Wayne Baker

High school students may have to get used to having a police officer hanging around full-time if the City Council accepts a unanimous recommendation by one of its committees. The...

The city's Police Department wants to know what the citizenry thinks of the agency and is mailing a multi-page survey this week to every household. The survey, conducted for the...

Some observers thought they may have been witness to a miracle over the weekend as the Fox River turned red between St. Charles and South Elgin. The discoloration was the...

With the downtown area literally choking with construction, city officials and business leaders welcomed a report that the state's reconstruction of the Illinois Highway 64 bridge will take a year...

Left with few options, the city may take the owners of several downtown buildings to court to force them to install fire alarm systems in the apartments there. But officials...

In a special population count authorized this summer, federal census takers found about 500 more people living in Batavia than public officials had estimated. The increase in population, to 20,233...

Councilmen adopted the city's first written anti-harassment policy this week after an earlier version of the measure was rewritten to be less "all-encompassing." Eliminated was language defining harassment as unwelcome...

An afternoon fire that began in a garage caused about $100,000 in damage to a southeast side home Monday, officials said. Fire Chief William Darin said the blaze erupted about...

Because of high water in the Fox River, officials believe construction of the Prairie Street bridge will not be complete by November. The city now expects a spring opening, and...

Park and city officials are looking at ways to enforce a ban on bicycles, skates, skateboards and just about anything else with wheels from the Riverwalk Park under construction on...