Elburn News

Mike Ilitch, the 82-year-old Detroit native and the son of Macedonian immigrants, started his pizza empire with a small restaurant a half-century ago, and now the billionaire is counting on Prince Fielder to deliver a championship to his beloved Tigers,... No tickets for the 2012 Olympics? Don't despair: You don't need one to enjoy the games and ... (more)

Mary Godee sits by a senior portrait of her late son, Cameron, in her Elburn home.

Elburn's police sergeants and full-time patrol officers would get raises of 0, 1 and 3 percent, under a proposed three-year contract.

Elburn's police sergeants and full-time patrol officers would get raises of 0, 1 and 3 percent, under a proposed three-year contract.

Alia Bernard's attorney on Thursday said he does not know yet whether there will be an appeal her seven-year prison sentence for her involvement in a 2009 crash that killed a St.

The cost of plowing two inches of snow off the streets of Elburn is calculated to be $2,468 each time it snows.

St. Charles, Ill. - Alia Bernard, a west suburban woman who killed two motorcyclists when she reached for her sunglasses while driving, was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday, concluding a case based on a Supreme Court decision that the presence of drugs in one's blood are enough to warrant DUI charges.

The Elburn Village Board, with a deep sigh, decided Monday night to again discuss whether residents should be required to cover their recycling bins.

SYCAMORE – Sycamore resident Chris Koley grew up watching and admiring some of the biggest names in professional wrestling, like Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

Joe White loads a truck full of soybeans Thursday to deliver from the White farm in Elburn.

Nearly three years after his mother, Denise Thomas, died in a chain-reaction, multi-vehicle crash near Elburn, 24-year-old Kirk Wold still feels empty without her around to talk with or offer her support.

GENEVA – The city's streets and fleet superintendent Steve LeMaire surrendered to police Saturday on felony charges of official misconduct and that he used a city credit card to make more than $24,000 worth of unauthorized purchases.

That is why we applaud the Geneva Tax FACTS – For Accountable Controlled Tax Spending – organization for taking community activism a step further.

ELBURN – Village officials will put off a vote until later this month on a huge, planned development that could reshape Elburn over the next two decades.

The village is moving ahead with creation of a police pension fund and board to administer it in the wake of census data showing its population has risen to more than 5,000 residents.

All six Elburn businesses that sell tobacco products passed the compliance test for not selling tobacco to minors.

In part 1 of an ongoing series relating to the 10-year-old No Child Left Behind Act, reporter Keith Beebe takes a closer look at the primary measurement tool, Adequate Yearly Progress Photo: Students concentrate on their computer work in the Learning Resource Center at Blackberry Creek Elementary School in Elburn.

Sugar Grove UMC's Tooth Fairy Mission SUGAR GROVE-During the month of February, the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church 's Mission of the Month is its annual Tooth Fairy Mission, in which monetary donations, toothbrushes and toothpaste are collected for the Between Friends Food Pantry in Sugar Grove and the guests at Hesed House, a local homeless ... (more)

Sycamore-The Arnold and Mildred Erickson Charitable Foundation, Inc., administered by The National Bank and Trust Company of Sycamore, is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 academic year.

Kaneland-The Elburn Scholarship Fund will be awarding grants for studies at the college level.