Submitted by Literacy Connection The Literacy Connection awarded learners and volunteers for their accomplishments at its annual recognition dinner and program on June 6 at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. The event’s theme was “Celebrating ...

Carpentersville Ÿ Cardell C. Johnson, 31, of the 800 block of Monroe Avenue, faces several charges in connection with an aggravated assault on a police officer that occurred early Tuesday morning, police said. According to police: Johnson was y...

Community Unit District 300 will again cram backpacks filled with school supplies into a school bus to benefit homeless students in the district. The district is holding the second “Stuff the Bus” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, in the ...

Elgin Ÿ John E. Hegel, 64, of the 500 block of Lavoie Avenue in Elgin, appeared in bond court Wednesday on a felony charge of reckless discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor charge of damage to property, according to court documents. Police r...

Ÿ Charges are not evidence of guilt. Under law, individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arlington Heights Ÿ Martin Trujillo-Herrera, 36, of the 1700 block of White Street, Des Plaines, was arrested around 3 a.m. July 3 at Algonqu...

Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity is among eight Chicago-area Habitat affiliates that have joined to create Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity. The Rev. Jeff Barrett, Fox Valley Habitat executive director, said the goal of the umbrella ...

Kane County Ÿ A desktop computer, an Xbox 360 Elite, a stereo, four speakers, a pearl necklace and a gold bracelet were stolen between 6 p.m. June 30 and 1:04 p.m. July 3 from a home in the 38W400 block of North Lakeview Circle near St. Charles...

Elgin Ÿ Zachary Fournier, 18, of the 600 block of South Third Street in West Dundee, and Anthony T. Lira, 17, of the 200 block of Webster Street in Algonquin, both appeared in adult bond court Monday on felony charges of burglary to motor vehic...

A week into its ticket amnesty program, Carpentersville has already collected $3,685, authorities said. The one-time program, which began July 1 and concludes Aug. 15, gives people with outstanding tickets an opportunity to pay half of what they ow...