Among ongoing contract negotiations, two Carpentersville firefighters are expected to be laid off later this month and more personnel cuts might be in the offing in other village departments, officials said. A spokesman for the union representing th...

The Fox River Public Library District is pleased to host Chuy Negrete's "500 Years of Mexican-American History Through Song" at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at the Dundee Library, 555 Barrington Ave. (Route 68) in East Dundee. Negrete, a musicologist, ...

The Carpentersville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5915 Auxiliary invites the community to its spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Saturday, April 9. The dinner will be served from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the post home, 301 Lake Marian Road in Carpentersville...

The Literacy Connection's annual Trivia Bee will feature a grand prize raffle with a chance to win an Apple iPad, $250 cash or two tickets to see Florence & the Machine this summer! Tickets are on sale now or during the annual fundraiser, which will...

The Carpentersville Fire Department will see another change in leadership when Chief John Skillman retires this spring. Born and raised in Carpentersville, Skillman has worked at the fire department 29 years, serving as deputy fire chief, battalion ...

Local FISH Food Pantry volunteers are counting on grants to help pay some of the costs to renovate a larger unit in the Meadowdale Shopping Center. The first of the grant proposals went out this month, said Mary Graziano, FISH president. Others will...

Soon after the schools begin discharging kids at 2 p.m. on this particular Thursday in a low-income neighborhood on Elgin's northeast side, the second- through-sixth-grade kids begin streaming in at the central clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of ...

Wal-Mart will hire approximately 160 new employees for its Supercenter in Carpentersville, slated to open in a few months. About 165 associates will be moving from the East Dundee store to the new location at Route 25 and Lake Marian Road. A tempor...