Details surrounding the unexpected death of a Carpentersville man after a routine police traffic stop last week are still sketchy, but authorities said Monday the man had a medical condition that was not apparent. Joshua Paul, 31, died Aug. 18 at Ad...

The grandson of an 85-year-old East Dundee woman was charged Monday with her stabbing death last month. Richard Schmelzer, 41, was taken into custody Monday afternoon in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. He is charged with two counts of murder in t...

A key to solving crime in today's digital world is to out-technology the bad guys. A sophisticated digital forensics lab — rare outside the FBI, Homeland Security and state police facilities — can be found at Elgin Community College. Its key piece o...

Joshua Paul of Carpentersville is being remembered this week for his warm smile and outgoing, caring personality. “He was always thinking about others, about the people around him,” his brother, Christopher Paul, said Sunday. “We're all pretty devas...

A 31-year-old Carpentersville man is dead following a traffic stop by police there, and the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit has been asked to investigate at the behest of local authorities. Joshua Paul died Monday at an Elgin hospital, a...

A rainy day provided Vito Andriola a ray of sunshine. Under the bright lights of Grant's old varsity gym, the school's new head football coach saw bright spots. While the Bulldogs scrimmaged using half the gym, other players practiced in the lobby o...

The feud over a new Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed for Carpentersville continued this week as East Dundee filed a lawsuit arguing Carpentersville had withheld information in a recent Freedom of Information Act request. East Dundee, which will lose it...