Wayne Baker

Residents can expect better roads and a more uniform electrical distribution system after the City Council this week approved issuing $8 million in bonds for improvements. Most of the funds,...

The city is studying a proposal by a group of community activists to establish a farmers' market downtown on Saturdays in warm weather. The City Council's Public Safety Committee has...

School officials plan to ask voters in April for permission to borrow $6 million to build an elementary school and add on to two others. Geneva Unit School District 304...

Homeowners will pay an additional 3 cents to throw out a bag of garbage following action by the City Council. Aldermen approved allowing the city's refuse hauler, Speedway Disposal, to...

Officials have given an Elgin developer permission to tear down the former Batavia Junior High School to build apartments for senior citizens and a small shopping center. The redevelopment agreement...

The decision on whether to annex the remaining acreage owned by a longtime east side farming family rests with aldermen now that the city's Plan Commission has issued its findings....

The city must help revitalize the downtown area and the west side's St. Charles Mall as well as prepare for an increasing demand on services, Mayor Fred Norris said in...

A 27-year-old patrol officer was on temporary leave from the Police Department on Thursday after being arrested over the weekend in Elgin on suspicion of drunken driving. Police Chief James...

The owner of a home at 5 School St. must board up the building by Thursday and hire contractors to assess the home's condition, but it probably will be razed,...

A 26-year-old Batavia man was killed instantly, authorities said, when the car he was driving went off Illinois Highway 31, struck a tree and burst into flames. Donald P. Brandenburg...