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

  By Madhu Krishnamurthy 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.
  Last Updated Sep 27, 2016 10:52 AM

• 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.

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

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 3:47 PM

  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.

• Hoffman Estates schools locked down after reports of armed subject

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 10:26 AM

  Some Hoffman Estates schools were placed on temporary lockdown Monday afternoon while police tracked down a reportedly armed person who had intentionally driven a car into another vehicle and then fled the crash scene.

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• Dist. 220 start time survey going out tonight

  Posted Sep 27, 2016 5:20 AM

  District 220 residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on which of the three start time options they prefer in an online survey.

• 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.

• Elgin group revives charter school proposal

  Posted Sep 26, 2016 5:30 AM

  Proponents of an Elgin charter school for at-risk students are hoping to kick-start the project with the help of federal funding. A previous proposal for the charter school was denied by the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board and state in 2014.

• Palatine Public Library District Board will have five open seats
• Murphy, Thillens differ on direction of the state
• Birdwatch, volunteer and do yoga at Camp Reinberg party
• District 211 to research broadcasting its meetings
• Report: Cook County should eliminate unincorporated areas
• Elgin library to offer high school diploma program for adults
• U-46 CEO stands by decision to accommodate transgender student
• Students exploring science careers try hand at robotic surgery
• Harper free tuition program feels growing pains
• Girls volleyball: Wheeling, Hersey set for MSL East showdown
• Boys soccer: Lake County roundup
• Girls volleyball: Geneva remains unbeaten
• Boys soccer: St. Edward registers shootout victory
• Boys golf: Record showing from Tenuta as Prospect, Barrington share overall MSL title
• Girls golf: Winds of fate favor Barrington
• Boys golf: Sisk’s brisk 82 helps Grayslake Central to Northern Lake title
• Girls golf: Furtney (65), St. Charles North rule Upstate Eight
• Girls volleyball: St. Viator tops Elk Grove in two sets
• Hough Elementary gets grant for new waste sorting table
• Boys soccer: Jacobs blanks DeKalb; Bartlett gets 1st win
• Girls swimming and diving: Invite victories for Barrington, Hersey
• Girls cross country: Grant gains momentum with Taylor Invitational triumph
• Boys cross country: Becker’s best at Grant’s Taylor Invitational
• Cross country: Crystal Lake South’s Bruzzini, Jacobs’ Albrecht tops at Bartlett
• Schaumburg extends winning trend at Conant’s expense
• It’s classic Oles as Palatine handles Hoffman Estates
• Streamwood able to upend Elgin
• Moews helps Barrington turn it around at Fremd
• St. Viator clips Carmel
• Can-do Khan helps Lakes eke one out against Grant
• Images: Carmel falls to St. Viator, 17-10 in football
• Images: Fremd falls to Barrington, 27-12 in football
• Elgin High honors 39 notable alumni
• Northwest suburban police blotter
• Girls swimming: Buffalo Grove, Conant pick up MSL victories
• Girls volleyball: Wheeling perfect in first MSL East round
• Girls volleyball: St. Viator storms back to beat Harvest Christian
• Boys golf: Victory for Wichlin, Grayslake Central
• Girls tennis: Lake County roundup
• Girls golf: Lake County roundup
• Boys soccer: Beezley’s strike lifts Lakes
• Boys soccer: St. Charles East, Dundee-Crown notch wins
• Girls volleyball: South Elgin outlasts Batavia
• Girls volleyball: Grayslake Central’s big finish sinks Antioch
• Boys soccer: St. Charles North handles Elgin
• Week 5: Scouting the Mid-Suburban West
• Week 5: Scouting the East Suburban Catholic
• Week 5: Scouting the Northern Lake
• Week 5: Scouting the Upstate Eight River
• Constable: Fan’s boyhood treasures go to Mr. Cub

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