When you live in an old town, the people who keep track of the old things in it have their hands full. They not only have to know the age of buildings, but where the oldest ones are. The job is big -- but the longer they do it, sometimes the easier...

Fox News Chicago on Friday will feature Jacobs High School on its Shout Out segment, which highlights the accomplishments of area high schools, according to Community Unit District 300 officials. The segment will include photos and video of Jacobs' ...

With the Student Prayer Act tied up in the courts, schools in the northern Fox Valley already have implemented the state-mandated moment of silence, often incorporating the moment into existing school traditions. Community Unit District 300 Superint...

For the past 11 years, the Boys and Girls Club of Dundee Township has helped keep kids safe and off the streets through dozens of educational and vocational programs offered at its four locations. Now, the organization that has helped thousands of s...

web at 7:30 p.m. 11/01> Here is the complete list of statewide and legislative candidates for the Feb. 5 Illinois primary as of 5 p.m. Thursday. Filing for the primary will close Nov. 5. An asterisk by a candidate's name denotes an incumbent....

• An Elgin woman was arrested on a Montgomery County, Texas, warrant for failure to register as a sex offender and failure to report a change of address, police said. Cheri White, 41, of 530 Locust St., will be in Elgin bond court today for an extra...

Elgin Community College has scheduled a meeting for prospective nursing majors from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Advanced Technology Center auditorium on the main campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. ECC representatives will outline the entrance requirem...

The blotter Arlington Heights • Katherine D. Noyer, 30, 1334 S. New Wilke Road, Arlington Heights, was arrested around 8:10 p.m. Oct. 26 and charged with attempted unlawful acquisition of a controlled substance after she tried to pickup a fake presc...

The Dundee Township Cemetery West will be open in time for people to lay holiday wreaths on the graves of their loved ones. In fact, it might even be open for the public to pay respects on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Much of the damage caused by an Augus...