Book drive: The Jacobs High School French Club asks the Community Unit District 300 community to turn its sights overseas. Each year, the Jacobs French Club chooses a service project. Last year, the club collected care packages for American soldier...

Trivia bowl collects food The Algonquin Area Public Library needs six teams of two teachers and two high school students to compete in its fifth annual trivia bowl. Supporters are also encouraged to donate nonperishable items to the local food pantr...

As the election season heats up, I have received lots of mail from candidates asking for my support. One piece that really upset me was from Jim Krenz, a Carpentersville resident running against state Rep. Tim Schmitz. First of all, I've never heard...

It was almost a decade ago that Carpentersville resident Bonnie Lipprandt donated 284 copies of her recipe book to the village's police department to raise money to fight gangs, crime and drugs. Bonnie instructed the department to sell the cookbooks...

Carpentersville residents' January water and sewer bill exhibits a 7 percent increase for what the trustees explain as needed revenue to cover operational expenses. A recent personal incident provides proof that mismanagement and poor communication,...

Teamwork and hard-nosed defense aren't the most glamorous aspects of high school basketball. However, Dundee-Crown had an abundance of both in a 60-49 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win over McHenry in Carpentersville Saturday night in the co...

During the election season, it's harder to find either the space or time to spend on a single issue. Thus I find myself irked, scratching my head or laughing over a number of issues this week, none of them shining any sun on a gray winter season. Po...

During the election season, it's harder to find either the space or time to spend on a single issue. Thus I find myself irked, scratching my head or laughing over a number of issues this week, none of them shining any sun on a gray winter season. Po...

Algonquin • An Aurora woman was arrested at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday. Heather Walgren, 26, of 8S390 Barnes Road, was charged with battery and possession of a hypodermic syringe, police said. She also was wanted on a Kane County warrant on a charge of id...