The Algonquin Police Department holds its National Night Out celebration from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Algonquin Swimming Pool and Splash Pad. The free event includes be a dodgeball tournament, food, games and music at the party that's meant to in...

A Carpentersville man charged with setting a fire inside a busy Algonquin restaurant could be getting a big break when his case heads to trial, perhaps later this year. A McHenry County judge last week agreed to take a second look at his decision al...

The Dundee Township Park District has been talking about the future of the Bonnie Dundee Golf Course in Carpentersville for years. Those talks have included turning the 105-acre, 18-hole golf course into a regional park, a multiuse facility includin...

A Chicago couple was arrested Thursday after selling cocaine to an undercover Elgin cop three times in three days at fast food restaurants in Elgin and Carpentersville, police said. Jade A. Stewart, 26, of 135 S. Austin Ave., was charged with three ...

In a recent exchange of e-mails between Sheriff Perez and Doug Heaton, copied to me, Heaton queried Sheriff Perez on the methods of detection and restraint of illegal aliens when arrested for other offenses. Heaton is the co-chairman of AFLA. Sherif...

An arrest warrant was issued Friday for a Carpentersville woman who failed to appear in court on reckless homicide charges stemming from a 2006 crash with a Metra train that killed two of her sisters and her 8-month-old nephew. Epifania Alvarez-Nav...