The Carpentersville Fire Department can check off the 10 items on a list of goals accomplished within 100 days, but Chief John-Paul Schilling says the hard work is far from over. The "100 Day Plan" was implemented in July - shortly after Schilling b...

Editor's note: this story has been updated with the correct spelling of Aida Palma's name. Jason Cortes won't be eligible to vote for another three years, yet he's been putting time and effort into making sure Latinos who can vote will. Why? "B...

Spring Hill Mall shoppers may be able to experience some aspects of a roughly $50 million redevelopment project by the end of the year. A new state-of-the-art Cinemark movie theater is expected to open around the holiday blockbuster season. New stor...

A man accused of covering up the murder of a Bartlett man, who went missing in August 2014, initially skipped court this week but eventually showed up after an arrest warrant was issued. And the man accused of killing Keith Crawford, 36, supposedly ...

Jarett Sanchez beat incumbent Joe Haimann in the Democratic primary, leaving a contest between Carpentersville residents Sanchez and Republican Roben Hall. Both strenuously oppose the Longmeadow Parkway project, both agree on a property tax levy fre...

We endorsed Republican Doug Scheflow, an Elgin attorney, in the 2012 Republican primary, which he won, but not in the general, which he also won to start his tenure on the county board. He favors development of the Longmeadow Parkway extension and b...