Linda Young

Three women whose spirit of volunteerism has gone above and beyond the call of duty for Hesed House, an Aurora homeless shelter, will receive special recognition May 17 during the...

Two juveniles who escaped from the Illinois Youth Center at Valley View after allegedly assaulting a security officer were back in custody Thursday after less than 12 hours on the...

Students and lawyers will celebrate Law Day on Friday by conducting mock criminal trials at the Kane County Judicial Center. High school students from Geneva, Batavia, York, St. Edward, Larkin,...

Forty percent of the waste generated by Kane County residents was collected for recycling, according to the county's Department of Environmental Management. Kane officials, who began the recycling program in...

U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will deliver the keynote address Monday at the Better Health and Better Lives for Women health-care forum and fair at Pheasant Run Resort. The forum,...

Residents will have several opportunities to safely--and legally-- dispose of used motor oil during Kane County's annual series of collection days. The first pickup is from 9 a.m. to 1...

On the way back to Aurora Municipal Airport from Louisville, a single-engine plane crashed Friday night in an Indiana bean field, killing all four people aboard just minutes after the...

A Kane County judge on Thursday set a May 7 hearing date to determine whether convicted killer Bonzell L. Joyner can fire his attorney. In a motion he filed himself...

Kane County was one of the first counties in the state to venture into cyberspace when it began posting election results on its Internet site in 1996. But gremlins plagued...

Backers of a $2.95 million referendum proposal to build and equip a new Town and Country Library have expressed confidence that central Kane County voters will give the proposal a...