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 ...

Elgin Ÿ Pedro Rodriguez-Alavardo, 28, of the 300 block of Council Trail in Lake in the Hills, appeared in bond court Thursday on charges of identity theft and possession of a falsified Social Security card, three felonies, according to court documen...

For years, Kent Baldwin of Carpentersville has kept the heat on village officials and on our state legislators to add more streetlights. Baldwin, who has previously run for village president and trustee, also made adding streetlights a central iss...

Carpentersville Trustee Brad McFeggan is hoping to bring a touch of nostalgia to the village by allowing ice cream trucks. The village board is reviewing an ordinance that if approved, would regulate ice cream trucks and other peddlers that sell fo...

A judge could decide in the coming months if Kane County Coroner Chuck West is physically able to stand trial on felony misconduct charges. After a brief court hearing Wednesday, defense attorney Gary Johnson said his client was again hospitalized....