When is fire a good thing? When it's a carefully controlled, prescribed burn in your local Kane County forest preserves. Each spring and fall, the Forest Preserve District of Kane County conducts prescribed burns across prairies, woodlands and wetla...

A Geneva woman accused of having sex with two students she once taught at a Carpentersville Middle School was declared fit Friday to stand trial. Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler agreed with attorneys after reviewing the results of evaluations of Lind...

Get your candy ready. Halloween is almost here, and trick-or-treaters will soon be ringing doorbells throughout the suburbs. Here's a list of trick-or-treat hours; all times are for Tuesday, Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted. Addison: 3-7 p.m. Algonqu...

Editor's note: The man who died has been identified as Brett Morrow, 22, of Gurnee. For the latest news, click here. A 22-year-old Gurnee man working in a Streamwood sewer line was killed Wednesday. Firefighters worked for about four hours Wedn...

Two men have pleaded guilty to their roles in a January 2016 home invasion and robbery of a Carpentersville home and have been sent to prison. Christen Deleslin, 22, of St. Charles, was sentenced to 13 years after pleading guilty to felony home inva...

Dundee Township's New Friends and Neighbors group is teaming up with the public's love of movies and television shows to benefit the local FISH Food Pantry. Members are looking for neighbors who want to compete in their annual trivia contest on Fri...

Ask Andrew Ross of Carpentersville what he was doing Saturday night, and he'll tell you he was in downtown Elgin, following people with a demented, mad smile on his face while clutching a metal chain, ready to strangle his victims. All in good fun, ...

The Northern Kane County Chamber of Commerce board of directors invites community members and local businesses to download the chamber's free, convenient and easy-to-use to mobile app. "Our app gives the community everything it needs to know about o...