• Barrington Hills man’s work given role in his funeral cortège

  Daily Herald report The funeral cortège Friday morning for the Barrington Hills businessman found dead a week ago in the back seat of a burning SUV on a deserted street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood featured an usual vehicle: a trailer carrying funeral wreaths and a wrecking machine used in his Elgin-based demolition business.
  Last Updated Sep 30, 2016 5:48 PM

• Elgin man accused of videotaping woman now charged with burglary

  Updated Sep 30, 2016 4:27 PM

  A 43-year-old Elgin man out on bail on charges he videotaped a woman in a shower earlier this year is now charged with burglary and theft.

• U-46 releases guidelines for supporting transgender students

  Updated Sep 30, 2016 3:34 PM

  The state’s second-largest school district has released guidelines to support tansgender students on the heels of two heated meetings where parents criticized the district for not informing them of transgender accommodations.

• Fox Valley police reports

  Updated Sep 30, 2016 3:33 PM

  A basement window was broken, causing an estimated $200 damage, during an attempted burglary at a home on the 11N100 block of Hawthorne Street near Elgin between 6 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday.

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• 63rd House candidates talk cutting spending, creating jobs

  Updated Sep 30, 2016 11:23 AM

  Candidates vying for the 63rd House District seat this November cite cutting spending, passing a budget and resolving the state pension crisis among their top priorities.

• Elgin Tower Building groundbreaking sparks memories, excitement

  Updated Sep 30, 2016 12:07 AM

  The first apartments in the Elgin Tower Building are expected to be ready March 1, with the project completed by May 1. The building’s groundbreaking was Thursday.

• Kane judge upholds I-90 vehicle search that netted heroin

  Updated Sep 29, 2016 9:18 PM

  Corey R. Sackett’s vehicle search was upheld by a judge Thursday.

• Burglary charges dismissed in case of Elgin missing jewelry

  Updated Sep 29, 2016 6:57 PM

  A judge dismissed charges against a Chicago parolee who was accused of stealing jewelry from an Elgin woman, court records show.

• Fundraiser established for Burlington student injured in crash

  Updated Sep 29, 2016 5:01 PM

  An online fundraiser has been set up for Jimmy Pantelis, a Burlinton Central High School senior injured in a car crash in Campton Hills last week.

• Campton Hills president to veto board’s push to control Fox Mill land
• Elgin considers emergency loan for Latino Treatment Center
• Report: Mount Prospect woman charged with illegally selling guns
• Lauzen wants board to defy state’s attorney
• 13 years prison in 2014 Aurora shooting
• Kane forest preserve may raise tax levy for first time in 5 years
• Fish fry fundraiser Saturday to turn Elgin historic home into public building
• Fox Valley police reports
• Elgin man charged with growing pot after tenant’s social media post
• Parents chastise, support U-46 board on transgender locker room issue
• Elgin man sentenced for striking acquaintance with car
• Police: Elgin man in synthetic pot case said he didn’t sell drugs ‘anymore’
• Community colleges say they’re forced to rely more on federal grants
• Cook County clerk leads voter registration drive Tuesday
• Elgin group revives charter school proposal
• Elgin cemetery walk features city’s historical figures
• Man treated at Elgin hospital for superficial gunshot wound
• Elect or appoint? Candidates for Cook court clerk differ on how to fill job
• Winning images of our weekly photo contest
• Week 6: Scouting the Upstate Eight Valley
• Week 6: Scouting the Upstate Eight River
• Week 6: Scouting the Metro Suburban
• Week 6: Scouting Kaneland, Burlington Central, Westminster Christian
• Boys soccer: Jacobs, Dundee-Crown, Huntley win FVC contests
• Boys basketball: South Elgin names Johnson new coach
• Girls volleyball: Larkin, South Elgin notch wins
• Boys soccer: Elgin blanks South Elgin
• Boys basketball: Larkin’s Negron out for season with ACL injury
• Lester: Will Roskam debate for first time in 8 years?
• Hampshire to honor Ellett on Friday
• Boys soccer: St. Edward downs Harvest Christian
• Boys golf: St. Charles East, Bartlett are Upstate Eight champs
• Girls tennis: Huntley, Jacobs enjoying productive seasons
• Fox Valley festivals celebrate all things apple
• Girls volleyball: Geneva remains unbeaten
• Boys soccer: St. Edward registers shootout victory
• U-46 board approves spending $511 million this year
• 50 years ago: Elgin National Watch tower demolition
• Girls golf: Furtney (65), St. Charles North rule Upstate Eight
• Fuller’s Car Wash coming to Elgin
• Boys soccer: Jacobs blanks DeKalb; Bartlett gets 1st win
• Boys soccer: St. Charles North tunes up for PepsiCo final with shutout of Burlington C.
• Cross country: Crystal Lake South’s Bruzzini, Jacobs’ Albrecht tops at Bartlett

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