Wayne Baker

The results of a voluntary, mail-in survey sponsored by the city are being touted as evidence of support for building a bridge at Red Gate Road. About 81 percent of...

A 39-year-old Hoffman Estates man was hospitalized with serious burns after an explosion Thursday at a propane tank refilling station west of St. Charles, police and fire officials said. Russell...

The City Council has acted to shore up the Community Development Department's ability to make property owners obey the law by creating the position of code enforcement officer. The $30,500-a-year...

After more than two years of waiting and missed deadlines, the Riverwalk Committee is confident this is the season it will build the much-publicized pavilion and elevated boardwalk. The confidence...

The City Council has given its staff its unanimous consent to negotiate the refinancing of $4.2 million in bonds issued three years ago to pay for water system improvements. The...

Comedy and laughter may be the medicine it takes to help keep kids off drugs, according to a professional anti-drug motivational speaker scheduled to visit St. Charles on Wednesday. "So...

A Chicago developer has proposed building a 400,000-square-foot retail shopping center that would be one of the first commercial development in the city's planned West Gateway area. Dalan/Jupiter Inc. unveiled...

A 27-year-old Aurora woman was killed and five people were injured in back-to-back accidents involving pedestrians and three vehicles, according to the Kane County sheriff's office. Gloria Sterling of 706...

Retail space in the city can reasonably grow by another 800,000 square feet over the next five years without straining its economic vitality, according to a Chicago marketing consultant. That...

Donna Daniels hopes to share her knowledge of history with the residents of her former hometown when she appears Sunday in one-person play she wrote about Mary Todd Lincoln. "It's...