Carpentersville
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Doors open on new Boys & Girls Club’s impact center in CarpentersvilleSep 12, 2026 12:06 pm - The Boys & Girls Club of the Northwest Suburbs officially opened its teen impact center Thursday, announcing it would be named for the family foundation whose donation helped them meet the building’s $13.2 million fundraising goal.
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Jacobs’ Aiden Brunner scores 2 second-half TDs to erase 17-point deficit, top Burlington CentralSep 12, 2026 6:53 am - Junior running back Aiden Brunner didn’t flinch, realizing that he had to wait his turn for Jacobs. In a program known for running the ball under coach Brian Zimmerman, i...
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Local Algonquin student receives Woman’s Life scholarshipSep 12, 2026 12:07 am - Woman's Life Insurance Society awarded a $1,000 annual scholarship to Nicholas Jamison of Algonquin who will study astrophysics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as part of their commitment to helping members invest in their futures through education.
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Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacksSep 11, 2026 5:19 pm -
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CASA Kane County hosts inaugural ‘Dancing with the Local Stars’ fundraiser for foster childrenSep 11, 2026 4:53 pm - CASA Kane County will host "Dancing with the Local Stars" on Oct. 7 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, where community leaders and professionals will perform on the dance floor to raise funds for children in foster care who have experienced abuse and neglect.
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She told him ‘she loved him’: United Airlines remembers 9/11 crews who perished as suburbs mark 25 yearsSep 11, 2026 4:31 pm - Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the grim events are still personal for many airline employees who worked that fatal day.
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Harper College and local high schools launch program for students to earn two degrees simultaneouslySep 11, 2026 11:55 am - The first cohort of over 40 students recently began College Now, a new program allowing high school juniors to earn an Associate in Arts degree and high school diploma simultaneously through a partnership between three school districts and Harper College.
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Back to rock: RocHaus to reopen in West Dundee, shows booked for the rest of the yearSep 11, 2026 11:37 am - RocHaus, the historic entertainment venue in downtown West Dundee, will reopen Oct. 2 with “The Magic of John Westford” after owner Kevin Krak invested $20,000 in renovations and hired Nick LeRoy as director of entertainment.
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U-46 breaks ground on new Elgin elementary schoolSep 11, 2026 9:30 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to mark the start of construction on a new elementary school on Elgin’s northeast side.
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Elgin unveils its first pollination garden and plans 5 moreSep 11, 2026 8:37 am - Elgin's Sustainability Commission unveiled the city's first pollinator garden at Kimball Street and Fox River Bike Trail, with plans for five more gardens throughout the city using native plants like milkweed that require less water and support bees and butterflies.