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Resident Neil Smith watches firefighters with his Yorkie, Tallulah, after a fire spread from a vacant single family home undergoing renovation to the roof of the adjacent apartment building where he lives.

Officials investigate extra-alarm fire that destroyed Oak Park home

June 17, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.

No one was injured but damage was extensive when an extra-alarm fire spread from a house to an apartment building Wednesday morning in Oak Park, authorities said.The fire, which gutted...

Flooding prompts changes in St. Charles

May 16, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

Major flooding events along the 7th Avenue and North Tributary creeks in St. Charles have prompted the city to redraw its flood insurance maps and make improvements along the creek...

Debris from a fire at the The Office Dining and Spirits restaurant in St. Charles litters the sidewalk.

St. Charles firefighters respond to 3 structural fires

May 16, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

The St. Charles Fire Department had a "busy day" on Wednesday, responding to three separate structural fires, including one at a downtown restaurant that caused an estimated $125,000 in damages....

Historic law office moved to new St. Charles home

May 16, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

St. Charles' commitment to preservation was plainly visible Wednesday morning, as crews moved a historic 1840s building down city streets to a new location in a park. The Jones Law...

Building playground will substitute for mitzvah parties

June 17, 2018 at 10:31 a.m.

When Lakeview youths Ariana Handelman and Marc Luban have their bat and bar mitzvahs this fall and turn 13, they won't celebrate with an extravagant party at a hotel or...

Heat causes early closure at two St. Charles schools

May 16, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

Two middle schools in St. Charles closed early on Monday due to the hot weather, district officials said. Students at Haines and Thompson middle schools, the only school buildings in...

The Emerald Ash Borer on a tree in in Campton Township yard in 2006.

More than half of remaining ash trees in St. Charles need to be removed

May 16, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

More than half of the remaining 326 ash trees left in city of St. Charles are set to be removed this fall, officials said Monday night. At a Government Services...

Workers take down the brick from the exterior of the walkway at St. Charles East High School in 2002. Contractors had to gut the interior to get rid of the mold discovered at the school.

District 303 to pay $660,000 over dispute involving mold in East HS

March 10, 2020 at 1:17 a.m.

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 officials agreed to pay more than $660,000 to a former insurance carrier earlier this month with the hopes of ending a decade-long lawsuit...

Sharee Washington, left, Jazmine Watkins, 6, and Marie Benjamin all of Chicago, cheer on the JRW team in the 6th inning. Hundreds of people showed up at State and Lake Streets in Chicago to watch the Jackie Robinson West team play South Korea in the World Championship game of the Little League World Series.

Jackie Robinson West ‘still champions,’ Chicago fans say

August 19, 2019 at 6:57 a.m.

Chicago's Little League team fell short of winning a world title Sunday, but many of the more than 1,000 fans at two city public watch parties still walked away smiling....

Bruce Rauner, Republican candidate for governor, at a news conference in Chicago Thursday.

Rauner hits Quinn on ex-chief of staff subpoena

May 15, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Republican governor challenger Bruce Rauner on Sunday lashed out at the leadership of Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, saying a federal subpoena for the emails of Quinn's former chief of staff...

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