Wayne Baker

The driver of a garbage truck that collided with a Ford Escort, critically injuring the driver and forcing Randall Road to close for four hours last month, has been ticketed...

For now, officials are unlikely to hire full-time firefighter-paramedics. Mayor Jeff Schielke said it is not in Batavia's best interests to change the way it provides paramedic service through the...

Voters in the April 4 municipal election will be asked to decide whether the City Council should shrink back to 10 members elected from five wards. A group of citizens...

Annexation of the last remaining undeveloped east side parcels is in jeopardy after a City Council committee rejected a compromise plan worked out with the landowners. The recommendation to deny...

A popular recreational program for grade school children will continue this winter now that the Batavia Park District is leasing a former Catholic school for additional space. The district's After...

Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles are protesting amendments to the state's water-quality standards that officials say would force the municipalities to spend millions of dollars needlessly to upgrade their sewage-treatment...

The Police Department is buying six new squad cars, including an unmarked car, as part of its annual fleet rotation. The City Council this week approved spending slightly more than...

A 45-year-old Geneva woman was listed in critical condition in the intensive-care unit of Delnor-Community Hospital Thursday after an accident in which the car she was driving was struck from...

Officials are considering a plan to create one-way streets in front of elementary schools to reduce traffic jams as drivers drop off and pick up children. Police officials said they...

The city is considering restrictions to keep cut-through traffic out of a west side neighborhood and address residents' concerns that the roads outside their homes will be flooded with vehicles...