The Fox Valley Rising Stars 2018 Vocal Competition will take place during Fest on the Fox at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at Carpenter Park in Carpentersville. Organized by Soirée Lyrique, in collaboration with the Northern Kane County Chamber of Co...

Woodman's Food Market is seeking permission from Bloomingdale to demolish the former Macy's department store at Stratford Square Mall to make room for a stand-alone grocery store. Officials hope the proposed 24-hour grocery store will attract more c...

An unexpected $1.9 million will be sent from the state to Barrington Area Unit District 220 for a preschool program serving at-risk children. District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris said he received confirmation about the extra cash this week for t...

Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 and a Carpentersville elementary school principal are being sued by parents of a boy who say their son was sexually abused by a former substitute kindergarten teacher in early 2017. Overall, eight children...

Justin Ariel Ave Larkin High School Hometown: Elgin Parents: Elmer and Adelwisa Ave Sponsor: Adriana Espinoza, student counselor GPA: 4.620 on a weighted 4.0 scale Test scores: SAT: 1330 Planned major: Medical related field - biology/pre-med trac...

A 20-year-old who authorities said led a scheme in which a teen was kidnapped in Elgin and held overnight while cigarettes were used to burn her shoulder tattoo pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to 16½ years in prison in four separate ...

Carpentersville will be home to a second Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen later this year when the fast-food chain takes over a vacant restaurant space on Route 31. A 1,750-square-foot building at 40 N. Western Ave. is expected to be gutted and remodeled t...

If it takes a village to raise a child, then perhaps it takes a county to provide services to crime victims. In the months after the Kane County state's attorney's office lost a grant that funded three full-time advocates in the office's Victim's Ri...