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Feb 5, 2012By Scott Morgan and Laura Stewart Get ready for a jazzy jam when the Texas-based White Ghost Shivers play tunes from the 1920s and '30s this weekend at the Elgin Community College's SecondSpace Theatre, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. $20-$25.Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012He shares a smile here with the crowd at Elgin Community College as he performs his one-man play “Incognito.” During his one-man play about that discovery, Fosberg unveils this photograph of his white mom and black father in their tenement in the black ...Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012But today, the only guarantee communities along the western edge of O'Hare have is that there will be an extension of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway and a western bypass around the airport — and that they must help raise $300 million of the project's $3.4 ...Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012He performed last week in Elgin and at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines. He is on the road for 70 shows a year, performing for the FBI, NASA, colleges, businesses, not-for-profits and any groups grappling with race and diversity.Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012By Elena Ferrarin Gail Borden Public Library patron Diana Carson had barely started to check out the annual Black History Family Festival on Saturday in Elgin when she learned something new. “I read about the Buffalo Soldiers; I didn't know about them ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012By Daily Herald report A 29-year-old Elgin man is facing multiple drug charges stemming from a drug deal where he sold heroin to an undercover officer Wednesday, authorities said. Barry Burns is accused of selling less than a gram of heroin to an ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Elgin Public Museum: The traveling exhibit, Tattoo: An American Evolution will be unveiled at 2 pm Feb. 4. Lucas Clifford, owner of Top Notch Tattoos, will discuss the art of giving tattoos. Hours are 12 to 4 pm Sundays. Admission is $2 for adults and ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 20124 at Blackhawk Park in South Elgin. Adults and kids will compete in separate divisions. At Blackhawk Pond, 1479 Blackhawk Circle, South Elgin. Call (847) 622-0003 or visit Southelgin.com. Dancing with the Geneva Stars: Hors d'oeuvres, dessert and a ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012For us, we're living paycheck to paycheck,” said Tony Sanders, chief of staff for Elgin School District U-46, the state's largest district outside Chicago. Sanders said the state owes it $12 million for this school year. “There is no magic pool of ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012How the rest of the suburban field finished: Niles North, 11; Elk Grove, 12; Bolingbrook, 13; Palatine, 15; South Elgin, 16; Streamwood, 18; Libertyville, 19; Batavia, 20; Bartlett, 21; St. Charles North, 25. The finals are being held in the US ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012Streamwood 59, Elgin 36: Hannah McGlone (16 points) and Deja Moore (12 points) teamed up to knock off Elgin. Yorkville 45, Kaneland 42: Alicyn Hester was instrumental in the hotly contested game, leading Yorkville (16-6, 5-4 Northern Illinois Big 12 ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012“I liked McKenna, but after having her and having her in my arms, I decided she's a Madelyn,” said Lindsey, who manages a physician's office in Elgin. “McKenna would not have been right; it's spunkier. She's a real laid-back baby.Leave a comment

Feb 3, 20123 at the DuSable Museum of African History, 740 E. 56th Place (tickets, $15-$25), as well as free lecture-demonstrations at 11 am and 7 pm Feb. 6 at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Call (773) 281-1825 or visit chicagotap.org.Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012170: Ricky Robertson, Sandburg; Cameron Thomson, Barrington; Jake Residori, Minooka; Connor Swier, Neuqua Valley; Alex Benoit, Marist; Cody Pych, South Elgin; Joey Ariola, Oak Park. 182: Sam Brooks, Oak Park; Jack Dechow, Richmond-Burton; Ethan Benoit, ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012For us, we're living paycheck to paycheck," said Tony Sanders, chief of staff for Elgin School District U-46, the state's largest district outside Chicago. Sanders said the state owes it $12 million for this school year. "There is no magic pool of ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012Eagles are back in the northwest suburbs, soaring above the library in Elgin, apparently looking for fish in the Fox River. Early in 2011, a pair of bald eagles were spotted behind the Gail Borden Public Library along the river in downtown Elgin.Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012For us, we're living paycheck to paycheck," said Tony Sanders, chief of staff for Elgin School District U-46, the state's largest district outside Chicago. Sanders said the state owes it $12 million for this school year. "There is no magic pool of ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012SWANCC and the participating communities have partnered with Elgin Recycling Inc. to recycle the lights and cords. The strands are separated and baled and sent to be chopped or shredded and sold as a commodity to foundries and mills in the United ...Leave a comment