Kane News

A popular transit program aimed to help seniors, the disabled and low-income Kane County residents is not in as dire financial straits as originally thought.

Soft real estate market or not, Alexander & Baldwin Inc. is going ahead with the first phase of its Kahului revitalization development, and it will open a sales information center Friday at Maui Mall.

The Aurora Police Department and the Kane County sheriff's office will share a $609,325 federal grant aimed at assisting law enforcement.

With Square Enix's recent acquisition of Eidos Interactive, the two companies announced modifications to their distribution strategy for upcoming titles, describing these changes as "advantageous". Warner Bros.

Kane and Kendall counties have each hit the double-digit unemployment rate of 10.4 percent, higher than the rate of Cook County, the state and the nation.

A retired New York City police sergeant has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for killing his ex-wife, a well-known singer in the 1960s.

Carlisle expect right-back Tony Kane to make his loan switch from Blackburn permanent after he verbally agreed a two-year deal with the Cumbrians.The Northern Ireland Under-21 international, 21, played nine times for the League One side following his loan switch in February.

"Without it, these people are trapped at home," said former trustee Joe Wolf, the Sugar Grove representative on the Paratransit Council.

The jostling for position at bus and train company FirstGroup sparked into life on Friday when it lost one potential chief executive and gained another.

Unemployment and poverty rates are so high in Kane County, the county has been placed on a "poverty watch list" by the Heartland Alliance MidAmerica Institute on Poverty.

Conclusion. While the heroic Jamie and Cherise revel in the spotlight, Fancy burns with jealousy.

Singer Aubrey O'Day poses backstage at the Christian Siriano Fall 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the Salon at Bryant Park on February 19, 2009 in New York City.

The housing market in Kane County appeared to brighten a bit more in March. The market, however, remained well off the pace established a year ago, according to the latest round of home sales figures offered by the Illinois Association of Realtors.

Photo by Ted Lutz Second-grade students at the Chestnut Street Elementary School in Kane are conducting a hands - "on experiment with earthworms as part of the "Science It's Elementary" grant program.

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Launched in 1991 as a folk-based acoustic duo, Vertical Horizon gradually molded itself into a slick pop/rock outfit, culminating in the band's brief heyday at the turn of the 21st century.

The number of those without jobs continued to rise locally in February. This week, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that the unemployment rate in Kane County rose to 9.8 percent.

Kane County residents who experience voting problems or irregularities during next week's election should call the Kane County state's attorney's office to report the problems.

The claim by a former police prosecutor that she was discriminated against by members of the Exeter Police Department, including the chief, was thrown out in U.S. District Court.

As the country plows further into the recession, local residents are feeling the economy closing in on them as the job market continues to constrict.