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Rodeo and bull-riding greats like Neal McCoy are featured in the professional championship Bull Riders World Tour Finale VII this weekend at the Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, Hoffman Estates. Tickets cost $18-$85...
Updated: Feb 04, 2013 at 06:32 AM
A family and its pets escaped injury after a spark from their fireplace started a fire in the chimney Tuesday evening.
The Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District responded to a call at 7:32 p.m. near the corner of Route 38 and Francis Road ...
Updated: Jan 23, 2013 at 01:25 PM
When Dianna Ehrenfried accepts the gavel on Thursday, she will be only the eighth woman in 66 years to lead the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce.
But her leadership signals more than a changing of the guard. It represents a personal milestone f...
Updated: Jan 22, 2013 at 01:26 PM
“This is Iowa. We grow corn,” says Ryan Burchett of Mississippi River Distilling Co.
That was the argument he used to persuade the state to change its laws governing hard liquor, a break it had long given to Iowa wineries. “Grapes are not a big cro...
Updated: Jan 16, 2013 at 07:27 AM
At the end of the year — this year, any year — there is always a tinge of sadness, a dollop of melancholy for those we have lost along the way.
This time around is no different and, as always, it’s impossible not to be struck by how fragile our pres...
Updated: Dec 28, 2012 at 06:20 AM
Money issues continued to dominate the headlines in 2012 in different forms.
There was a teacher strike in Community Unit District 300, the threat of teacher strikes elsewhere, new taxes in Elgin, investment in Huntley in the form of a new hospital...
Updated: Dec 31, 2012 at 07:26 AM
Austin David Anderson
School: Westminster Christian High School
Hometown: Elgin
Class: Senior
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Warren Anderson
Sponsor: Scott Sevey, guidance counselor
Community service: Elgin Evangelical Free Church: Youth Group (Revive), Stud...
Updated: Dec 24, 2012 at 09:22 AM
Local birding stories have been piling up like twigs inside a wren house.
November is always prime time for spotting rarities, but this year was ridiculous. Birds that seldom visit the Chicago area were popping up all over. Some are likely still in...
Updated: Dec 18, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Powerball prize up to half a billion dollars
If you haven’t heard, the $500 million Powerball drawing is tonight. Authorities are saying that ticket sales are brisk and pushing the figure up more than $6 million and hour. The record for any Ame...
Updated: Nov 28, 2012 at 01:02 PM
47th Annual Christmas Walk and Storybook Village, various locations, Hinsdale: Christmas Walk features ice carvers, holiday carolers, annual tree lighting, animated characters, Radio Disney and Santa Claus. Christmas Walk runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Frida...
Updated: Nov 25, 2012 at 06:00 AM