Author: Fox Valley Magazine

A Schaumburg man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the sexual abuse of two children in Elgin. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced that 39-year-old Randall Porter Rabey has agreed to a sentence of 23 years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty plea to the offenses of: Between November 2015 and July 2017, Porter Rabey sexually abused two Elgin children that were under the age of 13. Porter Rabey knew the children. Porter Rabey was also in possession of child pornography. “Not only did Mr. Porter Rabey sexually…

(Photo credit: Payton’s Photography) St. Charles resident Liz Suwanski will see a dream come true next week as she competes on The Food Network’s “Halloween Cookie Challenge.” The show will air on Monday, October 30, at 9pm on The Food Channel. Suwanski is thrilled by the opportunity. “I never could have imagined when I started making decorated sugar cookies so many years ago that I would end up making cookies on TV!” she wrote on her Facebook page. “This little hobby has given me so many amazing opportunities and allowed me to meet so many amazing cookie friends that I…

A lawyer and honoree of the Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union who worked in the State of Illinois Comptroller’s office has been fired after expressing extreme antisemitic views in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel. Sarah Chowdhury was also the president of the South Asian Bar Association of Chicago, a position she also lost because of the controversy. Chowdhury posted the antisemitic comments on her Instragram account around 12:30pm on Thursday, October 19. During an exchange on the platform, she referred to a poster as a “[expletive] Jew” and said “Hitler should have…

A Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy is in critical condition after his squad car was hit head-on by a pickup truck pulling a trailer. According to a KCSO press release, at approximately 6:56am this morning, an on-duty Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in a severe crash on Illinois Route 47, just south of Plank Road in Hampshire Township. Upon initial investigation, the collision involved two vehicles: a Kane County Sheriff’s Office squad and a Dodge Ram pickup truck towing a loaded trailer. The pickup was heading northbound on Illinois Route 47 when it attempted to stop in traffic. It then…

An extraordinary Halloween display in West Chicago just won national glory. Lehman Manor, located at 2760 Lehman Drive in West Chicago, was one of four haunted houses across the country featured on ABC’s “Great Halloween Fright Fight” Sunday evening. The creators of Lehmsan Manor, the McCabe family, beat families in Michigan, Colorado and Nevada for the prize. Started eight years ago by now-17-year old Miles McCabe, Lehman manor has become a year-round labor of love for the entire family. The attraction features 150 animatronics and live actors. People have come from not only across Illinois but across the country to…

On Saturday, Elgin hosted its legendary Halloween celebration, Nightmare on Chicago Street. Fox Valley Magazine’s Kevin Ketchum braved the zombie uprising to grab some sights and sounds of the event. (Photo credit Kevin Ketchum) For some live video of the event, head over to our Fox Valley Magazine Facebook Page. And for a little background on Nightmare on Chicago Street, here are the guys from Justa Coupla Guys interviewing the head zombie herself, Alexandria Radovics from the City of Elgin.

A man police found shot on Elgin’s west side early Friday evening later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. The identity of the victim has not been released. At 6:24pm Friday, officers responded to the 1200 block of Fleetwood Drive for a reported shooting. Upon arriving at the scene, officers located an adult male with injuries. The victim later succumbed to his injuries and the Kane County Coroner was contacted. As is the case with death investigations, the coroner will determine the cause and manner of death pending an autopsy. Detectives continue to investigate as this is an…

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois Utility customers throughout Illinois will likely see higher natural gas bills beginning in January after staff at the state’s utility regulatory agency recommended rate increases for four gas companies.  Those recommendations – made by administrative judges at the Illinois Commerce Commission – next go to the appointed five-member commission itself. Over the next two months, the ICC will weigh whether to approve rate hikes for the 4.1 million customers of Ameren Illinois, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas. Estimates on the consumer cost of the rate increases, which go into effect in January,…

An Elgin man is in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Aurora after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a guardrail on Route 47 in Elburn. According to a police report, Alexander Esparza, 22, was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Route 47 late Tuesday evening when he lost control while passing a vehicle at high speed, ultimately colliding with the guardrail. Esparza was treated at the scene and then transported to Northwestern Delnor Hospital in Geneva, after which he was flown to Good Samaritan Hospital in Aurora, where he remains in critical condition. Investigators have…

Classic rock legend Tommy James and his Shondells come to the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles this Saturday for one night only. Tommy James hit the rock scene in 1966 with the smash hit “Hanky Panky, which sold a million copies. James promptly followed up with two more million selling singles – “Say I Am (What I Am)” and “It’s Only Love” – and the Hanky Panky album went gold just four weeks after its release. With three hits under his belt, James brought in producers Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell, and the three produced seven back-to-back smash singles: “I Think We’re Alone…