Articles filed under Elgin

• Former Dist. 301school board member sues boss, claiming slander May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Tri-Cities police reports May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• St. Charles East’s Dykhuis no-hits Larkin May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Huntley opens regional with win May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Improbable comeback for Burlington Central May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• St. Edward stays true to form in sectional semi May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Kicks-Off National Travel & Tourism WeekMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau kicked-off the 30th annual National Travel & Tourism Week, May 4- May 12, with the 6th Annual Mayors’ Luncheon. Tourism is Illinois’ hidden revenue generator; $1,110 is the amount the average Illinois family saves in taxes each year because of Illinois tourism according to the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitors Bureau.
  

   

• Downtown challenges topic of DNA lunch meeting May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Downtown Neighborhood Association's next "Out to Lunch in Downtown Elgin" takes place at 10 a.m. Monday, May 20.
  

   
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  Sherman Health given green light to join Advocate May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Sherman Health Systems to join Advocate Health Care, the largest health care system in the state. The arrangement was opposed by Centegra Health System, which is in the middle of construction of a new hospital in Huntley, set to be completed in 2016. Sherman and Advocate teamed up to oppose the Huntley hospital in 2011 and 2012 before announcing their intent to partner and becoming the target of new opposition. The Sherman/Advocate deal is expected to close June 1.
  

   

• Dist. 300 considers second online charter school plan May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Bystanders pull man from burning truckMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Huntley man charged with fifth DUI May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Elgin cocaine dealer gets 5 years in prison May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Hampshire HS senior hopes to make a career out of film May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Danny Heck was in eighth grade, he and his friends made an Indiana Jones movie with a camcorder. He had such a good time it prompted some research into the film industry and how one could go about breaking into it. Heck, now a senior at Hampshire High School, has worked with Nicole Thompson, the high school librarian, and the District 300 Foundation over the last year on videos for school and district events. "That's when I really knew that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," Heck said.