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A group of bird watchers looks for birds during the S.F. Bay Area Flyway Festival in Vallejo, California, in 2022. A bird-watching event is set for Geneva on Sunday, May 17. (Chris Riley/Times-Herald)

Bird-watching event planned in Geneva

May 8, 2026 at 12:53 p.m.

The event, held in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, is open to seasoned birders and beginners to help identify various species making their home in the woods at Fabyan...

Bolingbrook man sentenced to prison for drug-induced homicide in Aurora

May 7, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 12½ years in state prison after a jury recently found him guilty of drug-induced homicide in connection with the death of an Aurora...

A dog died in a house fire in Aurora on Saturday, Aurora Fire Department officials said. (Aurora Fire Department)

Dog found dead, home uninhabitable after fire on West Side of Aurora

May 7, 2026 at 8:41 a.m.

The fire at the home displaced three adults, according to the Aurora Fire Department.

A falcon named Vixen began nesting in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of Aurora City Hall in early April, city officials. She laid four eggs, which hatched recently. The city is looking for suggestions on what to name the four baby falcons. (City of Aurora)

Aurora looks for help naming baby falcons that hatched outside City Hall

May 6, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

Two of the baby falcons hatched on Friday, and then another two hatched on Monday, city officials said.

Batavia Lions Club member Lori Wilson looks at a basket of flowers before a previous Lions Club plant sale. The club will be holding its 44rd annual plant sale fundraiser on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, in Batavia. (Batavia Lions Club)

Batavia Lions Club to hold annual plant sale fundraiser

May 6, 2026 at 12:02 p.m.

The Batavia Lions Club will hold its 44th annual plant sale fundraiser on Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9, club officials said.

Firefighters work on the scene of a house fire in the 2600 block of Lansdale Street in Aurora on Monday, May 4, 2026. (Aurora Fire Department)

Two adults, two children displaced after house fire in Aurora

May 5, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

A home has been deemed uninhabitable, and several people have been displaced, after a fire on Aurora’s southwest side on Monday afternoon, according to the Aurora Fire Department.

Oswego Township man sentenced to 50 years in prison for 2021 shooting death of Aurora man

May 5, 2026 at 8:43 a.m.

The Aurora man was killed while sitting in a parked vehicle in Montgomery.

The Aurora Public Library District's West Branch is one of the sites set to hold events by the Kane County Treasurer's Office designed to explain the new look of the county's property tax bill. (R. Christian Smith/The Beacon-News)

Outreach events planned to explain new look of Kane County’s property tax bill

May 1, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.

The Kane County Treasurer’s Office will hold a number of outreach events coming up to explain the new look of the county's property tax bill and to address taxpayers’ questions.

The Fabyan Windmill is at 1500 Crissey Ave. in Geneva. (Gloria Casas/For The Courier-News)

Volunteers sought to help clean up Fabyan Windmill in Geneva before it opens for the season

May 1, 2026 at 9:22 a.m.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District is inviting the public to participate in a volunteer clean-up of the Fabyan Windmill, at 1500 Crissey Ave. in Geneva, from 10 a.m. to...

Driver fatally shot after I-88 police chase identified as 36-year-old Warrenville man

April 30, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

The driver who was fatally shot on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County following a suburban police chase Monday has been identified.

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