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An image off a video recorder shows an SUV that crashed into a tree off the 500 block of East Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night.

News | One dead in 3-vehicle crash that left SUV wrapped around tree

One person was killed and another person is in custody after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night on East Schaumburg Road near the village's municipal campus, authorities said.
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Editorial | Editorial: In midst of assaults, we must defend principles of First Amendment

Today's Daily Herald editorial joins hundreds of newspapers across the country in expressing solidarity for the urgency of supporting and defending the free press against assaults from government.
A new coffee shop opened recently on South Grove Avenue in Elgin, and two more restaurants are expected to open on the same street in the next one to two months. The building at 76 and 80 S. Grove Ave., on the left, is being renovated.

Business | Downtown Elgin street buzzing with new restaurants, more

Cafe Revive opened last month, and a sushi place and pizza joint are expected to follow suit within the next two months in downtown Elgin.
Firewater Saloon, a country-themed bar and restaurant with locations in Edison Park and Mount Greenwood, wants to open a third location at the former Olivetti’s Italian Restaurant in downtown Des Plaines.

News | Firewater Saloon plans to open in downtown Des Plaines

Firewater Saloon, known at its Edison Park and Mount Greenwood locations for daily drink specials, country-western grub and live music, has plans to open a third location in downtown Des Plaines.
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 1993 file photo, singer Aretha Franklin performs at the inaugural gala for President Bill Clinton in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at her home in Detroit. She was 76. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Music | 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer.
Kellyanne Conway, center, and her husband, George.
Politics | She works for Trump. He can't stand him. This is life for Kellyanne and George Conway.
At the Conways', it's a house divided. She is Trump's loyal adviser, the woman who carried him over the finish line to the White House. He is one of the president's most notable conservative critics and wishes he had never introduced his wife to Trump in the first place.
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Crime | Police: Patient tried to kill Elgin psychiatrist
A Crystal Lake man is being held on $250,000 bail on allegations he attacked his psychiatrist with a knife at her Elgin office last week when she refused to write him a prescription for medical marijuana.
Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials were prepared to go ahead with the construction of a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center in Wheaton, but a lawsuit made them on Wednesday change their minds and likely put the matter again to voters.
News | District 200 pulls back on new early childhood center, looks to referendum after all
The Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 school board will vote Monday on whether to seek voter permission for a third time to build a new Jefferson Early Childhood Center, a stunning reversal in the wake of a lawsuit challenging a $14 million borrowing plan that would have let the district move ahead with construction as early as this month.
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Entertainment | What we're watching today: Girl awaiting heart transplant does "Kiki Dance" in hopes of meeting Drake
Sofia Sanchez from Downers Grove will be 11 on Aug. 18 and has been waiting for a new heart at Lurie Children's for the past several weeks. She has two wishes for her birthday -- to get her new heart and to meet her idol, Drake, who is performing Friday and Saturday at the United Center.
Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith takes part in drills during a joint NFL football training camp session against the Denver Broncos Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, at Broncos' headquarters in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Bears | With Roquan Smith on the field, evolution of Bears defense begins
The first day of joint workouts between the Chicago Bears and the Denver Broncos turned into a combination of the epilogue to the Roquan Smith contract saga and the beginning of the evolution of the Bears' defense into the NFL's next "Linebacker U."
“America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell called the “Human Fountains,” the dumbest act that has ever been on the finals of the show.
Entertainment | This season's most disgusting 'America's Got Talent' act was finally eliminated
You know an act on "America's Got Talent" is bad when even Simon Cowell recoils in horror.
Victims of clergy sexual abuse and their family members react as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Crime | Report: Church officials helped known 'sexual predator' get job at Disney World
For 15 years, a man reportedly piloting trains at Walt Disney World in Orlando kept a dark secret locked away.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Fans pay their last respects at a memorial service for Chicago Blackhawk Stan Mikita at the United Center, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Mikita, who helped lead the Blackhawks to the 1961 Stanley Cup title while becoming one of the franchise’s most revered figures, died Tuesday. He was 78.
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