They may not involve towering cranes hefting steel beams, but local road improvements can really impact how fast you get around. Here’s a sampling of what’s being fixed and where in the suburbs this year. Some departments are still finalizing plans. ...

One of the obligations of a community newspaper is to keep track of historic bench marks, and bring them to the attention of readers for the very real value that looking back can bring. Often these bench marks are positive events that have helped sha...

The St. Charles North softball team made a big statement recently with a 5-1 win on the road against a strong Lincoln-Way East team that at the time was ranked No. 1 in the state. Ginger Ritter (.714 batting average), Maddie Hernandez (.600), Mack Pa...

The St. Charles Singers’ season finale concerts April 20-21 will mark the start of the internationally recognized chamber choir’s 40th anniversary celebration with a program featuring songs about nature, especially flowers, and romantic love. “We’ll...

Fifteen years ago today, Shelly Engelhardt, her daughter Amanda and son Jeff experienced an unimaginable tragedy when Amanda’s then-boyfriend - in a jealousy-fueled attack - stabbed to death three Engelhardt family members in their Hoffman Estates home. They weren’t the only ones traumatized. The heinous attack also affected first responders, including Kasia Cawley, one of the Hoffman Estates police detectives assigned to the case. “It always stays with you,” said Cawley, now Hoffman Estates chief of police. “You’re never going to forget it.”

A full block of empty buildings in downtown Fox River Grove will be demolished and turned into a grassy lot by the summer. All of the buildings along a stretch of Route 14 from Lincoln Avenue to Illinois Street will start to be demolished within two ...

Mark your calendars for appearances by the BoDeans, Cary Elwes and the Impractical Jokers, the College of Lake County’s Fear No Art Festival, Earth Day events and more happening this week.

Sunday, April 14 Kane County Doll Show: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the Kane County Fairgrounds Prairie Events Center, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Doll show featuring antique, vintage and collectibles. Early bird entry at 8 a.m. f...

St. Charles Park District’s Norris Woods Nature Preserve, heralded as one of the most outstanding oak woodlands remaining in northeastern Illinois, will soon receive another accolade: membership in the national Old Growth Forest Network, a national ...

The Geneva City Council will vote Monday on whether to possibly offer up to $185 million in property-tax-funded aid to get commercial and industrial development on the city’s far southeast side. The aid would come through a proposed tax increment fin...