Now that new legislation has cleared the way for Illinois school districts to build wind farms, three suburban districts are finalizing plans to become the first in the state to do so. Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, Keeneyville E...

Progress on St. Charles' dreams of building its own bridge over the Fox River are expected to pick up steam after a meeting with state and federal transportation officials at the end of this week. The $30 million Red Gate bridge project is high on M...

Tours, walks •Best of the West Garden Walk, sponsored by the Morton Arboretum, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9-10. Six locations the Western suburbs including Lemont, LaGrange, Oswego, Aurora and St. Charles. The walk highlights average-sized lots. $20 a p...

Major League Baseball is a game of constant adjustments, particularly for a starting pitcher like Randy Wells who hadn't won a game for the Cubs since April 30. Following an April in which he went 3-0 with an ERA of 3.45, Wells hit the worst slump o...

Elgin bull; Albert Bennett Sr., 44, of the 7000 block of Westwood Drive, Carpentersville, was charged with aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon at 9:13 p.m. Thursday after an incident in the 1200 block of Fleetwood Drive, reports s...

Elgin bull; A purse was stolen from the shoulder of woman dropping off her child at a sitter at Lawrence Avenue and Jackson Street at around noon on Sunday, reports said. bull; Thomas M. Bradford, 28, who is homeless, was arrested and char...

Wet basements that had no chance of drying before because of the high cost of local flood reduction projects may soon see days without mold. Communities, small units of government and even homeowners' associations are clamoring for a piece of nearly...

Hoffman Estates bull; Vandals slashed or punctured 38 tires overnight June 23-24. Damaged were 29 tires on 11 fleet vehicles at NW Corp., 2401 Hassell Road, two tires on a Ford van belonging to Small World Children's Center, 2316 Hassell Road...