An appellate court panel has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a union that represents court security officers in Kane County. The officers have been working without a contract since 2008, but a judge issued a favorable ruling last fall that they were e...

Carpentersville again postponed a vote on video gambling Tuesday night because there were not enough trustees in attendance to make a decision. Two weeks ago, the board voted 3-2 to bring video gambling to town, but that wasn’t enough because financ...

Carpentersville Ÿ Joseph Alesi, 55, of the first block of Wenholz Avenue, East Dundee, was arrested and charged with forging a title certificate Monday, according to police reports. Alesi altered the registration sticker on a vehicle, reports s...

Carpentersville village trustees Tuesday are scheduled to vote on whether they should support another town’s fight to keep private the messages that public officials send at meetings via their personal electronic devices. Village President Ed Ritte...

Ÿ Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Bartlett Ÿ Brian Esperanza, 19, of the 800 block of Pheasant Trail, St. Charles, was arrested around 7:05 a.m. July 16 at Munger and Sayer ro...

Community Unit District 300’s crisis handbook has always effectively prepared administrators, staff and students for critical situations and adequately outlined expectations for dealing with incidents such as the death of a student or teacher. But G...