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Russell Crowe, left, who stars as Superman's biological father, Jor-El, in the new movie "Man of Steel," poses with Batavia Library Director George Scheetz in this 2011 photo.

But President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget includes changes to the 59-year-old program - replacing some commodity shipments with direct cash purchases in foreign countries.

Nelien and Doris Miller, of Sandwich, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Since 1938, a red-caped superhero impervious to most earthly pitfalls has captivated the imagination of comic book, television, and movie fans around the world.

Jonathan Kent , left, comforts his son Clark on the family farm - a scene shot in Oswego.

Reports of severe weather Wednesday evening caused some scares, but for the most part, McHenry County emerged unscathed from the unusually massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds that rolled through the Midwest.

The new Superman reboot "Man of Steel," which opens today, prominently features scenes shot in a variety of suburbs - Naperville, Aurora, Sugar Grove, Oswego, Millington, Plano and Sandwich.

Surveyors from the National Weather Service are fanning out across portions of 3 northern Illinois counties to review storm damage after funnel clouds and possible tornadoes were reported in the area.

Aaron D. Petre, 26, 702 N. Wasson St., was arrested at 10:23 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of East Kent Street on a complaint of violating an order of protection.

Plano Police Chief Steve Eaves made his intention to run for Kendall County Sheriff official in front of a crowd of about 100 people last Saturday at Lathrop Park in Plano.

On the other end of the line was a LaSalle County Sheriff's deputy directing Massier to an area hospital where his three young children were undergoing treatment after being found unresponsive in a car just hours before, the Beacon News reports.

A 49-year-old DeKalb County man was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for his role in a July 2010 burglary in Aurora.

Man of Steel set in Plano, Illinois in August of 2011. Here's our roundtable interview with Henry Cavill, who was wearing the suit at the time! Cavill : No, but I've got a harness on underneath it, so I'm moving quite stiffly, but it's really not so bad.

Back in August 2011, ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype was invited to Plano, Illinois, an unlikely location for a large-scale movie production, but it's the place that director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan had chosen to double as Smallville, Kansas, the boyhood home of Clark Kent aka Superman in the Man of Steel ! You can read an excerpt ... (more)

Superman, buying his outfit in an XL? "I was fat," says Henry Cavill , the star of the new Man of Steel , the latest big-screen take on Superman , says about his childhood.

A memorial gathering in remembrance of Jason Bryant Kohler, cherished son of Rennetta Sorensen Mickelson of Plano and Ramon Kohler of Lake George will take place, Thursday, May 30, beginning at 4 p.m. in the Meadowhawk Lodge at the Hoover Forest Preserve on Fox Rd, Yorkville.

Henry Cavill, 30, didn't have many parts until he landed Man of Steel, the Superman film opening in June.