Three schools in Palatine Elementary District 15 will start off next school year with new principals. • Matthew J. Palcer will be the new principal of Pleasant Hill School in Palatine. During the 2007-08 school year, Pleasant Hill has had interim pr...

Julie Foudy knows all about leadership. She has a sports leadership academy. She also is an expert on team building because of her valuable role for 17 years with United States women's national soccer. That combination along with her extensive work...

The Literacy Connection will hold its 11th annual Trivia Bee fundraiser from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. April 5 in the Fox River Room of the Grand Victoria Casino, 250 S. Grove Ave. in Elgin. All trivia buffs are encouraged to set aside part of the...

Park district offers guitar lessons Guitar lessons for ages 6 to adult begin Tuesday at the Hanover Park Park District, 1919 Walnut Ave. Classes will be taught by professional guitarist and composer Chris Zamora. Session I continues for seven weeks...

Antioch • Thieves stole an outboard motor between the middle of January and Feb. 17 from a pontoon boat moored on the 25400 block of Grass Lake Road, police said. Value was estimated at $9,000. Fox Lake • Ricky J. Justus, 32, 37812 Academy, Lake Vil...

Three victims of a four-car collision in Streamwood Wednesday remained hospitalized Friday. A 60-year-old Bartlett woman was in critical condition and her 60-year-old husband in serious condition at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates. The...

Meet Bartlett's finest. Officer William Naydenoff recently was named Bartlett Police Officer of the Year for 2007. Naydenoff took the lead in several high-profile cases during his first year as a directed patrol team member, department heads said. I...

Roughly 12.7 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $1.7 million has been seized in a sting that targeted a drug ring operating in Kane, DuPage and parts of Cook counties, authorities said Thursday. Two people also were arrested on drug offenses a...

If that plastic Rudolph still is sitting in your front yard or multicolored holiday lights are hanging from your eaves, Carpentersville code enforcement officers say it's time to take them down. Saturday is the deadline for residents to remove all h...