Carpentersville is considering cutting off funding to school crossing guards, leaving it up to a pair of school districts to pick up the tab. It's a proposal an official acknowledged could cause a “political firestorm.” Tuesday night, the village's ...

The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitality. Neighborhoods are dotted with boarded-up homes and lawns gone to seed. But i...

A heads-up crew doing a controlled burn in Carpentersville over the weekend helped thwart a residential burglary, police said Tuesday. Douglas A. Escobar, 18, of the 1400 block of Plainview Road, Carpentersville, was arrested Saturday afternoon and ...

What was expected to be a barn-burner between Barrington and Notre Dame ended up turning into a wildfire the Dons were never able to get under control. The Mid-Suburban League champion Broncos won the first 8 bouts and 12 of 14 total in a 39-5 thump...

Mapmakers looking to redraw Illinois’ political boundaries this year could take into account the increased population of Hispanics in the suburbs, possibly giving them a little more political sway in the collar counties. Under law, politicians drawi...