Ten large bridge beams were delivered and installed Wednesday as construction continued on the Longmeadow Parkway corridor. Plans call for creating a four-lane, 5.6-mile road passing through portions of Algonquin, Carpentersville, Barrington Hills a...

Crews installed beams over Route 31 on Wednesday for Longmeadow Parkway. The Longmeadow Parkway Fox River Bridge Corridor is a planned tree-lined parkway and Fox River bridge crossing with a landscaped median, approximately 5.6 miles in length, runn...

The attorney for a Carpentersville man charged with driving under the influence in a Barrington Hills crash that killed a 5-month-old is asking a judge to throw out chemical tests showing his client had a blood alcohol content of .099, which is over...

Fox Valley Lyrical Productions (formerly Soirée Lyrique) will hold a benefit event at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Ave. in Elgin, following the last installment of the Proverbial Opera series presented b...

Five years ago, Bradley Schubert - a lifelong Fox Valley resident - knew his life was about to change drastically. After battling osteomyelitis for nearly a decade, the then 38-year-old made the decision to have his right leg amputated below the kne...

This weekend Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale: Noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18, at Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Presented by the Midwest Bonsai Society, this show fe...

More than 20,000 students returned to Community Unit District 300 schools for the first day of classes Tuesday. They were greeted by new administrators and spruced-up facilities. The district added three new elementary school principals this year - ...

On Saturday, Aug. 17, the Dundee Township Lions will offer diabetic retinopathy/macular degeneration screening for free. The evaluations will be held during the Senior Health Fair at Dundee Township Senior Center, 665 Barrington Ave. in Carpenters...

A Dundee Township Park District commissioner being sued by his family business is trying to back out of an agreement ordering him to pay $17,500 over 18 months. Frank Scarpelli Jr. of East Dundee owes $500,000 to the Meadowdale Shopping Center, the ...