Wayne Baker

The two cities announced plans this week to sign a new 10-year contract to buy electricity from Commonwealth Edison, a move that could mean $125 million in rate savings, according...

A Burr Ridge developer has proposed building an 89-home subdivision on the city's southeast side that could provide residents there with a critical east-west route through town. The project, by...

Serious crime was up, but accidents with injuries were down in the first six months of 1994 as compared with the same time last year, according to a police study...

Because of its spiraling population growth, the city will add two wards and four aldermen in next spring's municipal election. City attorney William McGrath said the change to seven wards...

Construction crews will close parts of two roads for the next month to rebuild the intersection of Burlington Road and Illinois Highway 64. The 1.5-mile stretch of Burlington Road from...

A longtime area farming family that owns property along one of the city's most active intersections has agreed to annex the land to St. Charles whenever development occurs there. The...

A City Council committee has backed off a police recommendation to ban in-line skating from downtown sidewalks but is preparing an ordinance to prosecute any skater who collides with a...

Mayor Fred Norris renewed his call to remove semi-tractor trailer trucks from Illinois Highway 31 after a countywide poll found that some communities might favor the idea if the state...

The two cities could join Geneva in being supplied with electricity by Wisconsin Electric and Power Co., pending the outcome of negotiations. St. Charles Mayor Fred Norris asked the City...

The city plans to ask voters permission this fall to authorize $6 million in general obligation bonds to pay for repairing key streets through town. The City Council told city...