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Carpentersville officals will host an open house to discuss potential development at Randall and Binnie roads.

Protesters showed up outside Carpentersville village hall Tuesday afternoon to show their opposition to potential development at Randall and Binnie roads.

To answer questions about a potential warehouse development, Carpentersville officials put together an FAQ. That prompted neighboring West Dundee to respond with a statement of their own.

When Carpentersville Village Board Trustee Umberto Garcia spotted a 1936 Carpentersville police car in a photo on Facebook, he knew he wanted to find a way to bring it home.

Coming home after years, or even decades, away can be an exciting and emotional journey. For the Irving Crown Class of 1972, this years return to their place of early education is especially moving for all

James Schuldt, a long-time Carpentersville resident who also served as a village trustee and worked as a guidance counselor at Dundee-Crown High School, is being remembered for his contributions to the community after his passing earlier this month.

Spring Hill Mall property taxes are $102,000 in arrears, which came as news to the CEO of the company that owns the shopping center and has the village presidents of West Dundee and Carpentersville concerned.

Carpentersville officials are hopeful a luxury apartment complex can help breathe new life into the area around Spring Hill Mall.

Carpentersville police took the plunge to raise money for Special Olympics athletes in Illinois.

During 64 years living in Carpentersville, John Skillman Jr. was a police officer, then the police chief, and he was elected as a village trustee, village president and Community Unit District 300 school board member. Skillman, 88, died Monday at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, leaving a legacy of service.