Michelle Meyer

Thirty years ago Saturday, a Metra train struck a school bus in the heart of Fox River Grove, killing seven Cary-Grove High students and injuring many more. The community and rail safety were forever changed.

A long, sometimes tense meeting over a controversial development and road extension in cary prompted the Village Board to delay a vote on the matter.

The Crystal Lake City Council has agreed to landmark one of the city’s oldest buildings – but only if preservationists can figure out a way to move it from its current location.

A man is believed to have suffered a medical emergency when he crashed into an Algonquin home and suffered injuries Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

Crystal Lake Park District board backtracks on their attempts to exit an intergovernmental agreement with Lakewood and Crystal Lake over lake ecology management after municipal leaders criticized the move.

The Crystal Lake Park District has once again rejected the consideration of purchasing a shuttered Northwestern Medicine Health and Fitness Center to turn it into a community center.

A teacher at Lotus Elementary School in Spring Grove entered an educational sweepstakes and learned she won a $25,000 classroom makeover when organizers showed up to surprise her.

About three weeks remain for the public to provide input on a road extension project planned in Cary that aims to improve mobility in the downtown area.

The Cary Village Board is set to give a final answer on a proposed mixed-use luxury community Tuesday that have many residents left concerned over a road extension that would connect a neighborhood street to Route 31.

No injuries were reported after a van caught on fire that created “a heavy black smoke column” Saturday afternoon along Interstate 90 in Huntley, officials report.

The Green Gate Garden Club is a group of roughly 20 women who are behind many of the gardens and floral landscaping around Crystal Lake.

Speed limits along Haligus Road in Lakewood are decreasing due to the new public park in the area.

A Lake in the Hills man is trying to win enough supporters of his custom bobblehead sock monkey Lego creation to have it turned into an official set.

Lakewood has stopped a solar farm from being built by annexing almost 100 acres of land to the village – which doesn’t allow solar farms.

Martejo Discount in Algonquin will offer even deeper discounts than usual until it closes for good at the end of November to refocus on online sales. Crunch Fitness is eyeing the space.