A chain-reaction accident in Barrington Hills Tuesday morning ended with eight vehicles damaged and three people taken to the hospital, officials said. Barrington Hills police officials said they were called to the accident at the corner of Route 6...

Have a heart to help a neighbor one to two hours a week. The Literacy Connection seeks volunteers to tutor adults in Basic Reading or English as a Second Language. Flexible training is provided, and no special education or knowledge of a second lang...

Over the past year the Kane County Board has had to make some of the toughest financial decisions in its history. Just as each of us have had to tighten the budgets in our own lives during these tough economic times, the board has had to struggle wi...

To fix Illinois' political mess, we need a new generation of public leaders with fresh ideas, energy and unquestioned integrity. It is exactly these qualities that make Maggie Auger ideal for the Kane County Board District 23. As an attorney, Maggie...

Shawn Janzen's volunteer work with the Peace Corps on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent was cut short when he got a virus affecting his vocal cords. Back home in Carpentersville for a few months now and receiving regular throat injections, Janzen ...

County hosts pneumonia clinic: The McHenry County Department of Health is hosting a pneumonia vaccine clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 at its Crystal Lake office, 100. N. Virginia St. The vaccine is available to people 19 a...

Carpentersville bull; A search warrant executed at 10:33 p.m. Thursday in the 0-99 block of Oxford Drive resulted in three arrests. Matthew J. Williams, 20, of the 0-99 block of Middlesex Drive, Carpentersville, was arrested and charged with ...