The Larkin softball team hit its way to doubleheader sweep of Dundee-Crown in Carpentersville Saturday. The Royals pounded out 24 hits in the two nonconference games, winning the opener 20-6 and the second game 12-5. “It was a good day for us,” Lar...

All for one: A pat on the back goes to the union firefighters in Carpentersville who, after agreeing to forgo some holiday and overtime pay, will take a hit on their paychecks for the next couple of years. Because of it some firefighters won’t lose ...

Talk about taking one for the team. The union that represents Carpentersville firefighters and lieutenants has negotiated a three-year contract that calls for a partial salary freeze and several cuts that save $200,000 and spare the village from lay...

An audit of the special education program in Community Unit District 300 identified areas in which the district is ahead of the curve and where improvement is still needed. About 100 parents and educators of special education students in the distri...

Algonquin will begin to conduct some building inspections for Carpentersville at the rate of $58 per hour. Both village boards approved the intergovernmental agreement on Tuesday night, a move that Carpentersville Trustee Paul Humpfer called importa...

Carpentersville parent Kathy Miljevich will drive her 10-year-old daughter Katie to school if Carpentersville cuts crossing guards from its upcoming budget. She says it’s just too dangerous for her daughter to walk to Sunny Hill Elementary School wi...