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Chicago Cardiologist Fights Heart Disease, Is Honored by the American Heart Association and Go Red™ for Women

For Chicagoland preventative cardiologist Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Silbert, the prevention and screening of heart disease is something she takes very seriously. While heart disease ranks … Read more ›

The first photo of Sen. Mark Kirk was released Tuesday, three months after the Illinois Republican suffered a stroke. (Handout) (Office of Sen. Mark Kirk / April 24, 2012)

First photo of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk since stroke is released

More than three months after he suffered a large stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk was shown in a photo released today by the Rehabilitation Institute of … Read more ›

Rick "Elvis" Saucedo
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Villarreal Scholarships Touch Graduates' Lives in Many Ways

Since 2007, the Dustin Villarreal Memorial Scholarship has made attending college a little easier for 12 Geneva High School graduates. The honor that five of … Read more ›

Kim and Khloe Kardashian blow kisses to the crowd at Sears April 20. (Heather Leszczewicz/TribLocal)

Kim and Khloe Kardashian come to town

It was a madhouse at the Woodfield Mall Sears April 20 when reality TV stars Kim and Khloe Kardashian, along with their mother Kris Jenner, … Read more ›

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Movie Meeting for The Elgin Experience Announced

The Elgin Experience monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday, April 10th at the Marcus Theatre in Elgin at 10:00 a.m. Our featured guest speaker … Read more ›

From the community

Movie Meeting for The Elgin Experience Announced

The Elgin Experience monthly movie meeting will be on Tuesday, April 10th at the Marcus Theatre in Elgin at 10:00 a.m. Our featured guest speaker … Read more ›

Angelicque Cate of Elgin is playing Miss Furnival in Peter Shaffer's farce, "Black Comedy" at Wheaton Drama. Photo by Ken Beach.
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Elgin's Angelicque Cate – A comic light in Wheaton Drama's “Black Comedy”

“Black Comedy”, the razor-sharp comic masterpiece by Peter Shaffer, is a play that appeals to many actors. For Angelicque Cate, appearing in Wheaton Drama’s production … Read more ›

Anthony Ruiz, an eighth-grader at Ellis Middle School in Elgin, studies for the You Be the Chemist challenge. Ruiz has overcome a language barrier, among other challenges, to become a top student. (Kate Thayer/Tribune)

Elgin student excels despite challenges

Anthony Ruiz knows he’s not like other 13-year-old boys. The eighth-grader didn’t understand English seven years ago, but now he’s a top student at Ellis … Read more ›

Marmion sophomore Brock Krueger of South Elgin (center) presents a donation check to Susan Lyons (l) and Lori Hansen (r) of LivingWell Resource Center
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Marmion QB Scores Big for LivingWell Cancer Resource Center

Few teenagers like to part with a big check but that’s exactly what Brock Krueger of South Elgin did last week, when the Marmion Academy … Read more ›

Mike Iaconelli with two big tournament bass.   Photo by BASS and Rob Russow
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Is it Ike’s turn?

After a year of fishing in a variety of tournaments across the nation, 49 of the best anglers will finally compete in the 2012 Bassmaster … Read more ›