Summer league, AAU, fall league, countless practices and three months of high school games served merely as prelude. Come Monday, the season that matters begins for Class 4A and Class 3A boys basketball teams. Here's a look at the playoff road ahead...

A fifth and final adult defendant is headed to prison in the 2016 kidnapping of a teen who was beaten and held overnight in Elgin while cigarettes were used to burn a tattoo into her shoulder. Megan A. Lino, 22, of Carpentersville, was sentenced Fri...

A Carpentersville man heads to prison after pleading guilty in a 2016 marijuana arrest that occurred while he was on probation for a 2013 bust when police discovered some 30 pounds of pot in his house while responding to a domestic complaint. Danie...

A $35,000 donation could help East Dundee kick-start an initiative to rebrand and standardize its downtown signage. The funds, coming from a settlement with Carpentersville's Otto Engineering, are earmarked for beautification and marketing efforts i...

One person died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon that shut down Route 31 in Carpentersville, authorities said. Fire and police crews responded about 12:24 p.m. to Route 31 between Lincoln Avenue and Miller Road, where they found a vehicle...