Carol Stream News

Rob Schiavone, of Carol Stream, oversees the performance of two trains as they cross over a doorway in the Heritage N-Trak Group model train display at Morris Area Public Library on Wednesday.

The Carpentersville village board may have been in consensus on the need for a proposed $12 million public works facility, but trustees are not in accord on decisions relating to the facility's location or the building's components.

They take the money and run. That's how some people say a roofing company operates here in Chicago.

Child killer Brian Dugan was sentenced to death Wednesday, but that doesn't mean the state is going to execute him any time soon.

The recent letter to the editor from Ray Vetger of Carol Stream "No Need to Stifle Technology" makes a great point.

For a guy who's worked at some of the area's premier golf courses - including Medinah - John M. Scieszka would rather spend his day off casting a rod than swinging a club.

Alan Beck tried to hold onto the bottom of his seat when the armored vehicle that was speeding down a highway in Iraq hit a bump on the road and began to roll.

Carol Stream Park District officials are expected to discuss a possible $30 million to $40 million referendum proposal Monday that would allow them to build a recreation center and indoor pool, as well as an off-leash dog park and trail improvements.

Grant Eckhoff believes he can save taxpayers millions of dollars by consolidating DuPage County's fire districts and departments.

Tim Mays, left, a sophomore from Anna studying English, and Brian Griffin, a junior from Jonesboro studying information systems technology from, both veterans, discuss the new Illinois veterana s cash, scratch-off tickets.

The Will County Board's first of two public hearings on the controversial legalization of video poker machines drew little interest on Oct.

If TLC would have been around 20 years ago and Jim Rodgers agreed to allow his private life to be on television, there would have been quite a following for this emotional roller coaster.

On Oct. 8 Glenbard North High School held its second EKG screening for students.

Emma Knox of Carol Stream , child caregiver My bedroom is blue. My dining room is mint green and white.

Just a handful of people attended the Will County Board's first public hearing on the legalization of video poker machines.

Proposed service cuts on Pace bus routes would put an undue burden on DuPage County riders, residents and public officials said at a hearing Tuesday night.

A change to the Carol Stream fire code which eases restrictions on smoking in structures outside bars and restaurants received support from a somewhat unlikely source Monday: firefighter and village Trustee Greg Schwarze.

The American Postal Workers Union has launched a public campaign to fight the consolidation of mail processing services they claim will delay mail delivery to suburbs with 600 ZIP codes.

A Carol Stream family obtained a protective order against their mentally challenged son after he kicked the family puppy Lexi to death.

There is the 30- to 45-minute delay to warm trucks, scrape ice and load salt before snow plows, all stored outdoors, can be dispatched to clear village streets in the winter.