Whoa! No right turn on red at Randall Road for you westbound Huntley Road drivers. Stop that! Carpentersville police Cmdr. Michael Kilbourne asked me to let you know of the new rules at the troubled intersection of Huntley Road and Randall Road. Tur...

Burlington •Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Meadow View in Burlington at 4:52 a.m. Tuesday where lightning had struck a home. Extensive damage was done to the living room and the home's cathedral ceiling. Water damage was confined ...

Amateur golfers took their best shot at Renz Addiction Counseling Center's fifth annual Hole-in-One Shootout, which was held in June at The Highlands of Elgin. Area golfers tried their skill at hitting within an 8-foot circle around the 135-yard tar...

The largest employer in Carpentersville said Tuesday he did not expect a U.S. Department of Labor audit of his company's work force to find any illegal immigrants. Tom Roeser, president and owner of Otto Engineering, said federal officials notified ...

A standing-room-only crowd inside, and another 300 residents outside, gathered Tuesday at the Carpentersville village board meeting, where trustees were set to discuss another controversial proposal opposed by Latino residents. Crowd members, mostly...

Four men were arrested and thousands of dollars in cash, cars and drugs were seized Friday morning when police and drug agents searched four homes at the Fox View Apartments in Carpentersville. Deandre Johnson, 17, of 733 Houston Drive, was charged ...

Getting too close to your favorite suburban river dam now could cost you $2,500 and up to a year behind bars. New legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich creates "exclusion zones" around low-head dams, which are considered especially da...

Doing it right matters: For the fourth year in a row, the village of Huntley won a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association. The award, given to only 2 percent of municipalitie...

The Elgin Boys and Girls Club has launched a new initiative this week designed to fight obesity among Latinos, who make up about half of the club's patrons. The national "Salsa, Sabor y Salud" program is culturally based, incorporating Latino tradit...