What was a close girls volleyball match Tuesday quickly turned into a rout. Cary-Grove held a 1-point lead midway through Game 1 against Dundee-Crown then scored 21 of the next 23 points to beat the Chargers, 25-16, 25-10, in Carpentersville. "We we...

Club hosts vendor fair Saturday On Saturday, the Elgin Junior Woman's Club vendor fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church, off Highland Avenue and Randall Road in Elgin. The vendor fair is free to enter. Donations are...

In honor of the 25th anniversary of Dundee-Crown High School, the school will be holding a homecoming parade through downtown Dundee today at 2 p.m. The parade will begin on Route 72 and 2nd Street in West Dundee and will move East on Rt. 72. For mo...

A person from Kane County and another from Grundy County have confirmed cases of food poisoning, E. coli O157:H7, from frozen ground beef produced by Topps Meat Co. of New Jersey, the McHenry County Health Department said Friday. The two people beca...

For the second game in a row, Judson University burnt the nets on the field with a 9-1 CCAC win over the University of St. Francis on homecoming Saturday at Judson. Recording 2 goals each for the Eagles (8-3-1, 4-0) were Gustavo Oliveira and Leonard...

Quilters Fall Fest: First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Ave. in Elgin, will host a Quilters Fall Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Hand-quilted spreads, runners, and baby quilts will be for sale. All quilt items are made by the Methodist...

First Congregational: This Sunday, the Rev. Walter Thyng's sermon will be "Drowsy Living Costs," based on Luke 16:19-31, at the 9 and 10:30 a.m. services at the First Congregational Church, 11628 Main St., Huntley. The theme is, "Living without loo...

Kneseth Israel: Congregation Kneseth Israel provides a full range of religious and community programs. A youth program is available for sixth grade to high school. In addition, interest groups meet regularly for men, women, seniors, and in between. ...

With their leading goal scorer out, Elgin's boys soccer team had to change its game plan, and it worked as the Maroons defeated South Elgin 2-0 in an Upstate Eight Conference game Thursday night at Millennium Field. Lucas Valencia suffered a minor c...

For the second time this season, two Judson University men's soccer players swept the CCAC Player of the Week honors. Both senior Mark Howlett and freshman Neil Thompson were given the awards. Howlett helped Judson with game-winning goals against bo...