Kane County
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Home and garden calendar, Sept. 8-14Sep 04, 2024 12:15 am - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
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Gurnee police help defuse man’s mental health crisisSep 03, 2024 11:22 pm - Gurnee police officers were able to safely and successfully resolve a situation involving a 19-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis on Tuesday at a local mall, officials said.
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Elgin Symphony, Mariachi Herencia de México to open ECC Arts Center fall seasonSep 03, 2024 10:51 pm - To open the ECC Arts Center fall season, Elgin Symphony Orchestra will share a stage for the first time with Mariachi Herencia de México, the two-time Latin Grammy-nominated band.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Flag football: Jacobs, Dundee-Crown enjoying their chance to play new IHSA sportSep 03, 2024 9:52 pm - Many of Aaliyah Guichon’s cousins played football, so naturally the Jacobs sophomore wanted to play too. When flag football officially became an IHSA-sanctioned sport, co...
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Local Life Scout honors Civil War veterans with headstone restoration projectSep 03, 2024 9:43 pm - Luke Grimm, a member of Troop 56, has completed an Eagle Scout project restoring and preserving the final resting places of Civil War veterans in the St. Charles North Cemetery. The project involved Grimm and over 25 volunteers straightening, lifting and cleaning close to two dozen government headstones.
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‘A turning point’: Fox River fire district to break ground on new stationSep 03, 2024 9:21 pm - The Fox River & Countryside Fire Rescue District will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for its new Fire Station No. 3 at 37W550 Bolcum Road in St. Charles Township.
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Huntley church to host bingo fundraiser for Artist SeriesSep 03, 2024 8:36 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 14, Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley will host a fundraising bingo event to support the Artist Series, the church’s outreach ministry.
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Peppers with a Purpose: Gindo’s Spice of Life and Batavia food pantry to raise funds by selling hot sauceSep 03, 2024 7:56 pm - The Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry and Gindo’s Spice of Life are collaborating again on a Batavia community hot sauce, and they need your peppers!