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Saturday, August 17, 2019

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Mark Curran

Lake County | Curran seeks to clarify comment about 'wrong people' moving to Lake County

U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran sought to clarify what he meant when he said "the wrong people moved in" to Lake County at a state Republican breakfast event. Curran said on his Facebook page that he was referring to Cook County transplants that have given Lake County the highest property taxes in the state.
Hideki Matsuyama putts for a birdie on the 18th to finish 12 under through the second round of the BMW Championship at Medinah Friday.

News | Medinah Moments: Scenes from the second round of the BMW Championship

The second round of the BMW Championship is in the books at Medinah with a new course record, and it's time to take another look at our own version of the leaderboard.
Norma Burns, left, an English Language Learner parent educator with Elgin Area School District U-46’s Family Welcome Center, works with Marissa Soto to get her daughter Mia enrolled in the district’s dual language program this school year, which started Wednesday. Mia is an incoming kindergartner.

News | U-46's welcome center helps new, immigrant families acclimate

Elgin Area School District U-46's Family Welcome Center, which helps newcomers and primarily immigrant families navigate the school system, is seeing increasing numbers of students and families needing its services.
Kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, New York. The Naperville City Council is considering prohibiting the sale of the plant-based substance, which is derived from the leaves of a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia.

News | Naperville could ban sales of 'drug of concern' kratom

Citing public health and safety concerns voiced by the FDA, Naperville could ban sales of a plant-based substance called kratom.
Truck Convoy for Special Olympics takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Sears Centre, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway in Hoffman Estates, and will include a brief closure of Interstate 90.
News | Truck convoy will briefly close I-90 on Saturday morning
An event Saturday in Hoffman Estates to raise funds for Special Olympics Illinois will include a brief closure of Interstate 90 to make way for a truck convoy, officials said.
Thomas Poreda
DuPage County | DuPage sheriff: Bloomingdale man beat his sister, girlfriend's ex-husband
A 37-year-old Bloomingdale man is facing felony battery charges after officials say he beat his girlfriend's ex-husband and his sister Sunday in unincorporated DuPage County near Addison.
Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters headlines Aurora’s Paramount Theatre Saturday, Aug. 17.
Music | 5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
Bernadette Peters performing Broadway show tunes at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and comedian Dave Coulier doing standup at Crystal Lake's Raue Center are just two of many fun options for the weekend.
Lake County Administrator Bill Panos
Lake County | New Lake County administrator quits, barely a month into job
Barely a month into his tenure, Lake County's top administrator annouced his resignation Friday.
News | Peter Fonda, 'Easy Rider' star, counter-culture figure and brother of actress Jane Fonda, has died at 79
Peter Fonda, 'Easy Rider' star, counter-culture figure and brother of actress Jane Fonda, has died at 79
Mark Schanowski, the affable and authoritative Chicago Bulls basketball analyst who’s been a prominent player on the local sports media scene for three decades, is cutting back his workload at NBC Sports Chicago.
Columns | Feder: Bulls expert Mark Schanowski cutting back at NBC Sports Chicago
Mark Schanowski, the affable and authoritative Chicago Bulls basketball analyst who's been a prominent player on the local sports media scene for three decades, is cutting back his workload at NBC Sports Chicago.
Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
Crime | Sen. Tom Cullerton pleads not guilty to federal embezzlement charges
Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges.
Paxton D. Singer of Sugar Grove
Crime | Judge to let 1 'uncharged victim' testify at Harvest pastor's sexual-exploitation trial
One "uncharged victim" will be allowed to testify about texts and Snapchat messages prosecutors say he received from a Sugar Grove man who is accused of sexually exploiting another teenager.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Hideki Matsuyama hits out of the bunker on the ninth hole.
Friday at The BMW Championship
Jason Kokrak talks with his caddie before missing a potential birdie putt that would have given him sole possession of the lead at the BMW Championship first round at Medinah Country Club in Medinah Thursday, August 15, 2019. He missed and ended the first round tied with Justin Thomas.
Thursday at The BMW Championship
Louis Sutton, a very enthusiastic kindergartner, hugs new principal Susan Rohlwing as kids arrive for the first day of class at Perry Elementary School in Carpentersville Tuesday.
First day of school in the suburbs
The new cafeteria space was the original theater and the stage columns and header remain, along with new floor-to-ceiling windows at Thompson Middle School in St. Charles Wednesday.
Newly renovated Thompson Middle School opens in St. Charles
Bridge beams are installed on Wednesday.
Longmeadow Parkway beams installed
Tiger Woods watches the flight of his ball during the BMW Championship Pro-Am at Medinah Wednesday.
Wednesday's pro-am at The BMW Championship
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