Baseball Tryouts: Heat Baseball, based in Hoffman Estates, has scheduled tryouts for 1 p.m. Sunday at High Point Park, 1730 Glenlake Road, Hoffman Estates. The team is seeking college bound juniors and seniors from the Northwest and surrounding sub...

Lakeshore Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club's Breed Specialty will be held Oct. 26 and 27 in the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31. Obedience and Rally is included on the 26th. • The Golden Retriever Club of Illinois will hold Breed Specialties Oct...

The blotter Bartlett • Anthony R. Fecarotta, 19, of 120 Lakeview Drive, Bloomingdale; and Peter D. Fiorito, 19, of 3057 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago, were arrested at 5:45 a.m. on Oct. 8 at 824 Kent Circle and were charged with illegal consumption of a...

Now that Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market is open in Algonquin, I've gotten calls and e-mails from many of you a little further south on Randall Road, worried that you're not getting your Caputo's in South Elgin. Don't worry. It's still coming. But th...

A second gymnastics coach has been accused in a St. Charles child pornography case that police say could net even more charges. Vernor Pagulayan Gumila, 38, of 929 S. Third St., St. Charles, was charged with nine counts of child pornography possess...

Baseball/softball Registration: Hanover Park Little League will hold 2008 Girls Softball and Boys/Girls Baseball registration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 and noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Hanover Park Complex Gray Building on Barrington Road just...

I'm putting out a request to Bartlett and Hanover Park residents who'd like to put in their two cents: talk to me. I've been reporting on these neighboring towns for a few months now, and the vast majority of the really interesting and newsworthy st...

The blotter Bartlett • Timothy Winfrey Jr., 19, of 164 Primrose Lane, was arrested at 4:16 a.m. on Oct. 6 at his residence and charged with consumption of alcohol by a minor, police said. He has court on Oct. 30. • Johnathan J. Parkhurst, 29, of 733...

The Western Boston Terrier Club will hold an All-Age Conformation Match from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Yorkfield Civic Center, 15W279 Lexington St., Elmhurst. After the match, there will be a dress your dog Halloween contest. For details, e-mail...