Carpentersville

Burying water and sewer lines exposed following a dam removal project could cost Carpentersville more than $3 million.

The first-time El Cardunal paddle event brought the Friends of the Fox River and other supporters from Algonquin to East Dundee, celebrating the changes in the river since the Carpentersville dam was removed.

The El Cardunal paddle stepped off at Cornish Park in Algonquin and finished near William C. Bartels Park in East Dundee, covering a distance of about 6 miles.

The drive-through-only coffee chain 7 Brew is quickly expanding its presence in the McHenry County, with several new locations planned.

A motorcyclist died in the hospital Wednesday after suffering serious injuries from a crash with a sedan Tuesday morning at the intersection of Longmeadow Parkway and Sleepy Hollow Road in Algonquin, officials report.

Algonquin-based Community School District 300 board has approved a new three-year contract with the district’s teacher union.

Friends of the Fox River and the Fabulous Fox Water Trail invite the public to join El Cardunal, a new, six-mile community paddle event from Algonquin to East Dundee, that takes place in June.

Kane County's Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor over the Fox River near Carpentersville received an Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies at its awards ceremony Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Carpentersville made the last purchase at Spring Hill Mall on Tuesday, agreeing to buy the former Kohl’s building for $2 million.

Carpentersville trustees are turning to their village attorney to take over as village manager after firing the town’s former top administrator.

Homeschool teachers Melissa Ryan and Tammy Massey created a STEM-focused robotics team in McHenry County that has now reached international competitions twice.

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A funeral was held Friday for three children who died in a house fire in Carpentersville in March.

Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in finding their loved one, who had been missing since 1983. Divers uncovered her remains and her Class of 1977 Sycamore High School tassel.

A third child has died as a result of a fire in a Carpentersville house Sunday as authorities and the public search for answers.

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The Kane County Coroner's Office announced it had positively identified the remains of Karen Schepers.

The car pulled from the Fox River Tuesday that belonged to an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983 could have been recovered three years earlier but was misidentified.

When Elgin police discovered Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River on Monday, one question immediately popped into the public’s mind: Why wasn’t it found long ago? She went missing in 1983.

Elgin police say the car belonging to a woman who has been missing for 42 years will be pulled out of the Fox River Tuesday.

Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, police and a dive team searched the Fox River on Monday for clues they hoped to find in the frigid, murky water. Karen Schepers grew up in Sycamore.

Elgin police will search the Fox River Monday as part of a cold-case investigation into the 1983 disappearance of Karen Schepers, who grew up in Sycamore.

Sylvia Klosowski's family gathered around her at Alden Terrace of McHenry to celebrate the McHenry woman's 108th birthday.

Moms and a teacher from Westfield Community School in Algonquin have come together to help fourth-grader Leo Carmona, who is recovering from an ATV crash that caused his father's death in November.

A Carpentersville man who was charged in the beating of another man 25 years ago – and then didn’t show up for court – has been arrested after an Algonquin traffic stop and released again pretrial.

A Carpentersville home sustained $400,000 damage when fire broke out in its attic Monday afternoon, authorities said.

A Carpentersville man was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge after he was charged with intimidation, trespassing and resisting a police officer after police say he fled on foot through an Algonquin neighborhood.

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The Kane County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified a 70-year-old woman from Huntley who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Jan. 8 in Carpentersville.

Police activity Friday morning at Jacobs High School in Algonquin was the result of a “false lockdown.”

When a seventh-grade student at Westfield Community School began choking in the lunchroom, a teacher stepped in

A Kohl’s store on the Carpentersville side of the otherwise-shuttered Spring Hill Mall will close by April, the Wisconsin-based retailer announced.

A 70-year-old Huntley woman died following a two-vehicle crash in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon.

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Jacobs High School had a short shelter-in-place order Monday following a police presence near the Community School District 300 school

The long tradition of Shop with a Cop, the initiative that brings police together with children to provide gifts and mentoring, continues this holiday season.

Dundee Township’s 21st annual Shop With a Cop provided children with presents, food and warm clothing this Christmas.

Crystal Lake City Council postpones the consideration of a 5% self-storage facility rental tax after industry leaders push back.

The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway 2024 Holiday Train made a stop in Pingree Grove on Wednesday Nov. 27, 2024, entertaining crowds with live music and holiday cheer while also collecting food and donations for the D300 Food Pantry. The holiday train is touring the U.S. and Canada through Dec. 20.

Leo Bonilla of Neubert Elementary School aims to raise $3,000 for the D300 Food Pantry after his school won the Hunger Champion award for collecting the most food donations.

A Carpentersville man initially accused by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office of possessing 40 pressed oxycontin pills and other narcotics pleaded guilty Friday to a fentanyl charge and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

A driver who was killed when two semi tractor-trailer trucks collided near Carpentersville has been named.

Retired District 300 teacher Laurie Parman of Sleepy Hallow is trying to unseat incumbent Democrat State Rep. Suzanne Ness of Crystal Lake in the 66th House district.

State Rep. Suzanne Ness’ fourth annual diaper drive is underway and runs through Monday, Nov. 4, with dropoff spots throughout the 66th District she represents.

A car fire that started in the attached garage of a Lake in the Hills home was quickly extinguished before it spread to the home, officials reported.

A fire broke out in a two-story, multifamily building in Carpentersville early Monday, displacing the occupants of 12 units.

The Fox River is adapting to a new flow through Carpentersville as crews continue to work on removing a dam.

Van’s Frozen Custard could be moving from East Dundee across the river to West Dundee.

A Pingree Grove charter school teacher has been awarded with the 2024 ISTA Middle School Educator Award.

A home remains habitable and no injuries reported in an electrical fire that started in an attached garage of a home Thursday evening in Lake in the Hills, officials report.