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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
22nd state Senate: Noland vs. Rauschenberger
What began as a friendly exchange between two political opponents quickly escalated to allegations on both sides about lies and misleading voters as the main rivals for the area's 22nd District state Senate seat squared off Tuesday in their first debate of the campaign season.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Sleepy Hollow makes police force cut after all
Just days after it appeared the Sleepy Hollow Police Department was safe from troubling budget cuts, the village board narrowly voted Tuesday night to cut anyway.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Need for a pawn shop in Elgin a sign of the times
Elgin City Council members are expected tonight to consider a measure that would pave the way for establishing what would be Elgin's only pawn shop.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Kindergartners OK after power line falls on bus
Thanks to a "textbook response" from bus driver Barbara Nerge, seven pupils in Hilltop Elementary School's all-day kindergarten program are safe, according to Elgin police Lt. Glenn Theriault.
The bus was headed down Grand Avenue on the city's east side near Lords Park on Tuesday afternoon when a strong gust of wind knocked down a tree branch, which downed a wire that then landed across the hood of the bus, trapping the driver and children inside for about 40 minutes.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Peterson attorneys: Drop gun charge
Drew Peterson had a small gun, but his lawyers say there's nothing wrong with that. Peterson's legal team summed up its arguments to have his felony gun
case tossed before it goes to trial, but the judge presiding over it is
waiting until next month before he hands down his decision.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
DuPage board OKs $70 million in bonds
DuPage County officials Tuesday afternoon approved a heavily debated
plan to borrow $70 million to address an assortment of infrastructure
ills. Although flood control was identified as a priority expenditure, about
half of the bond proceeds will be funneled into projects located on the
county's Wheaton campus.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
More West Nile mosquitoes found in Kane
Mosquitoes collected in traps in Carpentersville, Montgomery and at Fermilab near Batavia have tested positive for the West Nile virus, bringing the total number of positive batches to 13 this year, the Kane County Health Department announced Tuesday.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Police Report: Elgin man charged with eluding cops
Marcus M. Toledo, 27, of the 600 block of Preston Street, Elgin, was charged with aggravated attempting to elude police, two counts of domestic battery and no valid driver's license after an incident Monday. According to police, Toledo ignored at least two traffic control devices after police told him to stop.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Geneva couple plan Reptile Rescue effort
Alice and Ron Marine rescued Rhonda a year ago from an owner no longer interested in having the tortoise after Rhonda had grown too large for her living space. The couple have grown so fond of Rhonda that they have decided to establish a Reptile Rescue on a farmette they own on State Street in Geneva.
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:01 CST
Six decades of serving God
At age 82, Sister June Does has been forced to cut back the hours she puts in at Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin. Now, she's only supposed to be in her office 20 hours a week. It was on Sept. 8, 1950, that Does first entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. The community and many friends she has made through those years are invited to celebrate her 60th jubilee today with a noon Mass, lunch after that and then a reception.
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