East Dundee, a village of 3,000 people bordered by towns as disparate as Barrington Hills, Carpentersville and Hoffman Estates, has done much in recent years to deflect the loss of the original Santa’s Village amusement park, car dealerships and, so...

Ben Stone, admittedly, was nervous stepping up to the penalty spot Tuesday. The Dundee-Crown senior calmed down and placed the penalty kick into the side netting with 22:07 remaining to give the Chargers a 2-1 victory over Fox Valley Conference Val...

Adults can get in on the Halloween fun this year at Algonquin Commons. The Randall Road mall is hosting its first Pirates of the Commons event, which will send adults on a scavenger hunt throughout the shopping center. The Commons is hosting the eve...

War hero doc goes from Iraq to ‘Untold Stories of the ER' People who hear Naperville native Dr. Sudip Bose talk about patching up soldiers in Iraq, treating Saddam Hussein or seeing an ER patient with a stiletto heel through her cheek might say...

Scott Cork and his son Shawn know what it’s like to constantly hide feelings of inadequacy and shame. The Corks, who live in Burlington, struggled academically, unable to tackle simple tasks like reading a page. They hid in the back of the classroo...

Vivian Prestia of Carpentersville is turning 1 next week — but her parents say it's only because dozens of “lifesavers” at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates helped her survive a challenging first year. Born three months early, Vivian we...