Carpentersville, like most every town, is dealing with issues that come with a proliferation of foreclosed homes. To that end, the village has recently put in for inclusion on a federally funded grant through the Chicago-based Metropolitan Planning ...

First graders from Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville visited the wildlife at the Stillman Nature Center in South Barrington recently, where retired teachers — like Mark Spreyer, the “Owl Man” -- and others, explained to ...

A longtime Community Unit District 300 educator will shift from one principal role to another, while a one-time legal adviser to the district will move into an administrative role that district leaders say will result in significant savings. The D...

Submitted by Michele Butler Boy Scout Troop 32 of West Dundee recently awarded Andrew W. Trulock, 18, his Eagle Scout Rank at an Eagle Court of Honor April 29. The Dundee-Crown High School senior is the son of Michele Butler and Bill Trulock. He pla...

Angelo Valdes claims he is not a basketball coach, but more of a “life coach.” But the director of HELPS Ministry in St. Charles knows enough about basketball and life to realize how the game can help young people who have faced struggles ...

Carpentersville Ÿ Hilario Camarena-Doroteo, 44, of the 0-99 block of Birch Street, Carpentersville, has been accused of sexually abusing a girl who is younger than 13. Prosecutors said Camarena-Doroteo lives in the same neighborhood as the girl...

Biologist Daniel Ludwig left out some key facts in his bogus justification to slaughter deer as a tool to control chronic wasting disease. Crucial among these well-established facts is that CWD is a low incidence disease and will remain so whether o...

According to some of the justices on the Supreme Court, the Constitution of the United States is a dead document. The Founding Fathers could not anticipate all the progress that has been made or how small the world has become due to technology. Some...

Carpentersville Trustee Brad McFeggan has announced he will not seek another term. McFeggan, 31, is married with two young children and says trustee obligations from a second term would mean he’d miss out on precious family moments. “I&#1...

The Kane County Regional Office of Education will bestow its annual awards Friday night at Pheasant Run’s Mega Center in St. Charles. Awards are given to elementary, middle school, high school, administrative and special education teachers, as well ...