A 19-year-old who was kidnapped in Elgin last month was forced to strip while her assailants beat her and used cigarettes to repeatedly burn her tattoo - one of a matching pair she and her ex-boyfriend had gotten, Kane County court records show. An ...

Elgin police Friday arrested a second person in the kidnapping and torture of a 19-year-old woman last weekend, police said Saturday in a news release. Ruby Gomez, 20, of the 100 block of South Clifton Avenue, Elgin, has been charged with home invas...

Carpentersville is getting a head start on funding some proposed Old Town improvement projects by using revenue from an older tax increment financing district. The village board on Tuesday approved of transferring $2.4 million in incremental tax rev...

Trump, Clinton claim big Super Tuesday victories Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump both claimed victories in several primaries on Super Tuesday, including Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. Republican Ted Cruz won Texa...

A 19-year-old who was kidnapped over the weekend in Elgin was beaten and repeatedly burned with cigarettes, according to Kane County court records. Elgin police have arrested one but are still searching for a male and three females suspected in the ...

Fox River Valley Public Library District residents have until Monday to provide feedback about the possibility of a new library on the west side of the river. In the third phase of the district's "Designing Our Future" initiative, officials are aski...

George Filenko, who led the investigation of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz's death and other high-profile cases, plans to end his six-year tenure as Lake County Major Crime Task Force commander. Lake County sheriff's office Detective...

While state grants remain frozen for park projects across Illinois, Carpentersville is seeking funding elsewhere for improvements to its flagship park. The village is applying for a $100,000 grant from Kane County's Grand Victoria Riverboat Fund Pro...

Like the family of sisters in "The Octette Bridge Club," the upcoming production by Elgin's Independent Players, every family has a variety of characters - the good, the bad, the funny, the quiet - and that's why everyone will be able to relate to t...