St. Edward coach Keith Chuipek is no copycat. Yes, Chuipek coached in the Jacobs program for eight seasons during which time he made multiple trips to Quincy with the Golden Eagles when they competed in the Blue Devils' annual Thanksgiving tournamen...

A fourth gang member has pleaded guilty in the drug-related kidnappings of six people from a Round Lake Beach restaurant and a fifth is weighing a plea offer from Kane County prosecutors. Carlos Ortega, 32, of Chicago, will serve about 11 years in p...

Some look back, remembering the first sign something was wrong -- a door slamming loudly. Some look ahead, wondering when they'll be ready to re-enter Cole Hall, the scene of Thursday's deadly shooting spree. The students sitting in the introductory...

Dundee Township senior citizens and handicapped residents soon will have more ways to get around. A 24-hour Dial-A- Ride service from Pace is scheduled to begin Saturday throughout Kane County. People needing rides to doctors' appointments, shopping...

When parents find out that their child has a drug problem, one of the first things they ask is, where did you get these drugs? Often the answer is, from a dealer. But sometimes the drugs aren't bought on the street, because they are in the home. Beh...

The principals of crowded schools on the east side of Community Unit District 300 now have a say in how that crowding will be addressed. District 300 has formed an Eastside Study Committee made up of those principals to propose solutions to the scho...

Algonquin • An Algonquin man wanted for failing to appear in court Jan. 30 was arrested Sunday, police said. David D. Kimble, 40, of 1665 Manhattas Trail, was charged on a warrant with burglary, police said. Kimble was held in the Kane County jail o...