dundee-Crown High School is hosting the first meeting of a Latino parent group today. The "Hablemos" meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the school's auditorium. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337604&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337604&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:34 CDT As Elgin leaders prepare to use federal money to buy and rehab foreclosed homes, they are even targeting single-family homes that have been carved up over the years into apartments. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336441&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336441&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:50 CDT Write it Now: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, Rolling Meadows Library, 3110 Martin Lane. Creative writing support group for anyone who loves to compose and share works. (847) 259-6050. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336879&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336879&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:47 CDT About $720 in tools were reported stolen from a trailer in the 900 block of Bluff City Boulevard at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, reports said. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336933&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336933&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:47 CDT Centegra Health System is hosting H1N1 vaccination clinics this week at locations throughout McHenry County. The health system will hold the clinics from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336953&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336953&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:47 CDT The free "Third Tuesday" community supper is from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight at United Methodist Church of Geneva, 211 Hamilton St. Carryout is available. The entree is turkey; the full menu is at thirdtuesdaysuppers.com or from the church office, (630) 232-7120. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336969&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336969&src=32 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:46 CDT Hanover Township Supervisor Brian McGuire and Assessor Thomas Smogolski will put on a homeowners' seminar at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the township Senior Center, 240 S. Route 59, Bartlett. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336887&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336887&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:49:57 CDT Friday, Nov. 13 wasn't just unlucky for guests at an Elgin party, it was violent, authorities say, when a 19-year-old woman stabbed two partygoers in the 700 block of Peck Place. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336911&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336911&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:52:21 CDT In the midst of severe budget cuts, one Elgin Area School District U-46 program is getting a bonus. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336936&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336936&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:21 CDT Remember this summer when Elgin area service agencies rallied against millions of dollars of funding cuts by Springfield lawmakers? Elgin's 2010 budget - which council members are debating now, along with forecasts for 2011 and beyond - has some of the same types of agencies taking hits in their funding from the city. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336940&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336940&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:47 CDT A machete-wielding man on Sunday robbed a man in Elgin of his taco dinner, police said. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337048&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=337048&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:01:21 CDT Police spotted fire while investigating a burglar alarm on the 500 block of Morgan Street in Elgin around 1:49 a.m. Monday http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336926&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336926&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:24:46 CDT The devil did not get the victory of John W. Keyes' life, said the Rev. Daniel McFadden of House of Restoration Church in Elgin. God did. On Monday, more than 500 people packed inside St. James AME Church in for the 17-year-old Elgin teen's funeral. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336710&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336710&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:42 CDT In the 15 months since her husband's killer was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Barbara McNally has feared two things: That James Masino would escape from the Elgin Mental Health Center and that he would somehow make his way to her family's Bartlett home. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336676&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336676&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:44 CDT Daily Herald's Photos of the Week http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336690&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336690&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:44 CDT A Wisconsin man who says he visited Elgin to play soccer and went home with one less finger will bring his attorney next time he comes to the area. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336677&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336677&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:42 CDT Violence counseling offered; additions to health career program; used cell phones needed http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336691&src=32 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=336691&src=32 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:08:42 CDT Dan Kairis won the battle - but lost the war. A Kane County judge threw out the South Elgin man's $50 parking ticket from Elgin's even-odd parking ban but didn't buy into arguments that the city's appeal process is unconstitutional.