Streamwood News

A recent Associated Press report found that the number of black students facing discipline in Illinois public schools has soared in the last decade, only deepening the racial divide.

Streamwood Finance Director David Richardson called compiling the 2010 budget the most challenging budget he's worked with in his 25 years in finance.

Police say a Streamwood woman's sister and teenage son were in her car when she ran down and killed a 17-year-old Elgin boy who fought with her other son over a girl.

Marlon Mathre weighs gold jewelry he purchased from several customers in a single day at his Fox Valley Coins shop in Naperville earlier this month.

A 4-year-old Streamwood girl and a Huntley man were critically injured in a head-on traffic accident Tuesday on Plank Road, east of Lukens Road, DeKalb County sheriff's deputies said.

After 25 years in the construction trades, Andrew MacDonald figured he had seen it all: moisture problems, plumbing leaks and overloaded electrical components in homes and commercial buildings -- some with defects that would be invisible to the naked eye.

Clinton Elementary School is going on a trip: Destination Book Fair Read Around the World.

John W. Keyes III, 17, was living it up at a party in Elgin Saturday night dancing with a girl when her 16-year-old boyfriend pushed Keyes away from her, according to Keyes' family members.

"No more hate. No more crime. No more violence. Seek God. Leave drugs and gangs behind.

A judge set bond at $1 million for a Streamwood, Illinois woman accused of using her car to run down and kill an Elgin, Illinois man who had allegedly gotten into a fight with the woman's son over a girl the previous night.

Local religious leaders are asking members of the community to join together in a call for peace in light of the recent death of 17-year-old John W. Keyes.

A Streamwood woman is accused of intentionally using her car to kill an Elgin teenager over the weekend.

A woman died Monday morning after a motor vehicle accident. Paris Means, 27, of 1130 Fulton Drive, Streamwood, was pronounced dead at 7 a.m. at St.

Officials are reporting an accident with multiple injuries in Streamwood that forced police to shut down a portion of Irving Park Road.

It's late morning as cab driver Mike Kane arrives at the curbside pickup area of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to meet his latest fare -- a businessman coming from Miami heading back to his office in Itasca.

Failing elementary schools with high numbers of low-income students have submitted plans to the state outlining how they expect to ramp up academic performance.

There's several incumbent Democrat House members who may think this morning they'llbe unopposed in November 2010, but who will bechallengedby the end of petition filings today -- the last day to file primary petitions with the State Board of Elections ... 66th Districta 'Former Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard David Harris is filing ...

Share + Nov 2, 2009 3:33 pm US/Central STREAMWOOD, Ill. A 15-year-old boy was held on $1 million bond Monday after being charged with attempted murder for his alleged role in a gang-related Halloween night shooting in northwest suburban Streamwood.

Hampshire High School junior Matthew Pickard concentrates during a review session for a U.S. History test on Thursday.

A former Streamwood woman found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder and aggravated battery of her young son in 2007, will be allowed to move unsupervised within the secure grounds of the Elgin Mental Health Center, after her psychiatrist testified Wednesday that she poses no harm to herself or others.