An ongoing renovation of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in Carpentersville aims to return the fraternal organization to its historic roots in the village, but with a modern twist. Carpentersville-based Century Lodge #492 has spent the la...

What more perfect setting than the verdant banks of the Fox River to enjoy the sounds of folk music? Lissette Rivera of Carpentersville said attending the 37th annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival at Island Park in Geneva was a gre...

So much for Friday's debut of Kyle Rohde as Elgin's head coach football coach. Though, that was the fault of Mother Nature, who Rohde was very leery of Friday morning. “I was watching (the weather) since about 6 a.m.,” the first-year coach said af...

DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen saw the after effects, counted the bodies and made sure the public was aware of the reality. With 31 confirmed heroin overdose deaths so far and another four suspected, he reported the county is on pace to set...

During the past two elections, Republican Joe Walsh made a lot of waves in the suburbs — first defeating Democrat Melissa Bean of Barrington in 2010 to go to Congress and then losing his 2012 bid against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates....

Elgin Theatre Company will open its 2013-14 season with plenty of laughs. Its first show of the season will be Ken Ludwig’s “The Fox on the Fairway,” running Sept. 6 to 22 at the Kimball Street Theater at Elgin Academy. Not familiar with this play’...

More than 100 people were evacuated from assisted and supportive living facilities as well as a small office building on Regency Parkway in Huntley Thursday because of a gas leak. A contractor hit a gas main just before 9 a.m. while digging for a st...

With some smart financial planning and the hard work of a local restaurateur, Algonquin has made Fox River a hub for playing, eating and quiet solitude. One local leader even likens one of the efforts to a Norman Rockwell painting. On the village's ...

Tanya Childs can’t look back, she can only look forward. Yes, the Elgin woman could determine her 23-year-old daughter, Liana, had taken heroin that last night three months ago, when she came home high and never woke up the next morning. And, yes, t...