Carpentersville • A student from Jacobs High School was charged Tuesday with retail theft, Carpentersville police said. She is accused of stealing a sweatshirt from a Dundee-Crown High School spirit wear merchandise shop Feb. 24. • A juvenile w...

Things are looking up in East Dundee. Thanks in large part to the vision and wallet of businessman/landowner/builder/rehabber Tom Roeser, the downtown is now a vibrant place, sporting his trademark butter brick facades, an inviting streetscape and a...

Ed Murnane may have gotten ahead of himself when he wrote on Feb. 14 that Chris Kennedy is likely to be unopposed in a Democratic Primary for Illinois Governor. A recent straw poll indicated that Daniel Biss and Ameya Pawar have part of base's atte...

When it comes to people deciding where to live, a town's reputation might not be everything, but it's in the team picture. What's my tax bill, how good are the schools and what does the village have to offer are also front and center. It wasn't too ...

The village of Carpentersville has, for the most part, watched its star rise the last several years. Gone is the occasional circuslike atmosphere at village board meetings and in are an increased tax base, park renovations, stable finances and villa...