Wayne Baker

Two Batavia High School students suspended last week for igniting a homemade bomb in a vacant school hallway last month pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of reckless conduct and were...

The city's population could grow by as much as 50 percent over the next 21 years before Geneva runs out of land to develop, according to a staff forecast released...

The Kane Council of Mayors is surveying its member municipalities to determine if there is any support for a proposal by St. Charles Mayor Fred Norris to move the Illinois...

The city plans to study the possibility of building a local bridge across the Fox River. The City Council this week unanimously authorized the city Engineering Department to solicit proposals...

Revelers at the annual weeklong Swedish Days summer festival will have to drink up a little faster this year. The City Council this week amended its ordinance on outdoor alcohol,...

Almost 200 acres of environmentally sensitive nature areas would be given to the Kane County Forest Preserve system in exchange for helping a local park district buy the land necessary...

Two students suspended from Batavia High School last week are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for their alleged roles in setting off a bottled "chemical bomb" in a school...

With just two days remaining as an active member of the Batavia Police Department, Sgt. Don Hubbard hardly seems like a man about to retire from one career to devote...

A 23-year-old Aurora man was being held Monday in the Kane County Adult Correction Center on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of another man...

Beginning Monday, pet owners walking their animals must carry some form of container with them at all times to clean up after their pets or face a $25 fine. "The...