Five Bartlett High School students have been named Elgin Area School District U-46's 2019 Volunteers of the Year. The district recognized several volunteers who donated their time and talents during its annual Volunteer Reception Thursday. Students...

A 25-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday for breaking the leg of his live-in girlfriend's 7-week-old son in March 2016 and later shaking the baby, causing permanent injuries that require constant care. Anthony B. Briden, of...

As a young girl growing up behind the Iron Curtain in Bulgaria, Nadia Ianakieva remembers the day the Communist authorities decided her town of Sophia had too many dogs, including her lovable mutt, Orlin. "They were going around the houses and givin...

Years of Crystal Lake police reports released Tuesday detail dilapidation inside the home of missing 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund, as well as several contacts between his family and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. While coo...

Bartlett's streets snow removal 2017-18 23 winter storm events cost $373,026 The Village of Bartlett paid for 4,366.5 hours of snow removal and 1,800 tons of salt from 2017 to 2018. The Village recorded 23 winter storm events from Dec. 9, 2017 to...

A blood drive will take place from 3-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, outside of the Hanover Park Branch Library, 1266 Irving Park Rd. Donors will receive a $10 colonial Café gift card as a thank you from Heartland Blood Centers, which is organizing the...

Support systems come in many shapes and sizes, and the Fittest Loser At Work participants have been receiving support from their teams, families, friends, co-workers and others close to their lives. Many participants have been getting support from t...

The St. Charles Singers will conclude their 35th concert season with an eclectic program of Victorian-era choral works, both secular and sacred, from the British Isles, the U.S., France, and Germany. The mixed-voice professional chamber choir, condu...

At 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills will host an afternoon session on how railroads impacted the development and growth of northeastern Illinois that we know today. Kenneth Carlson will discuss how Kane County led to th...

DuPage County prosecutors Wednesday dropped all charges against a Willowbrook man convicted in 2004 and sentenced to 65 years in prison for the first-degree murder of 2-year-old Steven Quinn. Leaving the courtroom a free man for first time since bei...