Road construction workers are back on the job after a three-week strike earlier this month, and local traffic detours are following right behind.

Schierer is accused of slapping and punching a family member. According to court records, Schierer was on probation for a previous conviction of violating an order of protection and was under a current order of protection.

We commemorate residents' milestones on the second and fourth Sundays of the month in our Celebrations section.

The Elgin School District U46 Board of Education renewed its contracts with area police departments for 14 school liaison officers Monday.

Just days shy of an anticipated sale of the team, the Schaumburg Flyers are being sued by one of their vendors for nonpayment of $22,230 for promotional merchandise produced for the current season.

Police reports for St. Charles. • Kris M. Houck, 36, of the 0S800 block of Spring Green Way, Batavia, was charged Saturday, July 3, with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent.

* Residential burglary: A 27-inch, flat-screen television was reported stolen from an apartment in the 700 block of West Highland Avenue Sunday afternoon.

Bartlett will kick off its National Night Out festivities on Saturday with the ninth annual Skate Park Bash.

Nick's Pizza and Pub at 990 S. Randall Road will host a fundraiser for the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 14.

Metra train fatality: A Streamwood man was killed at the Bartlett Metra train station Thursday night when, according to witnesses, he ran to the middle of the tracks as the train approached, a Metra spokeswoman said.

A Citizens Advisory Council report reveals that Elgin Area School District U-46 is in the process of beefing up the quantity and quality of Advanced Placement course offerings, but much work is still needed.

Best of the West Garden Walk, sponsored by the Morton Arboretum, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9-10. Six locations the Western suburbs including Lemont, LaGrange, Oswego, Aurora and St.

A Streamwood man died late Thursday night after he was hit by a Metra train in Bartlett.

Bartlett's Fourth of July fireworks are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Apple Orchard Park near the intersection of South Bartlett Road and Stearns Road.