Wayne Baker

The city will soon have its 27th sworn police officer. The City Council last week unanimously approved amending an ordinance to allow the department to operate with 19 patrol officers....

The city's Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has ruled that 19-year veteran police Sgt. Daniel Klinkhamer did not violate department rules when he stopped at the home of a...

The city has agreed to pay for part of the cost of resurfacing State Street and reduce the angle of parking stalls if the Illinois Department of Transportation allows it...

The city's six department heads received bonuses of $2,500 each this week in lieu of annual salary increases. The City Council unanimously approved the bonuses Tuesday. Mayor Fred Norris said,...

The city has applied for three federal grants totaling nearly $2.2 million for pedestrian and bicycle trail improvements downtown and on the east side. The grants, if awarded, would come...

In 21 years on the Police Department, Chief Robert Warner has never had a 4th of July off-and neither has any of his officers. All 34 of the department's sworn...

Cash contributions to the volunteer Riverwalk Park project have slowed to a trickle, but that has not stopped some community members from donating. Britta McKenna, a spokeswoman for the project's...

A 19-year department veteran identified last year in a consultant's study as a potential disruption is being brought before the city's disciplinary panel. The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners...

The city paid a contractor this week to demolish a vacant building at a prominent east side corner in an attempt to hasten the property's redevelopment. Under the rules of...

The City Council this week eliminated an island of unincorporated territory on its near west side by annexing the land for residential development. The 42-acre planned subdivision, named Sierra Mills,...