Be sure to bring your empty stomachs to the Hampshire Fire/EMS Association's upcoming open house and bratwurst dinner. The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Hampshire Fire Station, 202 Washington Ave. You can select from a menu of...

Strong pitching has been the key to a successful season for the Jacobs baseball team, and that trait was on display once again in a 5-0 victory over District 300 rival Dundee-Crown in Carpentersville Wednesday. Two days after the Golden Eagles uncha...

Carpentersville officials are kicking around ways to keep the emerald ash borer from ever striking its trees again. Tuesday night, Public Works Director Bob Cole outlined two pricing options for ash tree removal and replacement, while trustees brie...

South Elgin 8, Bartlett 5: Comeback victories are always something to savor in baseball. For South Elgin, there’s a little extra to Tuesday’s come-from-behind win since it came at rival Bartlett’s expense. The Storm (17-10, 14-8) never gave up in an...

Fourteen Hoffer Plastics employees spent a day working on an 1880s home in an Elgin historic district that is being renovated by Habitat For Humanity of Northern Fox Valley. The day's activities, which were sponsored by the Hoffer Foundation, includ...

Getting the family out on bicycles is a great way to get everyone away from electronic devices, exercising and doing something together while perhaps exploring the scenery. And the suburbs make it easy to do. Depending on where you live, you likely...

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...