The Carpentersville board has promoted from within to temporarily fill the village manager position, which Craig Anderson will vacate next month. Trustees this week appointed Assistant Village Manager Dawn Wucki-Rossbach as interim village manager, ...

A bill that would allow school districts to use wind power to offset their energy costs cleared a major hurdle this week when the Illinois Senate passed the measure in a 59-0 vote. The bill, originally filed in the state House by Streamwood Democrat...

If hitting actually were contagious, Burlington Central's baseball players would be under quaratine by now. The Rockets entered Wednesday's nonconference game in Carpentersville averaging nearly 11 runs a game, and 5 home runs in the first two innin...

Elgin bull; Alejandro Castellanos, 32, of the 500 block of Meadowdale in Carpentersville, was charged with felony possession of a fake identification card after Elgin police said he used a fraudulent business card Tuesday night to get into th...

WHITEHALL, Wis. -- A federal safety organization says a Carpentersville company has agreed to pay $535,000 in fines stemming from safety violations at a Wisconsin plant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the settlement Wedn...

The mother of a baby girl found abandoned in Carpentersville Saturday afternoon is expected to face criminal charges after being located Sunday morning. Carpentersville Police Sgt. Matt Ostrem said the mother, whom police are not yet naming, was tak...

If you are older than 18 and can donate 1 to 2 hours a week to help an adult improve their English, The Literacy Connection needs you. The Literacy Connection seeks volunteers to tutor adults in Basic Reading or English as a Second Language. Flexibl...

An abandoned newborn who may have spent 31 hours outside in a diapers cardboard box is doing well, Carpentersville police said. The baby girl was discovered about 2 p.m. Saturday wrapped up in blankets behind a detached garage on the 1900 block of B...

Health care reform is a needed change because it puts the welfare of people first before the interest of big insurance companies. Medical decisions for the health and well-being of an individual will no longer be under the decision of the insurance ...

Marissa Lombardo not only earned the victory in the circle for the Jacobs softball team Friday she also recorded 3 RBI to pace Jacobs offensively in a 7-0 win over Dundee-Crown in a Fox Valley Conference (Valley Division) matchup in Carpentersville....