Barbara Sherlock

Three volunteer committees have been created to build voter support for two Batavia Library District referendum proposals on the Nov. 4 ballot. The library is asking voters to approve the...

Diners at Cafe Bari may be able to eat outdoors next year. The Plan Commission last week recommended approval of the restaurant's request to add an alfresco dining area. Restaurant...

With aldermen disagreeing whether an annexation agreement with the developer of the proposed Prairie Trail South subdivision should require a fence along part of the property, much less dictate its...

After more than 1 1/2 years in a task reminiscent of "pushing a large rock up a hill," James Volk, chairman of the city's Telecommunications Committee, told the City Council...

A Kane County judge has extended until Sept. 8 a temporary restraining order barring North Aurora from annexing property in dispute with Batavia. On that day Judge Patrick Dixon will...

Now might be a good time for Batavia residents to buy a new photo album because, according to Lisa Bennett, in a few years they might wish they had taken...

Batavia officials were awaiting a package from the U.S. Census Bureau with the final results of a special census conducted by the city in May. That tally will help determine...

Punctuality was as winning an ingredient for the public as peppers were for the contestants Saturday in the Windmill City Chili Cookoff and Illinois State Championship held in Laurelwood Park....

Whether safety and alfresco dining can break bread together next summer at the Cafe Bari restaurant is still in question after Batavia Plan Commission members on Wednesday continued a public...

The Batavia City Council on Monday unanimously voted to establish a special services area in its central business district to help fund participation in the Illinois Main Street program. The...