Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Connie Neale made news all year long. And it wasn't for pulling the district out of financial and academic distress. Neale's contract became the talk of several towns when school board member Dan Rich r...

It was a notable year in many respects. Here is a look back at the top stories of 2007 in the Tri-Cities area: Kane County A flooded Fox River, public health scares and transportation issues were three of the biggest issues Kane County leaders ...

Residents along the Fox River were left with flooded basements and sandbagged yards after a wet summer that saw the river spill over its banks. Low-lying homes from Algonquin to South Elgin flooded as late-August rain battered northern Illinois, and...

Over the last 12 months, we have asked residents, business people and local officials to name their favorite things about living in Lake County. We received a variety of responses over those 49 weeks (we didn't include this week and Dec. 31.) In ana...

A teenager who police say posted a threat against Stevenson High School on a comic book Web site pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court. Jeremie Dalin, 17, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of falsely making a terrorist ...

Growing up stocking grocery shelves and accompanying his father to produce and fish markets pointed John Ayaleanos toward a culinary career early in life. He started out working in his family's South Side supermarket and by 19, he and a cousin had s...