Wayne Baker

The on-again, off-again proposal for a shopping center on the southwest corner of Kirk Road and Illinois Highway 64 is on again after the City Council reversed a previous decision...

The city is preparing to issue $570,000 in tax increment financing bonds to pay for dredging Depot Pond and other Riverwalk-related improvements. Although the Batavia Park District owns the pond...

A 6-year-old boy riding in his father's van died from a broken neck after the van sideswiped a tree Monday while the child was sticking his head out a window,...

Police want to send a message to graffiti artists that their craft is not welcome in town. So on Saturday, Police Officer Darrin Lee and dozens of volunteers from the...

With four new aldermen looking for something to do after Tuesday's election, Mayor Jeff Schielke has proposed creating two new City Council committees. Due to population growth and state election...

For the second time in as many weeks, maximum security inmates and guards at the Kane County Adult Corrections Center have come to blows in a hallway scuffle, and officials...

The city has agreed to allow the Park District to operate in the former Holy Cross Catholic Church buildings if voters next week approve a tax increase to pay for...

The city plans to close Burgess Street between Kaneville Road and South Street this week so it can begin the second phase of an area road reconstruction project. The work,...

Growing up together, Korey and Troy Wallace wanted to be police officers. Their dream, which both realized years ago, became that much sweeter this month as both were named officers...

The City Council this week approved an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation on rebuilding State Street this summer while preserving diagonal parking in the central business district. Agreement...