Wayne Baker

The Police Department received another five-year stamp of approval this week from the national Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The re-accreditation means the department complies with 301 mandatory...

A Northbrook developer is no longer the leading candidate to redevelop the St. Charles Mall on the city's far west side, Mayor Fred Norris said this week. The mall, at...

A national housewares retailer has agreed to restrict the sale of propellants used in a whip cream maker to adults over 21 in response to a monthlong campaign by Police...

The city will spend about $900,000 more in general operating expenses next year, mainly by adding three police officers and three firefighters to the payroll, according to the proposed 1995...

The St. Charles Historical Society has kicked off its campaign to raise $750,000 to help it move out of City Hall into a shuttered savings and loan building downtown. Society...

The city will press the state to repair the north dam on the Fox River now that ownership of the aging structure has been cleared up. Although it did not...

The Illinois Commerce Commission has ordered a developer to install lights and gates where the Burlington Northern Railroad line crosses Raddant Road in the northeast part of the city. Kingsland,...

The Sheriff's Department is warning that it plans to arrest anyone caught shoveling, blowing or plowing snow onto public roads. "Everyone knew it was against the law, but no one...

As expected, the City Council has followed its staff's recommendation to place a 60-day moratorium on annexing property east of Hart Road and south of the Illinois Prairie Path. The...

Based on projected increases in the area's total assessed valuation and sales-tax revenues, property owners could pay less tax next year. The City Council this week approved a tax levy...