• From lemonade stand to $1 million radiothon, Algonquin girl, 9, battles cancer

  By Lauren Rohr Last year, friends raised $19,000 to help 9-year-old Bella Yakos of Algonquin battle cancer. Today, she’s part of a $1 million fundraiser for the hospital that saved her life.
  Last Updated Sep 26, 2016 6:25 PM

• Police: Elgin man in synthetic pot case said he didn’t sell drugs ‘anymore’

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 6:10 PM

  An Elgin man accused of selling synthetic marijuana told police he didn’t sell drugs “anymore” out of his Algonquin tobacco shop when officers went to search his shop in 2013, an officer testified Monday.

• Community colleges say they’re forced to rely more on federal grants

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 4:27 PM

  Elgin Community College President David Sam says with state funding for higher education in a flux, community colleges are relying more on federal grants than ever before.

• Friends sing the praises of 'Voice' contestant Riley Elmore

  Updated Sep 25, 2016 8:21 AM

  Riley Elmore's been known to break out in song in fast-food restaurants near Dundee-Crown High School, his friends say. Now, the 16-year-old Frank Sinatra-esque singer is competing on this season of “The Voice.”

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• Carpentersville fatal armed robbery suspect arrested in Missouri

  Updated Sep 23, 2016 12:56 PM

  A man wanted in a fatal armed robbery of a Carpentersville computer repair shop in early September has been arrested in Missouri, authorities said.

• Aurora man charged with 2013 arson of two cars

  Updated Sep 23, 2016 11:49 AM

  A 21-year-old man has been charged with lighting two cars on fire in March 2013 on Aurora’s near east side.

• Elgin cigarette torture suspect back in jail on cocaine charge

  Updated Sep 22, 2016 8:29 PM

  An 18-year-old accused of masterminding a February kidnapping and cigarette torture of a teen in Elgin is back in jail — this time charged with cocaine possession.

• Lawsuit argues distracted driving, negligence in March fatal crash near Mooseheart

  Updated Sep 22, 2016 7:34 PM

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against an Elburn man who was ticketed in March crash that killed another driver near Mooseheart in Batavia.

• Kane Co. District 6 Democrat would support tax increase if needed

  Updated Sep 22, 2016 9:35 AM

  Kane County Board member Brian Dahl says it may be time to unfreeze the county’s property tax levy if budget negotiations and new income can’t eliminate a $5.7 million budget deficit for 2017.

• Authorities give family of once-missing St. Charles man time to verify story
• Kane County Board Dist. 4 candidates debate tax freeze
• Fuller’s Car Wash coming to Elgin
• Boys soccer: Jacobs blanks DeKalb; Bartlett gets 1st win
• Cross country: Crystal Lake South’s Bruzzini, Jacobs’ Albrecht tops at Bartlett
• Cary-Grove upends Huntley in FVC battle
• Crystal Lake South hangs on vs. Dundee-Crown
• McHenry edges Jacobs
• Friday Night Lights spotlights high school football in Huntley
• Boys soccer: St. Charles East, Dundee-Crown notch wins
• Girls volleyball: South Elgin outlasts Batavia
• Boys soccer: Jacobs unbeaten in FVC after blanking Huntley
• Week 5: Scouting the Fox Valley Conference
• Pennington set to return to Cary-Grove lineup
• Week 4: Metea Valley’s Thorne, Palatine’s Moertl gain MVP acclaim

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