Sugar Grove

Truckload of concerns after lawmakers OK higher speed limit

2013-05-22 20:00:00

Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher...

How to straighten out the state GOP's gay mess

2013-05-08 00:00:00

The Illinois Republican Party should appoint as its next party chair someone who supports legalization of same-sex marriage. Why? First, because it would mess with our minds. Outgoing party chair Pat Brady, who resigned Tuesday in a letter to the...

Voice of the People, May. 02

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Postpone school closures The proposal to close 54 Chicago Public Schools is dangerous and ill-conceived. It will damage the schools it closes and the schools that receive students from the closed schools. In defending the closings, CPS made many...

Bill would raise speed limit to 70; metro-east counties could opt out

2013-04-26 00:00:00

A bill that has won approval in the state Senate would raise the speed limit to 70 mph on interstates in Illinois, but not necessarily in St. Clair and Madison counties. The bill would allow St. Clair, Madison, Cook and some Chicago collar counties to...

Bill to raise Illinois interstate speed limit revs up debate

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Illinois has its posted highway speed limit and its populist highway speed limit — a fluid relationship based mostly on driver whim and the presence of the gentlemen and ladies in state police squad cars. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove,...

Illinois Senate OKs 70 mph highway speed limit

2013-04-24 05:13:00

Illinois motorists would be able to legally drive 70 mph on interstate highways and tollways under legislation the Senate passed Tuesday. The measure would allow Cook County, the suburban collar counties and two counties near St. Louis to opt out in...

Pedestrian bridge opens, and more

2013-04-22 00:00:00

News briefs from St. Charles, Batavia, Geneva and Sugar Grove. St. Charles Outgoing St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte and Kevin O'Donnell with O'Donnell Commercial Real Estate will be guest bartenders at McNally's Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., from 6 to 9...

Illinois Republican chairman under fire for pro-gay marriage stance

2013-03-08 12:04:00

Illinois Republican Party leaders are scheduled to gather behind closed doors Saturday to discuss the fate of state GOP Chairman Pat Brady following his endorsement of same-sex marriage. But it’s unclear whether the Republican State Central...

Former West Chicago man gets 10 years for 11th DUI

2013-02-28 15:38:00

A former West Chicago resident who has racked up 11 drunken-driving convictions was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for a 2012 DUI near Sugar Grove, authorities said. Michael J. Picon, 42, of Silvis, Ill., had pleaded guilty in January to one...

Aurora woman gets 7 years for 2009 fatal crash

2013-01-24 16:05:00

An Aurora woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for causing a head-on collision that killed a Marengo man in 2009. Linda L. Knotts, 48, pleaded guilty in Kane County court to one count of aggravated DUI for the March 20, 2009 crash...

Aurora man struck, killed walking from site of crash that left his car undriveable

2012-12-11 12:16:00

An Aurora man was killed walking on a dark, country road after a previous car crash force him to have his vehicle towed, police said.� Dean Craig, 54, was killed about 7:40 p.m. Monday while walking on Jericho Road between Dugan and Ashe roads,...

Missing Kane County woman last seen in Millennium Park

2012-08-22 18:26:00

A 20-year-old woman supposedly headed to Illinois State University from her Kane County home was last seen at Millennium Park in Chicago but now is reported missing. Tanner Conroyd left her house on Route 31 in unincorporated Kane County near St. Charles...

Liberty Foundation Davis Loyon explains the guns and Norden Bomb site inside the B-17 "Liberty Belle" WW II aircraft at the Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove Ill., a week before the aircraft crashed-landed in a field near Oswego , Ill. The aircraft was here as part of the Liberty Foundation's

2011-06-06 00:00:00

, Ill. that a rehabilitation specialist has not been able to positively identify its species now may make a complete recovery and be returned to the wild.

2010-01-25 00:00:00

U.S. team's Christina Kim celebrates after winning her match against Europe's Tania Elosegui during the final round of the Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove , Ill. It was a stirring finish for U.S. team Americans as they surged past the Europeans to win their 3rd straight Solheim Cup.

2009-08-23 00:00:00