Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy bothers me. Perhaps we should stick with "Season's Greetings." Oh, wait. That co...

A Carpentersville business owner says he will pay the village $3,000 if trustees agree to destroy surplus police weapons instead of selling the guns for revenue. Tom Roeser, president of Otto Engineering, floated his offer on a local blog site and i...

Send in your pick for best decorations The village of East Dundee, through the Community Events Committee, will hold the annual holiday decorating contest. Light your home or business between Monday and Dec. 21, and you are entered to win. Three ho...

Join in boundary discussion today The Community Unit District 300 Attendance Boundary Committee has voted to send three proposals to the public and the school board for changing middle and high school boundaries. During a public meeting on Nov. 28, ...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville teen was accused of slashing at her boyfriend with a knife. Jacqueline Argueta, 17, of 1902 Cambridge Drive, was charged with aggravated assault and two counts of domestic battery, police said. Argueta posted $500...

When someone writes in and states it would be un-American to fix the immigration issue in this country, I realize this is a confused individual. The United States takes in more immigrants than any country in the world. Immigrants entering this coun...

A two-day sting targeting suburban immigrants with ties to street gangs resulted in 21 arrests this week, U.S. immigration enforcement officials announced Tuesday. Of the 21 arrested, 19 were in the country illegally, officials said. The other two, ...