An updated noise ordinance in Carpentersville will make it simpler for those who complain, those who perpetrate and those who ensure compliance to identify an unreasonable level of noise. The village board on Tuesday voted 6-0 in favor of the ordina...

Why is there not outrage? School District 300, Carpentersville, drops Veterans Day as an official school holiday and retains all others. How could they feel Veterans Day does not rank equal in status to other less important holidays? Where is the an...

Murder charges are pending against an 18-year-old Algonquin man in connection with the Aug. 2, 2007, shooting of a Carpentersville teen. Aaron J. Razo, 17, was killed in the area of Wakefield Drive and Bristol Lane in a shooting police have describ...

Dundee-Crown's potential blowout didn't materialize. A Crystal Lake South comeback saw to that, but the Chargers held on for a 49-40 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball victory in Carpentersville Saturday night. Jeff Beck had 18 po...

Carpentersville • Police arrested a Chicago teen at the Fox View Apartments Thursday morning after a report that a drug deal was going to take place there. Ashley Garrett, 19, of the 8100 block of South Manistee Avenue, was charged with possession o...

Algonquin • Two Rochelle men wanted on suspicion of burglary by Algonquin police were arrested Wednesday morning at the Rochelle Police Department. Christopher J. Lyp, 18, of the 300 block of Lincoln, and Justin B. Abell, 21, of the 3300 block of So...

Waubonsie Valley boys basketball coach Steve Weemer knew that if his team was going to break a 3-game losing streak Friday night it was going to have to be about defense. The Warriors held Dundee-Crown to 12 second-half points en route to a 52-35 no...

Election time is once again upon us. It's time to dig in our heels and begin the hard work of supporting qualified individuals for office. The team of "Carpentersville Cares" have excellent candidates ready to serve you. Ed Ritter has declared he wi...