From an undefeated powerhouse to a Cinderella playoff run, four area football teams are geared up for the charged environment of state semifinal football Saturday. Check at each team's prospects in our previews at FNL.MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM.

Applications for project financing under the Kane-Elgin Consortium’s Rental Housing Development Network are due at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 4.

This year, St. Charles’ Scarecrow Festival will celebrate 25 years by retiring the festival’s old logo and bringing in a new one.

Kane Kares was recognized by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a leading health care philanthropy, as a Nurse-Family Partnership program that outpaces the national average for outcomes.

In debating whether we should abolish capital punishment, it’s important to decide which aspect of this story dominates — the psychopath who deserves the ultimate punishment or the wrongful conviction of two men. Is it better for us to enhance public safety by eliminating society’s most serious threats or to protect civil liberties by making sure innocent people are never put to death?

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Wal-Mart submitted another revised plan for its expansion to the St. Charles Plan Commission. The Plan Commission is scheduled to vote on the measure Dec. 8. Should the St. Charles Plan Commission approve the newly revised proposal from Wal-Mart to expand?

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