Carpentersville
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Ecker Center opening annual Festival of TreesOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The Ecker Center for Mental Health will hold its seventh annual Festival of Trees in November. Beautiful artificial Christmas trees, sponsored and decorated by local bu...
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Village may be train horn-free by year's endOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich residents may not have to deal with noisy train horns for much longer. After trying for two years, the village is now a step closer to establishing a quiet ...
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Kane County filingsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Filing opened Monday for the Feb. 5 Illinois primary. Here are the candidates who filed Monday to run for Kane County offices and the judicial sub-circuits in the Northw...
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Fired, rehired officer won't return as ROPEOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Though Jesus "Jesse" Padron has been rehired to the Elgin Police Department, he will not return as a ROPE officer, Police Chief Lisa Womack said Monday. In an e-mail se...
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Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame seeks 2008 nomineesOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nominations are being sought for the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame. Previous inductees include a violinist, a ballerina, an opera singer, an illustrator, a composer and t...
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Mothers club sponsors Halloween partyOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The gymnasium at North Aurora's Fearn Elementary School transformed into a chamber of fun Sunday as the North Aurora Mothers Club hosted about 350 children and their par...
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Elburn man solid gold in Special Olympics in ChinaOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Twenty-one-year old Dustin Dickens of Elburn has won scores of medals through his participation in Special Olympics in Illinois. But the four he won earlier this month a...
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Revitalization forces downtown merchants to copeOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Retail is tough. Retail in the typical suburban downtown is tougher. And retail during downtown revitalization is - well, certainly not easy but maybe not quite as bad...
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Alpaca extravaganza held at Lake Co. fairgroundsOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Ten years ago, Caryn Wolf was shopping at Northbrook Court and came across a kiosk selling items made from alpaca hair. The Deerfield resident wasn't exactly sure what ...
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Domestic violence shelter gets new libraryOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The books are a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless. When mothers who are victims of domestic violence choose to leave home in the middle of the night, they often d...