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Feb 5, 2012What was once touted as a plan to provide access to the west side of O'Hare Airport -- complete with a new terminal -- has evolved into a plan financed by the doubling of tolls to run an expressway ar...Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012Growing up in a white middle-class suburban family, Michael Fosberg was 33 years old when he learned his biological father was black. He's turned the discovery into an acclaimed one-act play about ide...Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012Live theater is always a good entertainment option in the Tri-Cities area, and the Fox Valley Repertory continues to produce outstanding shows, columnist Dave Heun says....Leave a comment

Feb 5, 2012An employee of a fast-food restaurant in the 200 block of South Randall Road reported that on Nov. 30 a group of five men ate food and left without paying. The employee said one the men came back into...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Devontae Joshua had no clue what was going on. All the Larkin heavyweight knew was he could hear his name being chanted like something out of the movie Rudy and a sea of newfound fans were rushing to ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Road games in the Suburban Christian Conference can be brutal, particularly for an opponent venturing into the pressurized bandbox at St. Edward. "It's just an unbelievable place to play," fourth-year...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Burlington Central had two champions and Hampshire one Saturday at separate Class 2A wrestling regionals. Rockets' seniors Buddy Toth and Omar Awad each had their hands raised in victory at the DeKalb...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Burlington Central 67, Harvard 52: Ryan Ritchie scored 24 points and Bryce Warner added 16 as the Rockets (14-9, 5-2) got off to a 13-0 start and never looked back in this Big Northern East win. Ray H...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012South Elgin 61, Lake Park 50: South Elgin senior Becca Smith climbed even closer to 2,000 points for her career Saturday when she scored 22 in the Storm's Upstate Eight Valley win on the road. Smith n...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012One of the motivating factors of the postseason comes when you get a chance to knock off an opponent you've lost to during the season. But while that may be looming in the minds of the St. Edward girl...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012The theme of the annual festival, attended by hundreds of people and now in its 7th year, was "African American Firsts: Black Americans Who Have Shaped Our Country." It featured cultural and artistic ...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Pirates, Romans, Revolutionary War soldiers, Elizabethean bodyguards and other historical re-enactors took people who attended the annual Military History Fest/Reenacting and Trade Faire through 2,000...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012An Elgin man is facing multiple drug charges stemming from two incidents over the past three days. Undercover police say they bought heroin from him and when he was arrested two days later, police fou...Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012A Milwaukee woman is charged with prostitution after a sting by Schaumburg police at a hotel. The woman was convicted of a similar crime in 2007....Leave a comment

Feb 4, 2012Jose Merlos is about halfway done with an epic bike trip that started in Seattle and will criss-cross the nation by the time it is finished, touching 48 states and spanning up to 17,000 miles. Merlos,...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012South Elgin senior Becca Smith became the third leading scorer in Fox Valley girls basketball history Friday night when she scored 30 points in the Storm's 68-59 Upstate Eight Valley Division loss at ...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012William Kelly is a St. Charles dentist, but no one ever said getting him to volunteer is like pulling teeth. Kelly's long history of community involvement in St. Charles and the long tenure of his den...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012There has been an increasing number of bullets being found in suburban schools. And it's no laughing matter. What follows isn't much different than what happens if a gun is discovered in school. One s...Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012Firefighters had to extract a driver from her car following a rollover accident Friday afternoon in Bartlett, authorities said....Leave a comment

Feb 3, 2012Students from Algonquin Middle School visited Elgin Community College Friday morning as part of the college's Middle School Fridays program. Students learn about college and the opportunities availabl...Leave a comment