The suburban reaction to Mexican President Felipe Calderon's stopover Tuesday in Chicago was as mixed as his reputation in his own country. Calderon, who won a disputed election in 2006, continued his first presidential visit to the United States by...

Committing certain serious traffic offenses in East Dundee soon could drain your bank account and have you scrambling to catch public transportation. An East Dundee special committee this week reviewed proposals to install red-light cameras at some ...

The Mexican government will help Illinois schools recruit Mexican teachers for bilingual classrooms under a new program announced Tuesday during Mexican President Felipe Calderon's visit to Chicago. Illinois school districts have recruited Spanish-s...

The two Carpentersville men who died over the weekend of an apparent drug overdose today were identified as former Dundee-Crown High School students. Eric Landeros, 18, of the 100 block of North Grove Avenue and Florencio Reyes Jr., 20, of the 300 ...

A pair of Carpentersville men died of apparent drug overdoses Sunday, police said Monday. The two men, 18 and 20 years old, had been together Saturday night when they apparently took oxycodone, a painkiller used to treat moderate and severe pain, po...

A Marengo man pleaded guilty Monday to his role in the kidnapping of a family of four and two bystanders from a Round Lake Beach restaurant, his attorney said. Victor Hernandez, 19, received a 15-year sentence in the Aug. 19, 2006, abductions, an or...

Is white getting to be your least favorite color? Do you feel a little like the captain of the Titanic as you maneuver your car by some of the giant mounds of snow in local parking lots? Are gray skies and even grayer roadside slush beginning to e...

"Music Changes Lives": Dundee-Crown Parents of Music Performers will host its third annual music celebration, "Music Changes Lives" from 1 to 4 p.m. March 9 at Boulder Ridge Country Club, 350 Boulder Drive, Lake in the Hills. D-C POMP is a nonprofit...

Three men were arrested and 37 grams of cocaine were seized at 6:50 p.m. Friday when Carpentersville police entered a home with a search warrant, authorities said. One of the residents, Gary Lagunis, 24, of 113 Madeira Circle, Carpentersville, was c...