Continuing a recent trend in Carpentersville in which unions negotiate contracts without the aid of attorneys until the very end, the part-time firefighters union has reached a deal with the village. The village board approved a four-year contract T...

Carpentersville has beaten out nine communities to snag a $75,000 community planning grant from the Regional Transportation Authority. The grant allows Carpentersville to initiate a study to see whether there is demand to change the existing Pace bu...

While Carpentersville board members signed off on a much lower property tax levy than originally proposed, a recent change in state law helped them make it work. Tuesday night, the board agreed to impose a levy not to exceed $10,895,648 — after aba...

Elgin Ÿ Vicki L. Crombleholme, 49, of the 1000 block of Mark Street in South Elgin, was arrested and later charged with retail theft, a misdemeanor, according to police reports. Crombleholme is charged with stealing about $88 worth of merchandise sh...

Take a holiday season breather at the Dundee Township Public Library, 555 Barrington Ave. in East Dundee. Special events are planned for all ages. Winter crafts: Teens are invited to join the library on their day off school and make crafts from...

A Carpentersville woman died early Sunday morning in a rollover crash in Texas. A 50-year-old Round Lake Beach man was driving an SUV on a Texas highway when he drifted off the roadway into the center median about 4:50 a.m., according to Texas autho...

At a time when many municipalities and school districts are sparing taxpayers the sting of even bigger tax bills by keeping their annual levies about the same, some school districts say they need to ask for double-digit-percentage-point increases to...