The second trial for a Carpentersville trustee accused of domestic battery began Wednesday with tales of a tryst and other twists. After being tried in the court of public opinion during an election campaign a year ago, Trustee Paul Humpfer now is b...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville man who failed to appear in court in Elgin on Feb. 6 was arrested Tuesday, but not before he tried to head butt an officer, police said. In addition to the warrant charge of possession of marijuana, Sterling Smith...

Not everyone is weeping over the shaky economy and dip in land values. Employees of Habitat for Humanity of the Northern Fox Valley are finding the decrease to be working in their favor. Because land is less expensive, they can buy more lots to buil...

Carpentersville • A homeless woman was accused of shoplifting at 5:45 p.m. Monday in Kohl's Department Store at Spring Hill Mall, police said. April L. Wideman, 23, was charged with felony retail theft after taking clothing worth $314.20, police sai...

A 27-year-old Chicago man was arrested Monday afternoon in Carpentersville as he opened a next-day-delivery package containing more than 18 pounds of marijuana, police said. Troy A. Dickson of 1314 N. Mason Ave. was charged with possession of mariju...

Sensing the imminent failure of an ordinance imposing a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax in the village, Carpentersville trustees voted to continue the discussion to the next board meeting. Village Finance Director Lisa Happ proposed the tax to help o...

An overwhelming sense of loss, grief, pain, agony, confusion, faith, empathy, sympathy and love for a beautiful life ended too soon flows inside St. Charles' Baker Memorial United Methodist Church for Monday's funeral of 19-year-old Northern Illinoi...

The group that has protested at funerals of military personnel killed in the Iraq War announced Sunday they will picket the services of two victims of the Northern Illinois University shootings. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Kansas prote...

The Dundee Township Public Library, 555 Barrington Ave., East Dundee, serves East and West Dundee, Carpentersville, Gilberts, Sleepy Hollow, and surrounding areas. For details, call the library at (847) 428-3661 or visit www.dundeelibrary.info. Frog...