From wastewater treatment to new hotels and development, Fox Valley area mayors cite their biggest accomplishments this past year and what they are looking forward to in 2017. Here's what your town's leader says: Algonquin Village President John Sc...

Mayors of villages in Lake County are pretty quick to point to a host of accomplishments by their village boards in 2016. Attracting economic development, resurfacing roads, finding ways to improve local government efficiency and creating new progr...

Basketball laughs The comic antics of the Harlem Globetrotters helped make basketball a global phenomenon. See what amazing tricks the current team can do at four games on Wednesday and Thursday at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemon...

You know that old cliché about it being the best of times and the worst of times? Well, when it comes to our animal friends, the same holds true in 2016. Take dogs, for instance. On the negative side, there was another outbreak of the canine flu and...

Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns and Alderman Tom Simonian made it official Monday: Burns wants to keep the post, and Simonian wants to take it away from him. In Batavia, Jason Stoops signed up to challenge nine-term Mayor Jeff Schielke, who announced Monda...

When Crystal Lake High School District 155 tested water in its schools, 60 percent of the samples showed some level of lead contamination, with eight high enough that the district flushed water lines and took one faucet out of use completely. That d...

Sam Ambrogio St. Charles NorthA three-year varsity starter who competed on both sides of the line of scrimmage, this 6-foot-5, 300-pound senior was named first-team Class 7A all-state by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association for ...