Signatures from local village board members and area business owners, and the attendance of more than a dozen supporters, proved ineffective in swaying Dundee Township trustees to allow a car show at the former Meadowdale International Raceway in Ca...

No pun intended, but this year may be another cutthroat season for landscapers. Last summer, they had to keep their lawn mowers, leafblowers and trimmers filled with $4-a-gallon gasoline. This year they may need those same tools to do their jobs an...

On a cool, windy morning in Pingree Grove Saturday, 32 runners did their part to support Africa. The village held its first-ever race, - the Pingree Grove Global 5k run - for Shoe4Africa, an organization that sends shoes to needy people on the conti...

It took two days for prosecutors to spell out their case against Marie Marot, a nun accused of running a red light in October 2007, leading to a crash that killed a Dundee-Crown High School student. It took a jury about 35 minutes to decide that the...

East Dundee staff didn't need to buy new nameplates for three of the four village officials sworn in Monday night - there already were two in storage and one currently in use. Former village President Jerald Bartels, incumbent Trustee Rob Gorman, fo...

Of the five men charged with raping a teenage girl at a drinking party at an Elk Grove Village motel last October, only Edgar Barboza stood trial. Authorities say his co-defendants - Mount Prospect residents Edgar and Jose Loeza and Ruben and Uriel...

Cary-Grove pitcher Matt Nelsen just keeps winning. The senior allowed 5 runs in 5 innings against Crystal Lake South in Monday's Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game yet improved to 9-0 this season nonetheless, thanks to the support of the Tro...

A Carpentersville man was charged with a string of offenses after a weekend hit-and-run crash on the village's east side, police said. Raul Herrera, 27, of the first block of Hickory Lane, was driving a 1996 Jeep west on Tee Lane about 12:30 a.m. S...

A group of classic car enthusiasts has hit a dead end in planning for an event at Raceway Woods in Carpentersville. Members of the Meadowdale International Raceways Preservation Association want to hold an event in September - similar to last fall's...

There aren't too many places in the county where you can buy a single-family home with updates like stainless steel appliances, washer and dryer, new carpeting, doors and windows for under $150,000. But a local businessman is offering just that with...