Two homes were destroyed in a fire in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon that appears to have started in a detached garage. Two neighboring detached garages were also destroyed and another nearby home suffered heat damage, fire officials added. Fir...

Starts before Friday Kickoff to Summer Carnival: 5-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 8-9; 1-10 p.m. Saturday, June 10; and 1-9 p.m. Sunday, June 11, in the Highwood Metra Station Parking Lot, 406 Sheridan Road, Highwood. Celebrate Highwood will...

Though they didn't get to raise the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship trophy, four suburban spellers made an impressive stand on the most competitive national linguistic stage during last week's competition in Washington, D.C. Our cont...

Kane County has received an additional $12.5 million in state funding to support eliminating a toll on drivers using the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge over the Fox River when it opens next year, county officials announced. The funding, included in the c...

The interest in gardening that bloomed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic is flourishing. And it seems like younger people are sticking with it, according to local experts. “Gardening became a major, major pastime for a lot of people bec...

Hudson was a Kane County sheriff's office police dog for just a little more than two years, but his brief career - cut short when he was shot to death last week - made a significant impact. And as befits a law enforcement officer who dies in the lin...

Elgin Community College career and technical students traveled to Peoria, Illinois, to compete in the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference on April 29-30. The SkillsUSA Illinois Championships unite more than 2,000 students from career a...

Two landmark pieces of state legislation, one requiring halal/kosher foods be made available at public facilities and another providing Muslim imams access into prisons for chaplaincy, are on their way to becoming laws. The bills - Faith by Plate Ac...