A new judge has been assigned to the misconduct case of Kane County Coroner Chuck West, who is accused of stealing a television from the home of a dead Carpentersville man in 2007. Judge John McAdams has been designated to take over for Judge Bruce ...

I’m not jealous of anyone who makes a lot of money, but when the tax structure is not benefiting anyone but the rich, it keeps the middle and lower class from moving up. We need a level playing field. Even more unfair is putting money made here in o...

Burger Baron restaurant is now open at 132 E. Golf Road in Arlington Heights, the spot that formerly housed Garabaldi's before it was closed last year by state authorities. The family-owned Burger Baron at the International Plaza shopping center fe...

Elgin Ÿ McKhenny T. Suarez, 20, of the 1400 block of Knotty Pine Drive in Elgin, and Ally J. Cho, 20, of the same street, were arrested and later charged with retail theft after being seen taking five computer games, men’s deodorant, teeth whit...

Candidates in the three-way Republican primary for the Kane County Board’s 21st District don’t see eye to eye on whether the long-awaited Longmeadow Parkway is necessary to ease traffic congestion. The parkway is a 5.6-mile corridor primarily impact...

The Republican race for Kane County Board chairman went from surly to ugly at Mach speed. Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns and State Sen. Chris Lauzen have been down this road before (see 2008 14th Congressional District race). The latest salvo came when La...

Carpentersville Ÿ An undercover drug operation at about 6 p.m. Thursday in the 0-100 block of Austin Avenue resulted in the arrest of the two men who lived there, police said. Police used a search warrant to uncover a double-barrel shotgun, 103...

Ÿ Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Elk Grove Village Ÿ Thieves stole a 40-foot trailer out of a lot at Schmitt’s Truck Repair, 2000 Elmhurst Road, between 12:01 and 6:10 a.m. F...

In the 33rd Senate district, Pingree Grove resident and former trustee Cliff Surges is competing against St. Charles resident Karen McConnaughay, the current Kane County Board chairwoman, for the Republican nomination. The district straddles northea...