Carpentersville is looking to create a new committee that would be responsible for planning community events. The village has already started recruiting "creative and community-minded individuals" to join the proposed special events committee, which...

Advocate Sherman Hospital distributed distributed Friday morning nearly 100 free emergency response kits to more than 15 police and fire agencies as part of an initiative to standardize emergency response to such events. “We're going to push these ...

If you have a favorite gas station, you're likely familiar with its employees and might even chat with them for a few minutes when you pop in. But to those who frequent Gilberts' only gas station, manager Laura Britto is not just a known face but an...

Sixteen-year-old Kajira Blunt has big goals for her future. As a sophomore at Dundee-Crown High School, she wants to do well in school, attend Columbia College Chicago - her "dream college" - and eventually become a professional singer. And she's on...

Construction has been smooth sailing for Carpentersville's new Wal-Mart Supercenter, village officials say, and the store is on track to open by early summer. Contractors are working on the inside of the nearly 183,000-square-foot building, located ...

West Dundee's financial advisers have determined that the redevelopment of Spring Hill Mall is not probable without the creation of a tax increment financing district. During a public hearing Monday, Robert Rychlicki, executive vice president of Chi...