The economy's still down. Gas prices are up. The kids are out of school and looking for entertainment. What to do? Movie-theater chains all over the suburbs have an answer: cheap kiddie matinees. For as little as $1, parents can bring their children...

Every Cub Scout promises to “help other people” and for members of Pack 1047 in Gilberts, that means vegetable gardening. Last month, the Cub Scouts and their leaders headed out to their chartering organization, the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Gilb...

Carpentersville police say they found 137 pounds of marijuana in garbage bags in a rented home and have arrested the resident on charges of running a grow house. Carpentersville police Cmdr. Timothy Bosshart said patrol officers teamed up with the C...

With hopes that it will reopen this fall, Cole Hall has been full of activity as the state-funded, $6 million remodeling project for the infamous Northern Illinois University building nears its halfway point. Three years ago, five students were fata...

A first responder who started his career in Carpentersville before taking those skills to fire agencies down south, has died. Ronald Lee Creek, former chief of what used to be the Carpentersville and Countryside Fire Protection District, died Wedne...

James Krenz was a take charge kind of man and wasn’t the type to ever stand on the sidelines, his family members said. That’s why Krenz, a mainstay on the Fox Valley political scene for nearly a decade, ran for three separate offices. Krenz, 57, d...

Earlier this year, the Carpentersville Fire Department put out word that it needed $15,000 to pay for a memorial dedicated to local firefighters and to those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Well, the department has met that goal ...

Ronald Lee Creek, 74, of Eagle Rock, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in his home surrounded by his family and friends. Mr. Creek was born October 23, 1936, in Webster City, Iowa to John Henry and Zetta (Norton) Creek. He graduated f...