• MAP grant money arriving for last year’s Waubonsee students

  By Susan Sarkauskas Waubonsee Community College has finally received student scholarship money from the state that was supposed to help students in fall 2016.
  Last Updated Jul 20, 2017 8:54 AM

• Burlington murder trial focuses on cluttered home; experts coming next

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 8:12 PM

  The trial of Daniel Rak, accused of killing his father in his Burlington Township home in February 2016, focused Wednesday on the dirty, cluttered conditions in the home and medications present in the elder Rak’s bedroom.

• Food bank hosts largest volunteer shift

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 9:47 PM

  Hundreds of workers from Kellogg’s filled the work floors of the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva Wednesday, in what the food bank said was its largest volunteer food-pack operation shift.

• Cable TV upstart wants to bring fiber optic service to Kane County

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 8:09 PM

  Residents in some parts of unincorporated Kane County may soon have a fiber optic alternative to their cable/internet/phone options.

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• Attorney: Light ‘bop’ from son didn’t kill Burlington Township man

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:49 PM

  Did a facial blow kill a Burlington Township man, or did he die from one of many medical issues he suffered? The trial of Daniel Rak, charged with murdering his father, Jeffrey, began Tuesday.

• Geneva police, fire, school to practice response to shooter

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 8:14 AM

  Geneva police and fire departments will practice what they would do if a shooter entered an elementary school, during a drill July 20.

• Some Fox River Valley towns anticipating less flood damage than 2013

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:52 AM

  Towns along the Fox River in Kane County breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday as the river stood poised to crest at 12.4 feet — lower than previous estimates.

• Kane chairman, coroner relationship may be improving

  Updated Jul 17, 2017 4:54 PM

  A thaw in political relations means Kane County officials will begin exploring a new facility for the coroner, an office embroiled in controversy for several years now.

• Flood outlook varies town-to-town as more officials promise help

  Updated Jul 15, 2017 7:39 PM

  The National Weather Service expects several area rivers will crest within the next one to three days. Meanwhile, officials are surveying damage as the northern suburbs continue to battle flooded waterways following Wednesday’s downpour.

• CASA Kane County needs bilingual volunteers to help children
• Kane County not eager to give Durbin election security info
• Group to have forum on proposed Campana apartment project
• Fox River flooding closes forest preserves, Fox River Trail
• Rauner declares Lake, McHenry, Kane counties state disaster areas
• Probation for man who sold LSD in Kane County
• Cougars fall to Lake County Captains
• St. Charles electric shop has connection to Buckingham Fountain
• Learn the basics of rowing in St. Charles
• No immediate federal help expected for flood victims
• Kane County Fair roars back into town with Bengal tiger show
• Fox Valley police reports
• Strong pitching lifts Kane County Cougars again
• Images: Monday scenes of flooding along Fox and Des Plaines Rivers
• Fundraiser in Algonquin will help Children’s Advocacy Center
• Geneva Cultural Arts Commission seeks spot for center
• Suburban county fairs mix new attractions with returning favorites
• Strong pitching lifts Kane County Cougars
• Visiting home runs sink Cougars in series opener
• Images: Friday scenes of flooding in Lake, Cook and Kane counties
• Why some plants are considered weeds

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