West Dundee News

A construction worker snakes an acetylene torch hose through dirt and concrete last week during bridge construction along Route 31 North of Big Timber Road in Elgin.

Driving past Raceway Woods here on any given day, at least a dozen cars can be spotted in the parking lot, and several mountain bikers can be found perched on bikes, ready for a ride.

The Sugar Grove Park District, the Fox Valley Park District and the Kane County Forest Preserve District are each due to receive $400,000 from the state for building and improving parks.

Fire officials suspect that faulty roofing-construction work caused a ceiling collapse that injured two people and made 21 temporarily homeless at the Blackhawk Apartments over the weekend, the Courier-News reports.

Two people were injured and 19 others were forced out of their homes after an apartment ceiling collapsed early Saturday in Elgin.

The village welcomed two new trustees and administered the oath of office to a total of four elected officials at the board meeting on Thursday night.

Two suburban men have been sentenced to federal prison terms for their parts in Ponzi schemes that bilked 267 victims out of millions of dollars.

Firefighters from several jurisdictions were battling a house fire early Monday evening in the 16N500 block of Highland Drive, just northwest of the intersection of Randall Road and Route 72.

A Chicago man who led police on a 2011 chase in northern Kane County that ended in a crash in to a police car was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated driving while his license was revoked.

World leaders could resolve all their problems if only they would listen to the "Couch Potatoes" who gather daily for coffee at the Manor Restaurant in East Dundee.

A Carpentersville man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of driving under the influence of liquor - for at least the ninth time.