Carpentersville trustees Tuesday night blocked a land-use study for the proposed site of the new public works facility, a decision the village president said could cost the village hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue. Village President Bill ...

Twenty-three illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday after they were accused of using fake security badges to work in critical areas at O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said Wednesday. The workers were all employed ...

Dundee-Carpentersville American Legion Post 679 will join students from Carpentersville's Parkview Elementary School to celebrate Veterans Day at 1 p.m. today in Carpenter Park. Illinois Army National Guard Col. Steven Huber will speak and the rifle...

Help is on the way, slowly but surely, for Kane County's most dangerous intersection. The intersection of Randall Road and Route 72 in Elgin has been rated the county's most dangerous since 2006 by the county's own severity index, which tracks accid...

During the Bears' dynasty, from 1984-1988, when they compiled the best five-year record of any NFL team and won a Super Bowl championship, general manager Jerry Vainisi followed the same routine. Every game-day morning, he visited his neighborhood b...

Two employees of a local pizza parlor have been charged with theft after taking money from the store and then reporting it had been stolen, police said. Hoffman Estates Sgt. Jim Campbell said Ronald Myles, 19, of 2000 Hassell Road in Hoffman Estates...

Carpentersville • A Carpentersville teen has been charged with punching and head-butting a police officer and scratching another while fighting arrest at 5 a.m. Oct. 27 at Golfview Lane and Hoover Drive, police said. Edward Ortiz, 17, of 420 Hoover ...

A 7 percent water and sewer rate increase will hit Carpentersville water bills beginning in January after trustees approved a three-month delay in implementing the new rates. The rate increases affect water and sewer used after Oct. 1. The new rates...

Barrington • Sean V. Sances, 18, of 612 Santa Fe Ave., Carpentersville, was arrested at 11:54 a.m. Oct. 23 at Barrington High School, 616 W. Main St., and charged with battery, a police report said. He has court Nov. 20. Inverness • Darrell S. Phee,...