Jessica Cano, who teaches English language learners, has been at Golfview Elementary in Carpentersville for nine years. “I was a long term substitute for five years and became a certified teacher four years ago,” she said. Cano holds a special educa...

James Olvera has always tried to live by one important life lesson: The more you give, the more you receive. So in 2010, shortly after graduating college, he started searching for a chance to volunteer in the community. He found that opportunity wit...

The Culver's along Randall Road in Carpentersville temporary closed at 6 p.m. on a Sunday night this month, and shortly after everything in the dining room came out in preparation for crews to come in and remodel the restaurant. The fast food restau...

I've had a few bad breaks in my day. I'm talking of headlines, of course. I can't cite any specific examples, however, because once a copy editor suffers the humiliation of a really bad headline break he or she is unlikely to make another anytime so...

Jose Horta didn't kill David Campbell. He didn't even touch the 27-year-old Waukegan man, who was beaten, tortured with a blow torch and then suffocated with plastic bags in 2011 before his body was dumped in the Penny Road Pond near Barrington. So ...

A concept called shared mobility illustrates a fundamental change in transportation and was a centerpiece topic at the Fox Valley Sustainability Network forum on Dec. 7 at Judson University in Elgin. The network has been hosting forums all year that...

Hampshire is seeking experienced residents and stakeholders to serve on a special committee aimed at strengthening the local economy. The new business development commission, established in October, is tasked with attracting, expanding and retaining...

A local church is raising money to open a community store in East Dundee that will sell groceries and other merchandise at reduced prices. H2O Church is in the final stretch of its fundraising campaign for Discount Grocery, which would operate as a ...