Shred documents Saturday: Hanover Township Clerk Katy Dolan Baumer is inviting township residents to shred and recycle their old documents, 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 18, at Hanover Township offices, 250 S. Route 59, in Bartlett. A local shreddin...

Harvest market open: The Downtown Elgin Harvest Market is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 8 at the city hall parking lot, the corner of East Highland and Douglas avenues. Area growers bring fresh, quality vegetables, fruits, flowe...

Apply for park committee Carpentersville is seeking residents who would like to serve on the village's park committee. The committee advises the village board on the use of village-owned parks, special events and park improvements. Members serve for...

Officials are still trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a home and took the life of a family dog Sunday evening in Sleepy Hollow. Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Randy Meyer said a neighbor living near the hom...

Rail Jam to be held at Cary's Lions Park Show off your skills and learn some new tricks at Cary Park District's "Rail Jam" from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 10, at the skate park in Lions Park, off Silver Lake Road in Cary. Participants ages 7 and olde...

After changing careers in 2003 to become a teacher, I believed what a lot of people said about finding a job as a teacher in grades K-5. People said that there was a teacher's shortage and with a teaching staff at any elementary school averaging mor...

Elgin • The passenger-side window of a car parked on the 200 block of Cherry Street was broken into about 6 p.m. Thursday, police said. Its dashboard was damaged and a CD/DVD player was stolen. • A GPS device and in-dash radio were stolen from a car...