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Sunday picks: White Ghost Shivers jams in Elgin
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
Waukegan black man grew up believing he was white
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
Mayors clamor for revival of western access to O'Hare
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
Waukegan black man grew up believing he was white
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
Elgin library showcases black history at festival
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
Elgin man faces multiple drug charges
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
IHSA cheerleading finals are set
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
Madelyn is Facebook's pick for Crystal Lake baby
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



















