Starts before Friday Kickoff to Summer Carnival: 5-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 8-9; 1-10 p.m. Saturday, June 10; and 1-9 p.m. Sunday, June 11, in the Highwood Metra Station Parking Lot, 406 Sheridan Road, Highwood. Celebrate Highwood will...

It's Memorial Day Weekend. The unofficial start of summer. And the unofficial start of summer boating season. But if your fun-in-the-sun plans include a cold beer while driving a boat or zooming around on a jet-powered personal craft, police who pat...

Police are asking for the public's helping in looking for a 28-year-old man who was last seen Saturday morning in McHenry. Gustavo Guzman-Perez, 28, was last seen about 2 a.m. Saturday on the 3000 block of West Virginia Avenue, according to a news r...

Bio Town where you live: Elgin Age on Election Day: 52 Occupation: Sales manager Previous offices held: Elgin City Council member (2011-present) Q&A Q: What is the most serious issue your community will face in the com...

Bio Town: Elgin Age on Election Day: 75 Occupation: Retired chemist at Fox River Water Reclamation District Previous offices held: Elgin mayor since 2011; Elgin City Council from 2005-11 Q&A Q: What do you consider the ...

For the second time in as many years, Cathy Thurston of Crystal Lake found herself behind a spotting scope in search of eagles. This year she only saw about 30 golden eye ducks scooting about the Fox River just south of the Algonquin dam. Earlier in...

A lot of brain power from community groups and government entities continues to flow into ideas and plans for enhancing activities and healthy lifestyles with the Fox River at its core. The key now is to transfer that brain power into physical impro...

The Shodeen Family Foundation is continuing its quest to raze the circa 1843 limestone blacksmith shop at the Mill Race property, 4 E. State St., Geneva, insisting in documents that the structure cannot be reused, repurposed or relocated. The Geneva...

What if we could bring back all the nature that urban and suburban sprawl has kicked out? OK, we're not going to turn the whole Chicago area back to an open area of prairie and forests. But a lot can be done even amid the concrete and asphalt. The A...