Kane County
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Algonquin duo's dreams made real with film premiereNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - As high school students, Algonquin natives Michael Marsico and Kurt Larson watched comedies like "Forrest Gump" and "Dumb and Dumber" at the old Showplace cinema in down...
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State proposals could cost Elgin $18 millionNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Elgin officials say they're worried about the effect two proposed changes in state law could have on the city's revenue. City council members on Wednesday took issue wit...
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Out & AboutNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - "Every Christmas Story Ever Told!" previews at 8 p.m. today and Friday at the Pheasant Run Resort & Spa, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. The show opens Saturday and runs...
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Wheeling settles dispute over zoningNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Wheeling has settled a dispute with a Montessori school that centered around its issuing a building permit for unusable land in a runway protection zone. The village ha...
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Lawmaker summit ends with angry words, no progressNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A backroom meeting meant to bring Illinois' most powerful politicians to the table on key state problems devolved Wednesday into the same name-calling and posturing blam...
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DuPage estate lands preservation grantNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Coal baron Francis Stuyvesant Peabody wanted to emulate the past when he built his Tudor-style mansion in Oak Brook back in 1919. Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to create a r...
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Quit talking, start acting at intersectionNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - After reading "Most dangerous for a reason: Intersection of Randall Road, Route 72 shut down by four-vehicle wreck" on June 14, I remain disappointed in the efforts, or ...
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A seldom-heard 'Messiah' in ElginNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - George Frideric Handel won't be there. And location-wise, Elgin isn't exactly Dublin. But in just about every other aspect, this weekend's performance of the "Messiah" a...
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Clinton's lack of likability could give Obama a big boostNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Americans say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the current situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Repub...
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Molester sentenced for threatening copNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A 47-year-old Elgin sex offender admitted this week to threatening to kill the officer who had arrested him on the sex charge three years ago. Robert Dean Homfeldt of 33...