After losses to powerhouses Homewood-Flossmoor and Rockford Boylan to begin the season, Jacobs' girls basketball team was looking for a win any way it could get one. The Golden Eagles got the job done. Jacobs claimed its first win of the season ek...

The highly-anticipated marquee match up and title game of the Bill Knox Thanksgiving Invite on Saturday at Harvest Christian between Montini, the third place finisher in girls basketball's Class 4A tournament last year, and the host Lions, the fourt...

Dundee-Crown saved its best for last. Struggling throughout most of its 2017-18 opener, the Chargers outscored Streamwood 6-2 in overtime to escape with a 40-36 win in action at the Dundee-Crown girls basketball Thanksgiving Tournament in Carpenters...

Loyola women's golf recruit Jenny Myslinski has made more than a few putts of 19 feet or more. She also knows how to find the target from 19 feet shooting a basketball. Palatine's senior guard struck for a career-high 23 points, hitting seven basket...

A woman who was struck by a Metra train Thursday morning in downtown Elgin has died, authorities said. The woman reportedly tripped and fell before she was struck at about 6:30 a.m. at the Milwaukee District West Line stop along Chicago Street, Elgi...

Carpentersville • A Dundee-Crown High School student was charged Monday with unlawful possession of an explosive bullet, police said. He is accused of bringing a 9 mm bullet and a discharged bullet casing to school. • A Walmart employee reporte...

Carpentersville residents could see a dip in the village's portion of their property tax bills next year, thanks to rising property values and the desire by elected officials to keep the tax levy flat. Trustees this week gave a preliminary thumbs-up...

As Chairman of the Way & Means Tax Policy Committee, 6th District Congressman Peter Roskam should be sensitive to tax issues that might harm Illinois. That does not appear to be the case; either Mr. Roskam was overruled, or he simply turned a blind...