Wayne Baker

The city's Police Department is studying a plan to add a canine unit next year, but it is going to need the community's help to do it. Officials fear the...

Public works officials from Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles are studying a proposal to join together on a solid waste disposal contract. Although discussions are in the preliminary stages, the...

While running Friends of Downtown St. Charles, Renee Hanlon will have a few more duties beginning Jan 1. Hanlon, the group's executive director and the only full-time employee of the...

City officials and police are trying a new approach to deal with the problem of liquor sales to minors. Instead of concentrating on actions such as license revocations, fines or...

A City Council committee has denied an alderman's request to relax codes requiring multifamily residences with more than two units to install an alarm system. The committee did agree with...

Wayne Staples was a man who enjoyed riding snowmobiles and had just purchased his fourth, a Polaris 450. But the sled's maiden voyage to northern Wisconsin turned out to be...

A 40-year-old Aurora Township woman was killed early Sunday as she walked along Illinois Highway 31 north of Mooseheart Road in unincorporated Batavia Township, the Kane County sheriff's office said....

Most downtown property owners will be paying a new city tax next year, but only about half will see a change in the total bill following actions this week by...

The city brought its eastern-most border this week to the Kane-Du Page County line after the council voted unanimously to annex about 200 acres between Kirk and Kautz Roads. The...

The owner of a $150,000 home can expect to pay an average of $6 more next year in city property taxes under the 1994 budget and tax levy. The City...