Wayne Baker

Two men wearing masks and brandishing shotguns broke into an apartment early Saturday and beat the husband and wife who lived there while demanding drugs, the Kane County Sheriff's Office...

The volunteer group building the Riverwalk Park downtown announced this week that next month's fundraising auction will be the group's last. Riverwalk Committee leaders said so many other community organizations...

Developers appeared last week before boards and committees throughout Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles to pitch projects. St. Charles developers Rich Faganel and Ron Russell presented plans to a City...

The Kane County Sheriff Merit Commission will decide by April 5 whether to uphold the firing of a 44-year-old jail guard accused of brutality. Sheriff Ken Ramsey said he suspended...

With the spring construction season close at hand, developers appeared before boards and committees throughout Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles last week to pitch projects. St. Charles developers Rich Faganel...

The volunteer group building the riverwalk park downtown announced this week that next month's fundraising auction will be the group's last. Riverwalk Committee leaders said so many other community organizations...

A Kane County Adult Corrections Center inmate was sent to a hospital emergency room for stitches after a melee that erupted Monday between gang members passing in a jail corridor....

Higher costs and the specter of an accident last year may ground a Chamber of Commerce-sponsored hot-air balloon race planned for this summer's Swedish Days festival. Chamber executive director Jean...

The Park District would be allowed to operate its Eastside Community Center on the former Holy Cross Catholic campus if it successfully purchases the property with funds from passage of...

An 18-year veteran firefighter who helps train other firefighter/paramedics was selected last week to receive the Batavia Fire Department Benevolent Association's firefighter of the year award. Colleagues chose Jon Bartholomew,...