• Elgin man charged with growing pot after tenant’s social media post

  By Harry Hitzeman A 52-year-old Elgin man was charged with possessing and growing marijuana in his backyard after authorities were called to his home after one of his tenants posted suicidal statements on social media.
  Last Updated Sep 27, 2016 3:47 PM

• State audit report on COD coming Wednesday

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 10:29 AM

  The Illinois Auditor General’s Office has announced that the results of its performance audit of the College of DuPage will be released on Wednesday.

• U-46 board approves spending $511 million this year

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 6:17 PM

  The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board Monday approved spending roughly $511 million for the 2016-17 school year — a less than 1 percent increase from the previous year’s expenditures, officials said.

• Parents chastise, support U-46 board on transgender locker room issue

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 10:52 AM

  The state’s second-largest school district’s move to allow locker room access to a transgender student took center stage again Monday night as dozens of people voiced concerns about the decision.

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• Warrenville celebrates flood-relief projects

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 5:33 PM

  Municipal and county officials are celebrating the completion of a series of projects to alleviate flooding in Warrenville.

• Hanover Park man gets 4 years for Streamwood burglary

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 5:31 PM

  Alejandro Hernandez of Hanover Park was sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Streamwood home earlier this year.

• 44th District hopefuls urge thinking beyond partisanship

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 7:49 PM

  Democratic state Rep. Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates and Republican challenger Katy Dolan Baumer of Streamwood say residents of their 44th state House district can still wield an influence over the direction of the state despite the ongoing power struggle between Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.

• 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.

• Cook County clerk leads voter registration drive Tuesday

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 1:37 PM

  Cook County Clerk David Orr and his staff will take part in a number of voter registration events throughout Chicago and the suburbs Tuesday as part of National Voter Registration Day.

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• Bloomingdale PTO treasurer pleads guilty to theft
• Elgin group revives charter school proposal
• Girls swimming: Waubonsie Valley tops after two days
• Naperville Olympian makes local appearance
• Wheaton North slips past Lake Park
• Naperville North tops Glenbard North, remains unbeaten
• Bail set at $3.5 million in Glen Elyn kidnapping, armed robbery
• Murphy, Thillens differ on direction of the state
• 4 candidates seek 2 seats in DuPage County Board Dist. 5
• Birdwatch, volunteer and do yoga at Camp Reinberg party
• House 56 hopefuls debate their bipartisan appeal
• Aurora man charged with 2013 arson of two cars
• Wheaton attorney facing theft charges is disbarred
• District 211 to research broadcasting its meetings
• DuPage County auditor candidates spar over qualifications
• Report: Cook County should eliminate unincorporated areas
• Trial set for ex-Wheaton College wrestler charged in deaths of wife, unborn son
• Third suspect arrested in Glen Ellyn kidnapping
• Elgin library to offer high school diploma program for adults
• Hanover Park man sentenced to prison for June burglary
• Man, brother-in-law sentenced in fraud case
• U-46 CEO stands by decision to accommodate transgender student
• Harper free tuition program feels growing pains
• Grandin gives advice to students on the autism spectrum at Glenbard East
• Chicago man sentenced to 6 months in jail for running over Oak Brook detective with car
• Wheaton College employee charged with having child porn
• VIDEO: Week 5 DuPage football preview
• Girls golf: Furtney (65), St. Charles North rule Upstate Eight
• Images: Giant pretzels and floating cars share space in The Week in Pictures
• Boys soccer: Jacobs blanks DeKalb; Bartlett gets 1st win
• Cross country: Crystal Lake South’s Bruzzini, Jacobs’ Albrecht tops at Bartlett
• Schaumburg extends winning trend at Conant’s expense
• Streamwood able to upend Elgin
• Bartlett falls to Prairie Ridge
• West Aurora holds off South Elgin in barnburner
• IC Catholic rolls over St. Edward for 5th win
• Images: St. Edward falls to IC Catholic Prep, 49-3 in football
• Elgin High honors 39 notable alumni
• Northwest suburban police blotter
• Girls volleyball: Wheeling perfect in first MSL East round
• Boys soccer: St. Charles East, Dundee-Crown notch wins
• Girls volleyball: South Elgin outlasts Batavia
• Boys soccer: St. Charles North handles Elgin
• Week 5: Scouting the Mid-Suburban West
• Week 5: Scouting the Metro Suburban
• Week 5: Scouting the Upstate Eight Valley
• Week 5: Scouting the Upstate Eight River
• Week 5: Scouting the DuPage Valley
• Pennington set to return to Cary-Grove lineup
• Northwest suburban police blotter
• Illinois schools pushed to test water for high lead levels

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