Could talks behind closed doors, away from cameras, the media and the public eye, help Carpentersville trustees iron out hostilities and bury acrimonious feelings once and for all? A public administration expert says yes. Village officials on Monday...

A crash in Carpentersville stemming from a domestic dispute late Sunday sent four people to local hospitals and landed an Elgin man in jail, authorities said. Edwin Espinoza, 29, of the 400 block of South Belmont Avenue, was cited seven times in the...

OSI, Inc., is basing hopes for its Scruffer, a new barbecue grill cleaning device it hopes to sell to the big box stores, on a manufacturer in southern China. The cost, explains Brad Carpenter, president of the Aurora company, is "literally one-thi...

Students will be back at Barrington Area Unit District 220's Woodland Early Learning Center Monday, after an electrical problem forced the closing of the school last week. Early Thursday morning, a minor electrical problem caused a shutdown of the h...

The Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Hampshire Township building, 100 Center St. New members are welcome. At the Oct. 8 meeting with Commander Lowell Reiser presiding, chaplain Patrick Herrmann gave the ...

In the past few weeks I have received several calls and heard several rumors about the East Dundee Wal-Mart staying open with plans for an expansion. This is not the case. The East Dundee Wal-Mart will remain open until the company builds a new stor...

People who have flown regularly since Sept. 11, 2001, often roll their eyes at the notion that asking grandmothers to remove their tennis shoes somehow makes their flights more safe. And despite increasingly tougher travel requirements, including p...

A Carpentersville woman is facing a child endangerment charge after police said she lost track of one of her children while in a Hoffman Estates business and drove off without him. Brandy S. Allen, 26, of 406 Blackhawk, was charged with endangering ...

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. First Congregational: At 5 p.m. today, a special contemporary worship se...