Diapers, baby wipes, pet food, and fruits and vegetables. This looks like a shopping list, but it is more of a wish list volunteers of Dundee Township’s FISH Food Pantry have put together to help them meet the demands of the coming months. For them,...

Losing third-year fullback Cody Lane to a torn knee ligament in June was a blow to the rising Dundee-Crown football program, but third-year coach Vito Andriola firmly believes his Chargers remain capable of qualifying for the playoffs for the first ...

As she runs her hand over the 100-square quilt, Terri Dudar stops on certain squares and stares at them. Each square memorializes a young person from the suburbs who died of a heroin overdose, like her son, Jason, did in 2008. Some quilt squares ar...

SPRINGFIELD - The mother of a suburban Northern Illinois University student who was killed at the mass shooting there five years ago is pushing Congress to approve universal background checks for gun buyers. Mary Kay Mace, whose daughter Ryanne of ...

The Barrington Area CROP Hunger Walk Committee is proud to announce that Betty Reed was named grand marshal for the 31st anniversary of the event that raises funds for people in need in our communities and around the world. For 30 years, Reed has w...

You can't talk about the Fox River in Carpentersville without mentioning Tom Roeser, president and chief executive officer of Otto Engineering, the biggest employer in town. Roeser's move to spend millions renovating and beautifying his company hea...

Tom Roeser, who says he's repeatedly received miscommunication and misinformation from Carpentersville Community Development Director Jim Hock, implored village trustees Tuesday to “deal with these issues” and stopped short of asking them to fire Ho...

Emily Weyers wanted to turn a personal fight for equality into her career. The 18-year-old Dundee-Crown High School grad was planning to start in DePaul University's political science program next month and eventually focus on gay rights legal issue...