Wayne Baker

The two cities have a hired a consultant to study their cable television franchise agreements with Jones Spacelink to determine whether customers are getting their money's worth. The cost-of-service study...

Officials have agreed to meet with the neighbors of a proposed 10-screen movie cinema to discuss their concerns about the development's impact on wetlands to the north. A representative of...

Residents who live near areas under development will get some relief from early-morning noise on weekends with the adoption of construction time limits. Effective immediately, construction workers and heavy machinery...

Police officers from the two cities will train together to form a joint-department tactical response team for emergency situations, following the approval this week of an intergovernmental agreement. As conceived,...

School District 101 officials were hoping to salvage a redevelopment agreement for the former junior high school property rejected earlier in the week by the City Council. Batavia School Supt....

The proposed developer of the former junior high school property downtown will have to add 26 parking stalls and guarantee a minimum amount of commercial space if the project is...

The owners of three downtown buildings have applied for more than $56,000 in city grants to improve the appearance of their structures. Pending approval of the City Council, the grants...

A weekend incident in which the subject of a traffic arrest allegedly damaged station furniture has police officials pointing to it as a major reason why voters on Tuesday should...

Police arrested a 36-year-old woman on felony charges in connection with what police described as a plot to kill her 10-year-old daughter and herself. The arrest Wednesday came as she...

Elgin developer Leo Goldschmidt has agreed to the city's condition that he use masonry walls in his plans to build senior housing on the former junior high school property downtown....