Kane County
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$2.85 million gift kick starts Wheaton Academy's fund raising driveNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Wheaton Academy students are poised to benefit for years to come thanks, in part, to the largest financial gift in the West Chicago school's 154-year history. An anonymo...
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Video conferences allow military families to get in touch with lovedNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Benedictine University in Lisle purchased expensive distant-learning conferencing equipment about a year ago that allows it to share seminars with campuses in China, Spr...
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Tree-lighting ceremonieNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - East Dundee: The village's tree-lighting ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Friday during the annual Dickens in Dundee celebration. The ceremony, which will include caroling, wi...
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Ex-U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde dead at 83Nov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - "> Henry Hyde, whose 32 years in Congress was highlighted by his unbending opposition to abortion and his key role in impeachment proceedings against Pres...
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Elgin Children's Chorus to sing holiday tunesNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Join the Elgin Children's Chorus as they create musical memories. The four choirs, totaling 180 children, will perform seasonal melodies as they present "Christmastide C...
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Experience Christmas of yore with brass bandNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The Illinois Brass Band, the six-time North American Brass Band Association Champion, presents "An Old-fashioned Christmas" at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Hemmens Auditorium, 4...
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Geneva wins Governor's Home Town AwardNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The Geneva Beautification Committee placed first in the "clean-up/beautification" category in its population division for the Governor's Home Town Award, it was announce...
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Former pilot aimed high in educationNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - A few years ago, Kenneth Neubert sat down to write his autobiography. The unassuming great-grandfather filled 100 pages, surprising even his children with previously unt...
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Area lumber companies pinched by housing downturnNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - An auction sign graces the once vibrant Edward Hines Lumber Co. lumberyard in Mount Prospect after more than 50 years of supplying local homes. The nation's second large...
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Recovery from war injuries led to career as chiropractorNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Dr. Thomas Blair McLaughlin was classified as 100 percent disabled when he returned from the Korean War. With shrapnel scattered throughout his body, leaving him with li...