THU, 8/16/2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018

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An image off a video recorder shows a minivan that struck a tree after being rear-ended by a car along the 500 block of East Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday night. The van’s driver was killed in the crash.

Crime | Charges possible in 3-vehicle crash that killed Schaumburg man

Possible charges are pending against an adult driver involved in a three-vehicle crash in Schaumburg Wednesday night that killed a 41-year-old man driving another vehicle.
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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.
Gov. Bruce Rauner greets supporters Wednesday before he takes the stage at Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

Politics | AP FACT CHECK: No Pritzker plan to increase taxes 26 percent

Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is telling voters that his Democratic opponent J.B. Pritzker plans to raises taxes by 26 percent if he's elected to office.
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.
A 35-year-old Elgin man was seriously injured Thursday morning in Buffalo Grove after crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole, causing the vehicle to burst into flames, authorities said.
News | Driver seriously injured in Buffalo Grove crash
A 35-year-old Elgin man was seriously injured Thursday morning in Buffalo Grove after crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole, causing the vehicle to burst into flames, authorities said.
Aretha Franklin, front, in gray hat with hand raised, sings at Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration in Washington.
Entertainment | From Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin was the soundtrack for presidents
The Queen of Soul performed for three presidents over 30 years, and many Washington audiences besides.
Sofia Sanchez of Downers Grove has spent the last several weeks waiting for a new heart at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. She has two wishes for her 11th birthday Saturday: To get her new heart and to meet her idol, Drake.
News | While awaiting heart transplant, Downers Grove girl wishes to meet Drake for her birthday
A Downers Grove girl awaiting a heart transplant is wishing for more than a medical miracle for her birthday this year. She also wants to meet her favorite musical artist, Drake.
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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.
“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.
President Trump listens to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speak during a joint statement in the Rose Garden of the White House.
News | Trump responds after hundreds of newspaper editorials criticize his attacks on the press
Hundreds of newspaper editorial boards across the country answered a nationwide call Thursday to express disdain for President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media, while some explained their decision not to do so. The same morning, the president tweeted that the "fake news media" is the "opposition party."
Batavians for Responsible Government has questioned why Batavia officials haven’t submitted their referendum question to the county clerk yet. At least one member thinks it is a part of a deliberate plan to influence voters.
Politics | Batavia group questions why city hasn't put home-rule referendum on ballot yet
Batavians for Responsible Government has questioned why Batavia officials haven't submitted their referendum question to the county clerk yet. At least one member thinks it is a part of a deliberate plan to influence voters.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this April 19, 2017 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the world premiere of “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives” at Radio City Music Hall, during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, in New York. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at her home in Detroit. She was 76.
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Jamile Adela gives fives as she arrives for her first day of fourth grade at Golfview Elementary School in Carpentersville. It was the first day for students throughout Community Unit District 300.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 17,463, Bob Finch photo: There was a lot of roping and riding at a rodeo in Long Grove in May of 1970.
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