Concert For Hunger: The Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake will be home to a free concert on Feb. 6 benefiting the Crystal Lake Food Pantry. The BlackSmith Project Concert for Hunger will be held at 7 p.m. and feature local Christian mu...

Elgin Area School District U-46 isn't in a precarious cash flow situation just yet, but it's getting close. Deeming the move a "payday loan," the school board has signed off on a resolution that would allow the district to borrow up to $15 million t...

Carpentersville bull; Tiyanna M. Small, 31, of the 0-100 block of Middlesex Drive, was charged with theft Monday, after police said she stole a wallet on Jan. 15 that contained $312. Her bail was set Tuesday morning at $20,000 and she is due ...

Three low-performing suburban school districts could receive priority access to special federal funding to ramp up achievement, the state board of education has announced. While extra money is welcomed at a time when districts across the suburbs are...

Dick Pond Athletics, a family-owned chain of running and wrestling gear stores with six Chicago area locations, is donating 10 percent of sales Valentine's Day weekend to the American Red Cross for its work in Haiti. Store locations include Carol St...

Carpentersville police are searching for two men who bound two adults and a 5-year-old child Monday night in a home invasion on the village's west side. Police responded at 9:19 p.m. to a call of a home invasion on the 4000 block of Stratford Lane. ...

Elgin bull; A home invasion occurred at about 10:11 a.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block Dakota Drive. Police said a 90-year-old man heard a knock at the door and found a man holding a package. The resident answered the door and the man dropped the...

I'm a resident and homeowner in Carpentersville and would like to thank State Rep. Farnham for holding special mortgage fraud office hours with the Attorney General's office at the Dundee Township Public Library recently. I'm grateful that Mr. Farnh...