East Dundee News

The church architectural firm of David F. Schultz Associates Ltd. of Barrington was awarded the Excellence in Architecture Award by the Northeast Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently.

Critics of legalized video gambling in bars and restaurants across the state appear to be on the ropes after facing a major setback in the push to stop the massive expansion approved this summer.

East Dundee resident Allen Skillicorn is tired of local government corruption, lack of fiscal transparency, and the encroachment of civil liberties.

A judge revoked bond Thursday for an East Dundee repo man accused of falsely reporting a vehicle stolen so police would look for it.

"It was kind of poetic justice," said Roxane Bennett, starting her second week on the job as the Dundee Township Public Library's executive director.

Village trustees have overwhelmingly indicated opposition to video gaming in East Dundee, but said they will give voters a chance to express their opinions in an advisory referendum.

Does an abandoned, haunted amusement park sound like an episode of "Scooby-Doo"? Not so -- folks are shelling our $12 each to have people in rubber masks jump out and scare them as they hike through the former Santa's Village in East Dundee.

A group of East Dundee residents that united to take on the Federal Emergency Management Agency over redrawn floodplain maps might prove the agency's updated charts are incorrect.

Upon receiving my water bill this month, I was angered to find an additional "debt" fee of $17.80 tacked on to our usage total.

An East Dundee teen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting a March house fire on Elgin's west side, officials said Thursday.

Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice will show Robert Greenwald's film "Rethinking Afghanistan" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Kane County's sheriff will seek another term at the top of the law enforcement agency.

A northwest suburban man is behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade bomb in a Palatine grocery where he was denied a job after working for a one week-trial period.

The village this week approved an ordinance to erect stop signs at the intersection of Barrington Avenue and Second Street, and also addressed a resident's disappointment with a water bill assessment.

Although temperatures last week felt more wintry than autumnal, it is fall, as evidenced by the changing leaf colors and piles of leaves that have already fallen.

As a reporter and a skeptic, I don't have much faith in politicians and government.

Authorities say a car-dealership repo man is being held in the Kane County Jail for allegedly trying to trick police into doing his job for him.

A former East Dundee police chief - and that village's first administrator - has been tapped to take over as the director for a regional emergency dispatch center.

After making my way through a celebratory September, I've decided I want my own festival.

East Dundee trustees have added another site to the list of special taxing areas in the village.