Family Fun Fair, picnic: The Evangelical Covenant Church of Elgin will hold a Family Fun Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. There will be games and crafts for children and free food for everyone starting at noon. In addition, there will be a rumm...

Though Carpentersville's Autumn Fest - scheduled for today - has been canceled, organizers say a reincarnation of the festival could return in the fall. A lack of vendor interest and packed summer schedules for village staff and parks committee memb...

Carpentersville police say the man and woman they arrested Thursday weren't the victims of an armed robbery but rather were involved in a drug deal that went sour. Sametio J. Edgar, 19 and Maria A. Fernandez, 21, both of 3010 Wakefield Drive, Apt. F...

People remember heroes and record-breakers. And, they don't need cameras or statistics or gold medals to tell them who they like in the Olympics. They aren't impressed with who may be the fastest runner or swimmer or best gymnast. They know they ma...

A Carpentersville mother and her 16-year-old daughter both pleaded guilty Thursday to citations they received from an Aug. 5 accident that injured a Carpentersville police community service officer. Brigida Francisco-Pacheco, 40, of 3014 Wakefield D...

An Elgin man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday for molesting three young girls in Elgin and Carpentersville. Salvador Vargas Jr., 56, of the 0-99 block of Devonshire Circle, Elgin, pleaded guilty to one count of predatory criminal sexual a...

It may take years for a very special Pennsylvania trout stream to recover, while there's the possibility that father and son Andrew and Christopher Horton may spend some of those years behind bars, if they're found guilty. The pair were arrested by...

Carpentersville • A woman told police she was in a car being driven home from work at 4:30 p.m. Monday on Route 31 near Lincoln Avenue when her ex-husband saw her. He maneuvered his Jeep ahead of her car on Gentle Breeze Terrace, turned around, cras...

People remember heroes and record-breakers. And, they don't need cameras or statistics or gold medals to tell them who they like in the Olympics. They aren't impressed with who may be the fastest runner or swimmer or best gymnast. They know they may...