Algonquin • A West Dundee man was accused of drunken driving at 2 a.m. Saturday at Route 62 and Harrison Street, police said. Scott Swanson, 22, of 661 Edinburgh Lane, was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding, police said. S...

Ola Alberta Olsen lived in Barrington for all but two years, after arriving there with her family in 1926. Those two years, however, were spent far from the safe confines of rural Barrington, literally on the other side of the world. Miss Olsen was ...

About a minute into her prepared remarks to the Community Unit District 300 school board Monday night, a union official was cut off. Board President Joe Stevens told Laura Garza, the director of the institutional division of the Service Employees In...

Your guide to arts & crafts To submit your listing, e-mail arts&crafts@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301. November Buffalo Grove Fitness Center's sixth annual Holiday Boutique: Today: 9 a.m. -1 p.m. and 4-8 p.m., 601 W. Deerfield Parkway, Buff...

Flood info available Kane County residents can identify their properties on the newly produced digital flood insurance rate maps and talk to experts during a floodplain open house from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the heritage ballroom of The Cent...

As the cold winter sets in, state Rep. Ruth Munson, an Elgin Republican, urges the community to donate their new or gently used coats to those less fortunate. In cooperation with the city of Elgin and the villages of Carpentersville and East Dundee,...

Algonquin • A 15-year-old male from Pingree Grove and a 16-year-old male from Algonquin were both arrested on a charge of theft under $300, police said. They both were taken into custody Nov. 9 at Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Drive. Both wer...

Route 120 stretches its two-lane highway through Round Lake and Volo, two of many Lake County towns that yawn with a new day of more development. This area is fast-growing. But gaps are obvious. No streetlights. No curbs. No Starbucks or McDonald's ...

What did the trees do to anyone? For that matter, what did the railings on the walkway bridges over the creek in Carpentersville's Carpenter Park do to deserve nine separate beatings? How about the Holiday Tree that was darkened for Christmas becaus...

Notes on religion To include your church in the free listings, e-mail to foxvalley@dailyherald.com, fax to (847) 608-0849, or mail to 385 Airport Road, Suite A, Elgin IL 60123. Kneseth Israel: Congregation Kneseth Israel provides a full range of rel...