This summer's job market in Dundee Township will be just as tight for teens as it was last year. Most of the 300 seasonal jobs the Dundee Township Park District offers at its pools and golf courses are already taken. And the rest will likely be gone...

Last month, the Community Unit District 300 school board heard an earful from parents who oppose proposed cuts to transportation for the dual language program. That display, in which dozens of parents essentially forced the board to relocate its mee...

John Hoscheit, Kane County Board member and forest preserve commission president, just doesn't get the point of why people are writing letters in opposition to the "discussion" taking place about gravel mining at the Brunner Forest Preserve. He does...

If there's one good byproduct of the bad economy, it's that foreclosed homes can be bought at discount prices. And that - along with a history of helping others and a strong volunteer base - is part of why Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley...

Drivers will need to reach deeper into their pockets to retrieve an impounded vehicle in Carpentersville. Village board members this week approved an ordinance to double the impound fee from $250 to $500. The additional fine is expected to generate ...

Carpentersville bull; A 22-year-old Wauconda man driving through Carpentersville Wednesday was pulled over and later charged with a pair of drug offenses after officers discovered two pills containing Hydrocodone and .59 grams of marijuana, p...

Suburban school districts got reason to hope for funding relief Thursday, but not much else. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that 16 states, including Illinois, have been selected as finalists in the federal Race to the Top educati...

The Carpentersville village board will forgo a second story shell in the new public works facility that could be modified into office space to ensure the building is completed for about $12 million. And for now, the village is not in the market for ...