• Joseph Michelini secures third state bid, leads Lake Park to sectional title
    May 23 2026
    Joseph Michelini secured his third state trip in the shot put, leading Lake Park's boys track team to Friday's sectional title, while star hurdler Benjamin Schoettle led Glenbard West to second, Geneva's Bennett Konkey swept the 100 and 200 and Batavia's Darin Ashiru the jumps.
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    6 mins
  • St. Charles North’s Kara Glenn runs fastest preliminary in Class 3A 800 and 1,600: Friday’s KCC sports roundup
    May 23 2026
    Fifteen individuals and four relay teams all qualified Friday for Saturday's state finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Plus, five different softball and girls soccer teams secured regional titles, and more in Friday's KCC roundup:
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  • Emily Moline’s home run, Hannah Wulf’s pitching leads St. Charles East over Schaumburg for home regional title
    May 23 2026
    Emily Moline hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, and Hannah Wulf allowed just two hits and struck out 10 to help St. Charles East secure a 3-1 victory over Schaumburg for its ninth regional title in 11 years.
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    4 mins
  • St. Charles officials say lead paint flakes in Fox River came from UP rail overpass
    May 22 2026
    Large flakes of lead paint found in the Fox River in St. Charles came from a Union Pacific overpass, according to city officials, who said the IEPA has gotten involved.
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    3 mins
  • St. Charles East girls sprint relays ready to right last season’s woes in 4x200 at IHSA state meet
    May 22 2026
    A year after dropping the baton to miss state in the 4x200, St. Charles East's sprint relay teams are coming back to Charleston with determination to earn All-State honors across three events.
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    6 mins
  • Sugar Grove man pleads guilty to hit-and-run killing 69-year-old woman out walking her dog
    May 22 2026
    A Sugar Grove man pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run that killed a 69-year-old Sugar Grove woman out walking her dog in 2024.
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    2 mins
  • Kane County Cougars’ team bus burns down in Canada; girl, 15, charged with arson
    May 22 2026
    The Kane County Cougars’ team bus was destroyed in a fire that police in Canada allege was intentionally set by a teenage girl.
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    2 mins
  • Smile! Janet’s Cooking: The doctor knew best
    May 22 2026
    "Susan Lagerloef is the most exquisite cook I know. She follows her instincts as much as she does recipes and, without her, I wouldn’t know my butt from a cake in the oven," Janet Lagerloef writes of her mother-in-law.
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    5 mins