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A St. Charles woman has been charged with financially exploiting an elderly person, forgery and theft. According to a complaint filed in Kane County circuit court, Lynn A. Pranga, while in a position of trust and confidence, financially exploited an 81-year-old man by knowingly obtaining control over more than $5,000 of his money.

Kane County officials determined Tuesday which county board seats on the November ballot will be for 2-year terms and which will be 4-year terms. But in doing so, officials also learned they may have broken the law the last time redistricting of the board occurred 10 years ago.

Article posted: 7/7/2012 8:00 AM Nancy Chen misses her regulars. Never did she think she would go almost a year without serving those patrons, who have become her friends, their favorite Mandarin, Cantonese and Szechwan dishes. That's why she is more excited every day that the reopening of her downtown St.

The weekend deluge wasn't all bad. The grounds in local parks are much more green and moist now, allowing Fourth of July fireworks displays to proceed. St. Charles officials debated canning the show last week because dry conditions could have been a fire hazard.

Scientists believe the "God particle" that might explain the underpinnings of the universe is real, and they are about to present their evidence to the world. Fermilab in Batavia presented its final data on the subject Monday.

A 58-year-old Aurora woman has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting food stamps and medical benefits by claiming her grandchildren as dependents. Jurline Price, of the 2000 block of Fox Pointe Drive, was charged with lying on applications to the Illinois Department of Human Services by noting that her two grandchildren were dependents who lived with her.

This might look like a lot of old coins, but they come from a trove 35 times smaller than the most recent find. Uncovering ancient buried treasure doesn't require the skills to interpret a secret map or navigate a booby-trapped cave.

"Maybe I don't have enough etiquette,'' Sveum said Friday afternoon, as he spit into his big red cup after his Cubs waxed the Red Sox, 3-0, at Wrigley Field. "I definitely don't have the best etiquette in the world.'' Sveum was Cherington's guy. He interviewed for the Red Sox vacancy at Fenway Nov.

A dispute between a Carpentersville man who was slapped with an injunction for impersonating a lawyer has escalated. Robert Sperlazzo, 62, faces contempt of court charges and possible jail time. Sperlazzo countersued attorneys and judges, but failed to show up for numerous court appearances.

Two 15-year-olds have been charged with first degree murder in connection to a gang related shooting that killed a 16-year-old Elgin teen. The teens are accused of killing Nestor A. Alvarado, who was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest Thursday night in Elgin.

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Data from a report released by the Northern Illinois Food Bank shows thousands of local kids are going hungry on a daily basis. Each of the collar counties averages about 20 percent of their youth population who do not have access to enough nutritious food to grow and develop.

La Quebrada Restaurant in Elgin has been fined $2,000 and given a 30-day liquor license suspension for selling liquor to minors and allowing drug sales on the property. One more misstep and it loses its license entirely. That's not enough, though, for Councilman John Prigge, who said it should be stripped of its license now.

The Illinois House approved a sweeping gambling expansion plan Wednesday, renewing an effort to build new casinos and put slot machines at Arlington Park that has stalled since last year. The plan would allow for 1,200 slot machines at the Arlington Heights track, as well as new casinos in Lake County, Chicago, the south suburbs, Rockford and downstate Danville.

Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow - but in some cases ban - rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region.

The world remembers him for his courage in the face of death as United Flight 232 plunged to the ground in Iowa, but Denny Fitch's family remembers the former pilot's love and compassion. Fitch, of St. Charles, who helped save 184 people aboard the doomed airplane, died Monday.

Should David Bruun, a disbarred attorney who was convicted of stealing from an disabled man's trust, be held in contempt of court for failing to make restitution payments for several years? A judge was ready to consider that question Wednesday until Bruun filed two last-minute motions to dismiss the case.

Mark Seliger for RollingStone.com We arrived at the White House on Easter Monday, the South Lawn overrun by children and their parents enjoying the annual Easter Egg Roll. This was the fourth time in the past four years that we had sat down for an extensive interview with Barack Obama, but the tenor and timing were markedly different than the previous conversations.