Elgin

Stunning a pig in a quest for answers to Navy seaman's death

2013-04-07 14:26:00

ELGIN, Texas — Before he shot the pig with a million volts of electricity, James Culp bowed his head in prayer. “Dear heavenly father, I ask you to guide my hand and render this test successful. Thank you for the justice that’s brought...

Four Marines killed in Afghanistan remembered at Camp Pendleton

2012-09-28 18:22:40

Marine from Camp Pendleton killed in Afghanistan

2012-04-07 16:36:45

Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests

2013-05-19 07:00:00

How do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth,...

B-N Boys & Girls Club names interim chief professional officer

2013-05-17 02:34:02

A Boys & Girls Club professional with a history of turning around financially struggling clubs has been named interim chief professional officer of Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal. Jodi Martin, who most recently served as interim executive...

Marcelyn J. 'Marcy' Henrikson, 1934-2013

2013-05-16 15:49:00

Marcy Henrikson was a supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and marched for women's rights in the 1970s. But she wasn't proud of her initial reaction 30 years ago when she learned her teenage daughter was lesbian, her family said. She...

Bicyclist killed in collision with car in Schaumburg

2013-05-14 11:57:00

A woman riding a bicycle was killed during a collision with a car near northwest suburban Schaumburg this morning. The victim, who appears to be in her 30s, was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m. at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village,...

Got diet milk?

2013-05-09 00:00:00

In the face of troubling childhood obesity rates and what it sees as low milk consumption rates, the dairy industry says it has a solution: Offer kids flavored milk that uses low-calorie artificial sweeteners. The only problem, industry...

Data breaches persist despite heightened security

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Earlier this year, some employees of Schneider Electric of Palatine got an unwelcome surprise in a letter about the stock purchase plan in which they participate. Visible through the address window were their Social Security numbers. One of Schneider's...

Silver Hawks: Court leaves with a flourish

2013-05-07 02:32:00

SOUTH BEND — One year ago, Ryan Court was packing his bags to leave the South Bend Silver Hawks for a demotion to extended spring training. Monday night, Court was packing his bags, this time to head up the ladder in the Arizona Diamondbacks&...

Development Profile: Serosun Farms

2013-05-02 16:17:00

An innovative community on working farm Serosun Farms by John DeWald & Associates has a development in Hampshire, Ill., in north central Kane County, just west of the Fox River Valley area that includes St. Charles, Geneva and Elgin. We asked them about...

Muddy Waters' home, Chicago bridges make endangered list

2013-05-01 05:33:00

Historic sites need money to survive. Some also need a little love. That's why some preservationists are optimistic that Muddy Waters' former home can be saved — at least it has people who want to preserve it. Other historic sites might not be...

Children drink milk during lunchtime at Sharon Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Chicago on Friday. Three of the largest districts in Illinois — Chicago Public Schools, Naperville and Elgin-based U-46 — say they do not offer artificially sweetened milk.

2013-05-08 15:09:27

Students from Coleman Elementary School brave the snow and cold to cross Liberty Street in Elgin, Ill.

2013-02-26 00:00:00

Fran Volz touches up a 7-foot snow angel in his backyard in Elgin, Illinois. After almost every snow fall, Volz sculpts something new for his community to enjoy.

2013-02-25 00:00:00