SEARCH CHICAGO - AUTOS
Car camps
Interested in some off-pavement adventure? While a gasoline-fueled vacation may not top everyone’s list right now, off-road opportunities within a day’s drive may be an affordable ticket to some family fun.
• Car camps
• Mini Cooper Clubman
• Photos: Mini Cooper Clubman
• Photos: Best MPG SUVs
• Photos: 30 mpg cars
• Calculate: Your cost for gas
• Video: 2008 Mustang Bullitt

Food & Recipes
Spring salads
As the weather warms up our thoughts turn to outdoor entertaining and fresh foods and salads. Need to update your recipe files? Help is just a click away. Tons of quick videos demonstrating cooking techniques and an extensive archive of recipes and other exclusively culinary content.
• Recipe Archive
• Cooking videos

• Former guard: 'beliefs cost me my job'
• Mayors: Lots of work ahead for ailing area roads
• Oberweis on energy: Produce more, use less
• Health Dept.: Weather just right for West Nile virus
• in brief
• Geneva mayor's daughter charged with retail theft
• Record-breaking pillow fight a hit with fans
• Local corn arriving at Valley farmers markets
• Foster says visit to border gives him new insight
• Bus transit could transform Randall
• Column: The legend lives on -- Megasaurus | Video
• St. Charles firefighter injured in blaze
• Muslim Kane jail guard sues over discrimination
• Kane County fair debuts new exhibition hall

• Blindness not a handicap for this Batavian man
• St. Charles Post 342 wins county tourney
• sports briefs
• Rose in court: Guilty and lesson learned
• Rovers playing old-style ball -- circa 1858
• Pat Lenski no longer an outsider at Geneva Golf Club
Griffins' late-inning lightning strikes again Video: Local QBs in the spotlight New-look Waubonsie cruises into semis Wednesday's state baseball roundup Pfister's pitching keeps Elk Grove on track

Soccer camps teach kids character
World Cup soccer players may not be that hard to find in the Fox Valley. At dozens of youth soccer camps run this summer by Challenger Sports, players ages 4 to 17 will be coached by members of Challenger's British coaching staff and taught to spar against their peers in World Cup soccer scrimmages.

• Courier video: British soccer in Hampshire

• Beth Oberle moves My Eclectic Mess to storefront
• religion calendar
• St. Charles author tries out murder mystery genre
• Open-air theater: Just what the Bard ordered
• Barbeau to see talent show from judge's seat
• 10 questions for a candy store owner
• Bike ride at Fermi benefits conservation group

Desert Dreams/Speedtrap
At first glance, a store that sells NASCAR racing collectibles and Southwest art and jewelry would seem an anomaly, but under the husband and wife team of owners Brian and Katie Morris, the two shops in a shared space are a lot of fun.

• Desert Dreams/Speedtrap
• Success on display
• business briefs
• Papa G's
• Smooth debut for new rooms at Delnor
• business briefs
• Frugal phone service comes with a catch
• Mel's Diner
• Funding save is good news for Fermi employees

Designing around art: Tips from Geneva's interior decorators
Developing the perfect theme for a new space can be a tricky task. However, falling in love with a piece of art can be the perfect starting point for the rest of the design process.

• Designing around art: Tips from Geneva's interior decorators
• For the love of volunteering
• Kenya children's choir makes first U.S. appearance
• Date Book
• Kane County Fair: July 16-20
• Date Book
• New Orleans meets Shakespeare
• Here and Now
• Albright Theatre's 35th season includes drama, comedy, classics
• Little Owl Restaurant a Geneva landmark

St. Charles Sun
High School Sports

Are you concerned about the financial health of your bank?
Yes
No