19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (554+ words) Derick Ibarra makes a pitch on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, to the DeKalb Planning & Zoning Commission on behalf of Charley's Video Gaming & Rum Bucket Bar's request for a special use permit. (Megann Horstead) A local video gaming spot is aiming to take…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (134+ words) Police are investigating an incident where masked thieves targeted gaming machines at a gas station. About 3:35 a.m. Sept. 9, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a gas station in the 14000 block of West Rockland Road in Green Oaks for a reported armed…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (695+ words) Michael Fagel has a long resume. The Sugar Grove resident marks over 40 years in public safety, law enforcement, fire service, as an EMS coordinator with a doctorate in Certified Emergency Manager, a university educator and author of 11 textbooks on public…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (116+ words) Historical covers for Sept. 9: Wurlitzer Buys Bauer Piano Company of Chicago Shaw Local The cover of the Daily Chronicle for Sept. 9, 1929 (Newspapers.com) As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at front pages from Sept. 9 across four different…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1047+ words) There is a great deal of misinformation circulating right now about Flock cameras and license plate reader systems. Some of the concerns being raised are legitimate. Any technology used by law enforcement must have safeguards, accountability, transparency and strong policies…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (160+ words) Shaw Local La Salle and Utica first responders work the scene of a semi-trailer rollover Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, at mile marker 28 on Interstate 80 in La Salle. The driver was not injured in the crash. Firefighters from La Salle, Utica and Oglesby,…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (297+ words) Lincoln East's Ryan E. Harris, left, and Jayden Cawthon, right, celebrate a touchdown by Cawthon against Kankakee earlier this season. Lincoln-Way East stayed at No. 4 in the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings. (Nicholas Holstein for Shaw Local) It was a defining…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (588+ words) The Minooka Community High School District building at 201 Wabena Ave., Minooka. (Michael Urbanec) This fall, Minooka High School District 111 leaders will form a committee tasked with helping create a cellphone ban policy. The move comes in response to a new…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) I’ve written many back-to-school columns focused on numerous student-safety topics, but this one might be a bit uncomfortable. But I’m OK with that because it focuses on a very important aspect of protecting students that we simply can’t ignore. First,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (470+ words) (Courtesy Glenbard High School District 87) Research psychologist Angela Duckworth will present a program titled “Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best” at noon and 7 p.m. Sept. 15 via Zoom the GPS Parent Series. Visit GPSParentSeries.org…...