Kane County • Shannon Lee Jones, 32, of Calhoun Street in Woodstock, is being held in the Kane County jail after being charged Friday with two counts of residential burglary and one count of attempted burglary. Sheriff's officers had responded to c...

If the Cubs do make it into the playoffs, Major League Baseball could have a problem on its hands because of the poor outfield conditions at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday became the second visiting team this week to call the outfie...

Sept. 21 "December Boys" -- Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe goes wandless as one of four Australian pals who compete to be adopted by a childless young couple during the 1960s. In this 2005 production, just now being released, Radcliffe los...

Times were much simpler in 1979 than they are now. There were only three high schools in School District U-46, and Streamwood was the new kid on the block. Football games at Memorial Field were an event that everyone waited all week for. And we had ...

So much has changed since The Young Sea last shared a PBR with me (not to mention a lovely Tuna Helper dinner offer, thank you very much) two winters ago at their borrowed practice space in Lake Geneva. For one, they officially adopted their new na...

A 28-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated battery and retail theft after an incident at the Rolling Meadows Wal-Mart store on Monday. Prosecutors said Marilyn Juarbe was with her three young children when she went into the Wal-Ma...

College students enrolling for the fall semester are urged to apply for an absentee ballot for the 2008 presidential primary. Students registered to vote in Lake County attend school outside the county can sign up to automatically receive an absente...

Local police are hoping community members come out to visit them Tuesday. Many departments, including Batavia, Elburn, Kane County and St. Charles are participating in "National Night Out" events. "We want to promote community awareness and communit...

SAN ANTONIO -- Mike Coolbaugh became a coach with the Tulsa Drillers earlier this month not so much for the job itself, but because his little boys loved to see him on the baseball field. "He had just started," said Coolbaugh's wife, Amanda, who is ...