Wayne Baker

Officials are considering hiring the Lannert Group, a St. Charles land planner, to design the township's 40-acre sports and recreation complex on Brown Road. The Township Board is also asking...

After more than a month's delay, the city has annexed a proposed 53-acre residential development west of the Jewel and Target shopping centers on Randall Road, the first of several...

Police officers this week will be adding red ribbons to their uniforms, but not because they're making some kind of fashion statement. The ribbons are part of a national campaign...

Downtown pedestrians and merchants may notice something out of the ordinary at their feet as they walk on the sidewalks Wednesday. On Tuesday, members of the pro-business Friends of Downtown...

The City Council has approved the community's first major shopping center, but not before forcing the developer to make concessions to appease neighboring homeowners. The development, known as Fabyan Crossing,...

When and if development ever comes west of Randall Road, it will cost about $1.3 million to provide sanitary sewers, according to a recent city estimate. Most of the cost...

Officials have reopened the debate on whether to retain parking along Illinois Highway 64, or Main Street, when the state rebuilds the bridge and road downtown in 1996. The city...

A report last month of a man posing as a St. Charles police officer apparently turned out to be bogus. After a three-week investigation, police on Friday arrested Mary P....

A citizens group building the downtown Riverwalk Park has received an anonymous donation of a 40-foot-long bridge, climaxing the project's second year of construction and bringing it to the halfway...

The city promoted two veteran employees to supervise the street and electric divisions, following up on the council's rearrangement last month of the Public Works Department. John Dillon, a 14-year...