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Kane County Assistant State's Attorney Greg Sams, the lead prosecutor in 35 first-degree murder trials, didn't start out as a lawyer – or even a prosecutor.
The HardyStrong Foundation, a non-profit charity named after the late Justin Hardy, continues to share his story while while raising awareness for cancers caused by genetic mutations nearly four years after his passing.
Janie Grillo of Campton Hills collects monarch eggs and caterpillars, raises them safely from predators, releases the mature butterflies – and tags those that are migrating.
Kane County Assistant State's Attorney Greg Sams, the lead prosecutor in 35 first-degree murder trials, didn't start out as a lawyer – or even a prosecutor.
She organizes golf cart races with her seniors, came out of retirement just to keep caring, and lights up every room she enters. Meet Paula Marks — Kane County's 2026 reader-nominated Everyday Hero.
The Kane County Chronicle honors the everyday heroes making a difference in Kane County through their hard work, kindness and dedication.
Check out the photos from our Thank You Veterans special section in Kane County for 2025.
Keeping up a 85-year-old building is no small feat, yet Michael Farrari is working hard at it, as commander of the Geneva-Fox River American Legion Post 75.
Elburn resident Jen Hall served in the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller and flew F16 fighter jets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
After spending four years in the Marines, Shannon Moose has now made a name at St. Charles North as the head athletic trainer.
While serving during the evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021, U.S. Navy Reserve Corpsman Brooke Christenson helped a woman deliver a placenta that was stuck following childbirth – on an airplane – ultimately saving the woman’s life.
Sycamore resident and U.S. Army veteran Nate Johnson is the assistant superintendent of the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission, where he finds peace in helping his fellow veterans.
Jamie Dunlap became a business teacher at Geneva High School because of a boring accounting instructor – and she took a circuitous road to get there.
Celebrating Neil Currie's legacy at St. Charles East: A beloved voice in local sports, and history teacher.
Cailla Swanson is in her third year of teaching special ed at Geneva High School.
Chad Clarey became a teacher and a coach because teachers and coaches mentored him.
Unlike K-12 classroom teachers, LaTart also works with a wide age-range of students, and he doesn’t like to use age as a metric for responsibility.
For many students in the Transition Program, paraprofessionals Dahlquist and Harding provide the final measures of support before the students set out on their own.