Students were just arriving for school when the call came in at Dundee-Crown High School. The male caller, who also contacted Carpentersville village hall, said he was at the school and planned to start shooting. Though there were signs the Aug. 3...

Music, food and the Chicago Bears on the big screen are on tap this weekend at the grand opening of Spring Hill Mall's Container Collective Social. The outdoor entertainment venue will open officially starting Friday in the parking lot outside the f...

Barrington-based Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, gathered Back-To-School supplies for students at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, in Barrington's District 220. The Chapter's goal was to create and deliver "Sunshine Bags" for students at...

A threat of a shooting at Dundee-Crown High School that led to a lockdown at the Carpentersville school and a massive police response Wednesday morning was deemed a "swatting" hoax. Carpentersville Police Chief Todd Shaver said police received a cal...

Most of the healing and wellness at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital take place in its treatment rooms and patient beds. But just outside the hospital's Lake Barrington-area campus, the seeds for another form of healing and wellness are growing. The...

Belle Tire's rapid expansion into the Chicago suburbs could soon roll into Buffalo Grove. The Michigan-based company is proposing to build one of its tire, wheel and auto repair stores as part of the Ricky Rockets Fuel Center development at 704 E. L...

Willie Tunstall believes the children are our future. And it's not just a cliché. He has made it his life's mission to make sure that teens - especially low-income youth - learn job skills and how to be a part of their community at large. “I believe...