With the weather finally warming up, expect to see many more construction zones in the area as local crews and state road crews kick off the construction season. A major project motorists can expect to see this summer is the reconstruction of Route ...

Energy costs are the latest area where Grayslake Elementary District 46 officials want to make significant cuts. District 46 isn't alone in trying to hold the line or reduce its electricity tab. School districts based in the Mundelein area, Hanover...

A recent Saturday's paper carried an interesting collection of facts offered by Burt Constable. The headline was "Learning to be tolerant trumps need to learn English." Burt is correct when he takes issue with "learn English or do not come here." Ju...

A carbon monoxide leak in a Carpentersville home sent 11 people from a single residence to local hospitals, authorities said Thursday afternoon. At 1:34 p.m. Thursday, a 911 call came from a home in the first block of Wren Road in which residents co...

A Barrington High School student has been arrested and suspended after making a threat of violence earlier this week in the presence of several classmates and a teacher, officials said. Alberto Quevedo, 17, of Carpentersville, was charged with disor...

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But do not let this blind you to what virtue there is. Many people strive for high ideals, and everywhere there is heroism. - Max Ehrmann, Desiderata Bernie Madoff. Rod Bl...

Gifford Park potluck: The Gifford Park Association in Elgin will be holding its annual membership pot luck at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Lords Park Pavillion. You do not have to be a member to attend. Bring a dish. There will be food and entert...