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Elmhurst Police Report
The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named.
Scott has your Debby Boone Tickets
Listen to Slocum in the Morning all week for your chance to win a special Mother’s Day Celebration! Debby Boone at the Aracada Theatre (105 E Main Street, St. Charles) Sunday, May 12th at 1pm!. In 1977, Debby Boone earned instant fame when “You Light Up My Life” became...
Suburban Chicago students react to CBS 2 report on a special school recycling program
CHICAGO (CBS) — An update on a story CBS 2 reported a few weeks agoFifth graders in South Elgin who are making a difference when it comes to their environment.It started with recycling plastic bags from snack time but is now a full-school initiative.The kids at Corron Elementary School have put together a recycling program to keep about 100 pounds of plastic from reaching landfills each week.Their teacher, Erick Robinson, partnered with a company called Trex to recycle plastic and create plastic lumber.The collected plastic becomes recycled plastic lumber, made into useful items such as coat racks and benches.A bench made...
What’s the catch? Well, for St. Charles East’s Samantha Gaca, family comes first. ‘I followed their footsteps.’
Was St. Charles East senior Samantha Gaca born to catch? Coming to that conclusion may be a bit of a reach, but it does run in the family. Her mother Margaret, an Indiana softball alum, played the position at a pretty high level. So does older brother AJ, currently a sophomore starter for Carthage’s baseball team. “Sam’s awesome back there — that’s all there is to it,” said coach Jarod ...
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