The Kane County Forest Preserve District has a contract to purchase the 745-acre Brunner property between Route 31 and the Fox River in the north part of the county, officials announced Friday. The buy has been a long-term goal for the forest preser...

To West Dundee residents who oppose a new Wal-Mart: Your Spring Hill Fashion Corner is a ghost town. Your sister village to the east is losing businesses left and right. New retail is not exactly flocking to our communities east of Randall Road. You...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville man who failed to appear in court March 12 was arrested Wednesday, police said. Jonathan Luna, 20, of 2158 Morningside Lane #E, was charged on warrants with possession of alcohol by a minor, police said. Luna was ...

Fox Lake Joseph P. Pryor, 31, and Nicholas S. Orr, 19, both of 2071 Westridge Blvd., Bartlett, were arrested around 12:55 a.m. May 29 and charged with attempted theft and obstructing a peace officer after an officer on patrol saw them in the parking...

Tranquil ponds, stunning pools, potager gardens and perennial flower beds will all be on display this month in Barrington Hills. Tickets are now on sale for the eighth annual Barrington Country Garden & Antique Faire. Participants will spend a leisu...

A Carpentersville man has been accused of beating another man with a baseball bat and is being held in the Kane County jail. Antwan Deon Youngblood, 29, last known address 1303 York Drive, was charged with three counts of attempted murder, police sa...

Carpentersville police this morning concluded that a report of a stabbing at a liquor store on Route 25 at about 9 a.m. today was a hoax. Someone called about 9 a.m. to report the stabbing, but minutes later when police arrived, there was no victim...

Despite resistance from dozens of residents, trustees in Carpentersville paved the way for the construction of sidewalks in areas of Lakewood Estates. In a compromise, the village board reduced the number of sidewalks, which are part of the village'...

Elgin city leaders have launched a new tool for residents to find out when their streets will be resurfaced this summer. Visit the city's Web site, www.cityofelgin.org, and click the 2008 Street Resurfacing Project under Quick Links for maps of neig...

Between reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and reading a proclamation, the Carpentersville village board now will pause to ask a higher power for guidance. That pause will make way for an invocation given by a recognized religious leader from any fai...