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Roselle resident Esteban Peralez is planning a fundraiser to benefit Vincent Salazar and his family, who moved from Elgin to Texas in 2011. Salazar’s daughter, Layla, 10, was among the 19 students killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, during Tuesday’s mass shooting.

News | Fundraiser planned for former Elgin family who lost daughter in Uvalde school shooting

A Roselle man is organizing a fundraiser for the family whose daughter was killed in the Uvalde school shooting.
President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order on policing Wednesday at the White House. The order includes a provision banning federal law enforcement from using chokeholds to subdue people.

Columns | What Biden's executive order on police reform means for suburban departments

President Biden's new order on federal policing - including a ban on chokeholds - mirrors a lot of what suburban police agencies say they already are doing.
Tyson the bison in the Lakewood Forest Preserve on May 15, photographed by Tadeusz Seidel.

Lake County | Ultimate home for captured 'Tyson the Bison' still in the works

The bison recently captured at a Lake County Forest Preserve is part of a potential ownership dispute but "will not end up in the freezer," said the professional livestock specialist who captured it.
White Sox manager Tony La Russa keeps his eyes on the big picture, and that challenges extend beyond the weekend series at home with the Cubs.

Columns | Gonzales: Slow and steady -- with a dash of patience -- might win the race for White Sox

White Sox manager Tony La Russa has the long-range focus to steer the team's ship in the right direction.
Dick Barr
Lake County | Lake Villa Township GOP club's gun raffle postponed indefinitely: 'Not the right time'
A gun raffle scheduled as part of the Lake Villa Township Republican Club's annual fundraiser next month has been postponed indefinitely.
Samuel Nesnidal
Crime | Naperville man charged in Aurora drug death
A Naperville man is accused of dealing the ketamine that caused an Aurora man's death in 2020. Samuel Nesnidal, 25, of the 2300 block of Putnam Drive, was arrested without incident Thursday in Yorkville, according to a news release Friday from the Aurora Police Department. He's charged with one count of drug-induced homicide.
Children pay their respects Thursday at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Crime | 'It was the wrong decision': Police waited 45 minutes in school before pursuing shooter
Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him, authorities said Friday.
Prairie Food Co-op in Lombard is looking for another location after falling $1.2 million short of its $4.4 million capital campaign for a new store at 109 S. Main St. Pictured is a rendering of the store’s interior, which could be repurposed for another location.
Business | Prairie Food Co-op looks for another Lombard location after falling short of fundraising goal
Prairie Food Co-op is looking for another supermarket location in Lombard after failing to meet its $4.4 million fundraising goal to move into a custom-built store at 109 S. Main St. The Lombard-based co-op is $1.2 million shy of its goal, and their efforts to bridge the gap with grants from local, state and federal agencies has not worked out so far.
Jose M. Cervantes
Crime | Carpentersville man who fired at police sentenced to 15 years
A Carpentersville man who fired at police was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm, according to a news release Friday from the Kane County state's attorney's office.
Diane Harris, left, and Michelle Lee are candidates for the 43rd state Senate District seat in the upcoming Republican primary.
Politics | Republicans candidates in 43rd state Senate District say they have something unique to offer voters
The Republican candidates in the state 43rd Senate District primary race -- Diane Harris and Michelle Lee -- each feel they have something unique to offer voters in next month's election.
Kane County is one of three pilot sites in the state that will start seeing the impact of the SAFE-T Act next January. The legislation ends the cash bail system, which will affect staffing at the Kane County Government Center in Geneva and elsewhere, officials say
Kane County | Costs to end cash bail in Kane County drop, but officials still eyeing possible new sales tax
Kane County will spend the month of June trying to find money to pay for $21.4 million in new judicial system costs coming over the next three fiscal years. The added expense is mostly to hire more county staff to handle the implementation of the state's SAFE-T ACT.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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