David Petesch

Registration is still open for the 57th annual Charlemagne Award ceremony on Friday, May 2, hosted by the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce at the Royal Fox Country Club.

The STC Underground Teen Center will host its annual Community Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 2 and 3.

Misfits Jiujitsu, a martial arts gym with an emphasis on safety and mental health, has a new bigger and better location.

The St. Charles community is invited to a fundraising event at Alter Brewing Company on April 23 to support programs and projects along the Fox River.

St. Charles elementary school orchestra teacher Christopher Pettit was awarded the 2025 Bob Haisman Early Career Teacher of the Year Award by the Illinois Education Association.

The St. Charles Fire Department quickly extinguished a kitchen fire at River Glen senior living community Wednesday afternoon.

Batavia City Council members had varying opinions on whether a $20,000 feasibility study was a good idea, with the major concern being uncertainty surrounding federal funding availability.

An even split of newcomers and incumbents were elected to the St. Charles District 303 School Board.

Besides the mayor, final tallies show only one newcomer will join the St. Charles City Council next month, pending final canvassing until April 22.

With all ballots counted, results show challenger Clint Hull poised to replace St. Charles mayor Lora Vitek, pending final canvassing through April 22.

Next year some ACCESS students will attend a new elementary school for the fifth time, which parents say is extremely disruptive and detrimental, especially for students with autism.

Batavia City Council membere continue planning to replace the city-owned dam from the Fox River, and will review plans for a feasibility study this summer at their April 15 Committee of the Whole meeting.

The four deputies with the Kane County Sheriff’s department were investigated for their role in a car chase on Randall Road that ended in the fatal shooting of an Aurora man in May 2023.

There are plenty of Easter Egg hunting opportunities in Kane County from April 12-19.

A tragic car accident took the life of a 14-year-old St. Charles student last weekend in Indiana, while his family was returning home from a spring break vacation.