Kane County Animal Control has announced the 2024 dates for its popular low-cost drive-through rabies vaccine and microchip clinics. The first clinic will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Animal Control facility located a...

A Carpentersville woman was seriously injured in a Sunday evening fire at her townhouse on the 1900 block of Cobblestone Drive. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze by a neighbor just before 7:30 p.m. Firefighters rescued the woman from the townhou...

The Raceway Woods Forest Preserve in Carpentersville has a history like no other park in the suburbs.The 122 acres has all the expected amenities such as hiking, biking and picnic tables, but it’s also the home of the former Meadowdale International Speedway.

As the Carpentersville Police Department’s chaplain for more than 25 years, the Rev. Paul Zilinski has seen his share of tragedy and people struggling through difficult times. But nothing he’s experienced in the suburbs compares to what the pastor of...

In April, CASA Kane County is extending an invitation to the community to participate in raising awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month. There will be many opportunities for involvement throughout the month, with initiatives for everyone to parti...

Stratford Square Mall, a suburban shopping hub in its prime and now a shell of its former self, will shut its doors next month. The zombie mall has been declining for years. Fed up with the status quo, the village of Bloomingdale began independently ...

Shoppers searching for a good deal or the perfect gift used to flock to Spring Hill Mall on the weekends. But last Saturday afternoon, the inside of the mall was empty, and the trickle of people outside walked up to locked entrances. Some took a mome...

For more than 43 years, Doug Winger parked in the same spot whenever he reported to work at Spring Hill Mall. He parked in that spot again on Friday. This time, it was to see old friends and say goodbye during a going away party on the mall’s last of...

A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed around. Instead, they were receiving directions as they trained a half-dozen do...

BARTLETT New coach Craig Cichowicz returns senior William Qualls. Newcomers for the Hawks, which finished fifth in the Upstate Eight Conference last year, are sophomores Tej Patel, Ayyan Qureshi, Dylan Alvarez and Keshav Barot. "It is a transfo...