Faced with declining membership, the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in South Elgin decided to merge with its counterpart in Carpentersville, whose officials said they welcomed the addition. "I was sad that we had to merge ... because of all these yea...

Demand for food assistance for underprivileged students and families within Community Unit District 300 continues to grow, say officials running the only school-based nonprofit food pantry in Kane and McHenry counties. In the past year, the District...

Carpentersville Trustee Jeff Sabbe is stepping down from his post when his family moves out of state later this fall. Since being elected to his first political seat in 2015, Sabbe said he has grown to love the responsibility that comes with sittin...

"Hi, we're the Woodmans!" exclaimed Phil and son Clint Woodman, the frontmen of the Wisconsin-based mega grocer, on Wednesday at a groundbreaking for their new store in Buffalo Grove. "Ay, caramba, we're here," company's CEO Phil Woodman added. "We ...

A former Waukegan man wrongly imprisoned for a 1999 murder will receive $9 million through a settlement with the law enforcement agencies that put him behind bars. Jason Strong, 42, will receive $6 million from Waukegan in the settlement's biggest p...

As a young girl growing up in Chicago, Cindy Kueter became involved in CROP Hunger Walks after witnessing the effects of poverty in the city. Now a member of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Barrington, she says hunger is just as prevalent a...