South Barrington News

The congregation of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington partnered again with Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley.

Wendell Davis, who played for the Chicago Bears from 1988 to 1993, bowls with 1985 Super Bowl players and friends for charity at Pinstripes in South Barrington last Friday.

Elgin Christian Development Corp., in partnership with 18 other local churches and Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, began Blitz Build, a weeklong rehabilitation project on some local apartment buildings.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! It's our big day and we get to do what we want - I think! I am hoping to get out on the Fox River with my son and son-in-law for an early morning ski.

Hoffman Estates officials found fewer dance partners last month when they made their latest trip to an annual retail developers conference in Las Vegas.

A 22-year-old man is due in court next month on charges that he reached for a weapon when a South Barrington police officer woke him up in his car in the middle of the night.

With his 2006 debut "Brick," writer-director Rian Johnson had the vision and ambition to make a film noir set at a California high school.

Years ago, wine lovers had to travel cross-country to the west coast or take a weekend trip to wineries in southern Illinois to quench their thirst.

When South Barrington police accused a man of recording a film at the AMC 30 movie theater last April, they thought it was a fairly routine, straightforward case.

Changes inside a familiar Rosemont fitness club have prompted changes outside the club as well.

Ruth's Chris Steak House Ruth's Chris Steak House 100 W. Higgins Road South Barrington 551-3730 www.ruthschris.com Grilling Tips: Choose the right steak It should be well marbled and a minimum of 1 inch think .

John Wright is putting in a Glow-golf location in the old Steve and Barry's at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale.

FOX News host Glenn Beck is back on the big screen. NCM Fathom and Mercury Radio Arts present "Glenn Beck's Common Sense Tour Live" from the Midland Theatre in Kansas City to more than 440 movie theaters nationwide.

The field of candidates in line to head up a regional 911 emergency call center has been trimmed to eight, the chairman of the QuadCom search committee said.

South Barrington's third and largest park will be dedicated Sunday. The 20-acre Community Park at 8 Bridges Drive, next to The Woods of South Barrington subdivision.

Though the past decade has seen major growth in South Barrington's residential and commercial areas, its police department is staffed exactly as before.

Plays, photo graphy, paintings and pottery all were highlighted Saturday during Elgin Academy's 2009 Patrons of the Arts Festival.

Despite the uncertain economy, an annual Willow Creek Community Church fundraising campaign benefiting starving African children managed to bring in $1.3 million more this year than in 2008.

Richard Stearns' The Hole in Our Gospel recently received a huge boost and endorsement when author and pastor Bill Hybels, with the generosity of two unnamed donors, purchased 10,000 copies of the title to distribute free to members of Willow Creek Community Church.

OTTAWA – La Salle County authorities are investigating the death Wednesday of an 18-year-old South Barrington youth.