Carpentersville • A Crystal Lake man was arrested on drug charges at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at Fox View Apartments, police said. Steven A, Richter, 48, of 736 Norwich Court, was charged with possession of a controlled substance after crack cocaine was f...

State Rep. Ruth Munson is working with Carpentersville, East Dundee and Elgin to urge residents to donate their new or gently used coats to the needy this winter. The coat drive runs from now until Dec. 14. You can drop off the coats at Munson's dis...

They've dressed up the trolleys to carry you and your packages from store to store. They've put out their sale signs. And the carolers are ready to sing. All up and down Randall Road, stores are ready for the throngs of Christmas shoppers bursting t...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville man used a fraudulent Social Security card when officers investigated a car accident at 4 p.m. Monday at Commerce Parkway and Route 31, police said. Jose Luis Peredo, 37, of 113 Hook Road, was charged with possess...

The latest spate of damage to village property has Carpentersville leaders asking why they bother doing positive things for the community. Village Trustee Judy Sigwalt on Tuesday said in the past month, vandals have uprooted five newly planted craba...

Carpentersville • A woman was ejected from the back seat of a car when it swerved to avoid either a pole or another car at 3:45 p.m. Monday at Route 25 and Ball Avenue, police said. The 56-year-old Algonquin woman was taken to Sherman Hospital with ...

Batavia • Andrew D. Stewart, 17, of 451 Blackhawk Ave., Aurora, was charged with retail theft after an incident at Target, 115 N. Randall Road, at 3:14 p.m. Sunday, • Nadine T. Goldstein, 58, of 506 E. Wilson St., was charged with theft of less tha...

At Cindy McCammack's home in Addison, the builder mistakenly linked hot water to the toilet. It wasn't caught by the building inspectors. McCammack said it should have been caught, but, as the development director for the village of Carpentersville,...

A Friday night in the summer of 1993 was the perfect time for Carmen Charneco to hang out with friends -- but not all night. There was too much at stake. The Carpentersville woman had just received a hard-earned high school diploma and recently land...

The increase in the Chicago area's Latino population reflects a well-documented national trend. But contrary to popular belief, new births -- not immigration -- account for most of the Latino growth in the six-county suburban region. Every year, mor...