Students in local schools with special education needs or who come from low-income backgrounds appear to be the big winners on the education side of this week's stimulus package. Congressman Bill Foster met with school officials in West Aurora Schoo...

Carpentersville • Police on patrol in the Fox View Apartment complex saw a man in a van duck down on the passenger-side seat when they approached. They stopped, searched the man and found a hypodermic syringe, several metal cylinders, a scouring pad...

Carpentersville • A 22-year-old Carpentersville man told police he watched at 4:30 a.m. Monday as an adult and a juvenile broke the windows on his 1998 Dodge pickup truck and then stole his wallet with $50 and two stereos from inside the vehicle tha...

The blood-alcohol level of an Elgin teen who crashed into a house last fall, killing his passenger, was nearly three times the legal limit for driving, police said Wednesday. Daniel Chagala-Villaseca, 18, was driving west on the 600 block of Chicago...

Football registration Saturday The DC Junior Chargers Youth Football Organization will hold a registration session for the 2009 football and cheerleading season from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Dundee Township Recreation Center, 665 ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the primary election will be held along with the nominations of our Dundee Township offices. For the office of Assessor, I will be strongly supporting Lee Barrett. Lee has been active in our community for over 30 years serving ...

The April 7 election for Carpentersville village president will be a three-man race after all, now that incumbent Bill Sarto and challenger Jim Krenz overcame a resident's challenge to signatures on their nominating petitions Tuesday. Sarto and Kren...

Carpentersville police turned to the public Tuesday for help in finding an Algonquin teen wanted on murder charges. Anthony M. Domino, 18, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the Aug. 2, 2007, fatal shooting of 17-year-old Aaron J. Razo of C...

A U-46 must see If you haven't yet watched the Daily Herald's question-and-answer session with Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Jose Torres', check it out on dailyherald.com. You'll find it in our Media Center toward the top right of o...