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Coasting to 50: Six Flags Great America celebrates golden anniversary with season of surprises

Coasting to 50: Six Flags Great America celebrates golden anniversary with season of surprises

Anticipation always accompanies opening weekend at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. But the start of a new season Saturday comes with extra zip.

 
Girls soccer: Amegasse converts game-winner as Hampshire outlasts Dundee-Crown for overtime victory

Girls soccer: Amegasse converts game-winner as Hampshire outlasts Dundee-Crown for overtime victory

Hampshire’s relentless pressure ultimately paid off. Posting several shots on or near the Dundee-Crown goal over the final minutes of regulation time, the Whip-Purs were ...

 
Baseball: Metea Valley’s offense comes alive vs. Neuqua to snap 9-game skid

Baseball: Metea Valley’s offense comes alive vs. Neuqua to snap 9-game skid

After suffering a pair of 1-run losses in the first two games of the series, Metea Valley exploded for an 8-run fifth inning on the way to a 16-10 DuPage Valley Conferenc...

 
Girls soccer: Waubonsie Valley falls in PKs to unbeaten Oswego

Girls soccer: Waubonsie Valley falls in PKs to unbeaten Oswego

Oswego junior goalkeeper Kyla Baier was not flustered when Waubonsie Valley scored what a teammate termed a fluky goal in the final minutes of regulation to force penalty...

 
Softball: Taraschewsky homers twice, pitches Barrington by Fremd for 20th straight win

Softball: Taraschewsky homers twice, pitches Barrington by Fremd for 20th straight win

Senior Katie Taraschewsky has won many softball games for Barrington with her right arm. The number is 77 to be exact. But the Saint Michael College in Colchester, Vermon...

 
Baseball: Lake Zurich’s Toth blasts walk-off homer to beat St. Viator

Baseball: Lake Zurich’s Toth blasts walk-off homer to beat St. Viator

Alex Toth helped Lake Zurich exorcize some demons Thursday. The junior drilled a 2-0 fastball for a two-run walk-off home run as the Bears upended St. Viator 7-6 in Lake ...

 
Fox River, Chain O’ Lakes crest at major flood stage; water levels expected to begin slowly falling

Fox River, Chain O’ Lakes crest at major flood stage; water levels expected to begin slowly falling

As floodwaters finally top out and begin slowly to recede along the Fox River and Chain O’ Lakes, McHenry County officials are asking people to document and report flood damage.

 
Man gets 48 years for sexually assaulting child

Man gets 48 years for sexually assaulting child

A Waukegan man was sentenced to 48 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child with whom he lived in Aurora.

 
Jeanne Balmes retires after nearly 25 years as Gurnee village trustee

Jeanne Balmes retires after nearly 25 years as Gurnee village trustee

The Gurnee village board has lost a longtime presence with the departure of veteran Trustee Jeanne Balmes.

 
Schmit: Local grads doing great things at the highest levels

Schmit: Local grads doing great things at the highest levels

Kevin Schmit provides an update on what some of the area’s high school alums are up to. While mostly positive reports, there have been setbacks.

 
Proposed law takes aim at harassing people by phone, computer or gaming platform

Proposed law takes aim at harassing people by phone, computer or gaming platform

State legislators are considering making it illegal to use phones and electronic devices to harass people by intentionally causing emotional distress.

 
Underwood proposes $1.2M in funding for Metra expansion between DeKalb, Elburn

Underwood proposes $1.2M in funding for Metra expansion between DeKalb, Elburn

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood has proposed $1.2 million in federal funding, which, if approved, could support efforts to expand Metra rail from Elburn to DeKalb.

 
9-year-old boy critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Aurora

9-year-old boy critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Aurora

A 9-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Aurora Wednesday.

 
Flood watch: Fox Lake level begins to drop; river could crest late Thursday at Algonquin Dam

Flood watch: Fox Lake level begins to drop; river could crest late Thursday at Algonquin Dam

McHenry County Emergency Management Director David Christensen says he can’t quite see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel yet for the flooding along the Fox River.

 
Baseball: Conover hits leadoff homer, gets win on mound to help Wheaton Warrenville South avoid Geneva sweep

Baseball: Conover hits leadoff homer, gets win on mound to help Wheaton Warrenville South avoid Geneva sweep

There was a sense of urgency coursing through the Wheaton Warrenville-South dugout Wednesday. After losing the first two games of the three-game series against Geneva, t...

 
Boys volleyball: Glenbard West rallies after dropping opening set to Lake Park

Boys volleyball: Glenbard West rallies after dropping opening set to Lake Park

Glenbard West coach Christine Guinta-Mayer currently works four jobs, yet treats her role leading the Hilltoppers as seriously as anyone would their full-time employment....

 
Boys volleyball: Barrington bounces back, knocks off Fremd

Boys volleyball: Barrington bounces back, knocks off Fremd

After Barrington's boys volleyball team earned a hard-fought 25-22, 25-17 win at Fremd Wednesday evening, their coach Charlie Spry wasn't in a mood to celebrate. Instead...

 
Baseball: Hampshire builds early lead, beats Dundee-Crown

Baseball: Hampshire builds early lead, beats Dundee-Crown

Hampshire right-hander Lucas Prange had a feel for his fastball. Pumping heaters into the zone with high velocity, Prange carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning and s...

 
Baseball: Haddon’s gem gives Prospect sweep of Fremd

Baseball: Haddon’s gem gives Prospect sweep of Fremd

After walking the first two batters he faced Wednesday, Prospect’s Mason Haddon was looking for a key. “I just needed to lock back in,” said Haddon, who is a junior. “I r...

 
Softball: Metea Valley drops another close one to DeKalb

Softball: Metea Valley drops another close one to DeKalb

Emma Hart said she needed to bust out of her slump, so she busted out the bunt. The DeKalb left fielder and No. 9 hitter pushed a beautiful bunt past a drawn infield and ...

 

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