Workers at a Starbucks coffee shop in Arlington Heights voted 11-3 to join Starbucks Workers United, becoming the 12th unionized store in the suburbs.

When Elgin police found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River on Monday, one question immediately popped into the public’s mind: Why wasn’t it found long ago?

Authorities say skeletal remains were found inside the car that belonged to an Elgin woman who has been missing for 42 years.

Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, Elgin police and a dive team searching the Fox River made a stunning find: the 1980 Toyota Celica Karen Schepers owned.

The state could study instituting a mileage-based tax compared to the current one based on gallons of gas, under a proposal in the Illinois General Assembly.

The search for a woman missing since 1983 will take Elgin police to the Fox River Monday.

The recent deaths of two teens from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a parked car are very unusual, experts say. Possible factors investigators are considering: a potential exhaust leak, wind conditions and after-market exhaust work.

Dennis C. Ernest is one of five candidates running for three seats on the Carpentersville village board in the April 1 consolidated election.

Billy Dean Saylor is one of five candidates running for three seats on the Carpentersville village board in the April 1 consolidated election.

Jim Malone is one of five candidates running for three seats on the Carpentersville village board in the April 1 consolidated election.