Carpentersville News

In honor of Memorial Day this week, Twin Oaks Baptist Church, on Randall Road, invited members of American Legion Post 697 in Carpentersville to participate in its second annual Memorial Day observance during its regular Sunday morning service.

May 11: Kyle W. Virta, age 32, of 600 E. Hillside Ave., Barrington, was arrested for domestic battery at the above address.

Rick Browne, a local architect, hopes to turn the old Ziegler's Ace Hardware building in downtown West Dundee into a regional performing arts center in the rendering shown here.

A 41-year-old Carpentersville man faces at least 45 years in prison after being convicted in the shooting death of a DeKalb man in October 2009 over some poor quality cocaine.

A An 18-year-old Hampshire man was arrested following an incident at Huntley High School, 13719 Harmony Road, police said.

Rather than going it alone, Carpentersville and West Dundee have joined forces to negotiate a five-year extension of their garbage collection contracts, a move officials say helped them snag a better deal.

CARPENTERSVILLE – A Liberty Elementary student inched closer to his dream of being an aeronautical engineer after his artwork of airplanes was selected to be displayed at a Boeing aviation museum.

Tom Roeser, president of OTTO Engineering, approached the village about fixing up the site of the old Dundee Lumber Co.

Its founder, Charles Arens, was a pioneer in aviation technology who made his first flight in 1911.

Carpentersville finding ways to eradicate emerald ash borer Huntley makes plans to replace destroyed ash trees Arlington Hts.

Tom Roeser, owner of Otto Engineering in Carpentersville, bought the former Dundee Lumber site in East Dundee and will develop a park on the spot, which is along the Fox River Trail.

CARPENTERSVILLE – Hosanna! Lutheran Church in St. Charles on Friday donated bikes to 73 low-income students at Perry Elementary School.

May 5: Anna C. Kellen, age 23, of 319 West Lake Street, was arrested for DUI, BAC over .08, improper turn and improper lane usage at Kainer Avenue and Main Street.

Dorothy Carrigan, 78, of Carpentersville was reported missing Thursday after attending a 9 a.m. church service in West Dundee.

A Chicago man faces a life prison sentence after a Kane County jury convicted him of assaulting two Carpentersville girls he knew from 2004 through 2007.

Spiros Angelos owns Jameson's Charhouse , a local chain that specializes in steak and fish.

Be sure to bring your empty stomachs to the Hampshire Fire/EMS Association's upcoming open house and bratwurst dinner.

CARPENTERSVILLE – The Dundee-Crown Class of 2014 will host the annual “D-C Oscars” variety and awards tonight.

CARPENTERSVILLE – The search for a new person to oversee District 300's finances may be over soon, as Superintendent Michael Bregy waits to hear back on his job offer to one of three candidates brought to the district for in-person interviews.

Details: Moving days can be stressful, but this one turned violent, as two employees of a Chicago based moving company got into a fist fight that escalated into a knife fight, as their shocked customer looked on from the window of her new Monroe St.