The Community Unit District 300 school board today will hold a work session on three proposals to fix crowded east side schools. The plans would add at least 12 classrooms to schools on the east side, expand full-day kindergarten and preschool and m...

If you're looking for a cheap way to cool off with the kids this summer, you might want to head to Elgin's Fox Theater along Randall Road. Every Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer, except for July 2 and 3, the theater is showing kid-friend...

Low wage illegal immigrants do not earn enough money to live in modem America so they supplement their income with taxpayer funded social services. The American citizen keeps smiling trying to be politically correct, "we are a nation of immigrants."...

A man turned himself in to Carpentersville police when he learned he was wanted on a warrant for his participation in a March burglary. Eric Eduardo Unzueta, 22, of 214 Harrison St., Carpentersville, was charged in court Monday with felony theft. On...

Poker run on tap The Anvil Club in East Dundee will host its Motor Cycle Poker Run at 9:30 a.m. Saturday to benefit the Shop with a Cop charity. Officers from the East Dundee, West Dundee, Carpentersville, Gilberts and Sleepy Hollow police departmen...

Many parents in Community Unit District 300 are watching with interest as the school board weighs three plans to fix crowding in the district's east-side schools. But school board members won't get to hear what most of those parents think of the thr...

As an individual, it is important to me to retain certain rights that are becoming more and more restricted. One right in particular is being able to go to the store and purchase cough syrup without any inconveniences. There has been an increase in ...