Joey Weslo

Gov. JB Pritzker announced loud and clear that the future of American politics runs through the state of Illinois.

A free clinic to provide community members legal assistance on how to seal or expunge their eligible criminal records is being hosted at the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville from noon to 4 p.m., Friday, April 25.

The City of Plano is reinvesting in their downtown with changes they hope will benefit generations to come.

The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Illinois is Sunday, March 2, in the cold waters of Loon Lake at Silver Springs State Park in Yorkville. People can still donate or register to plunge through the website. So far, 325 community members have pledged to to plunge, raising $89K.

Candidates for Yorkville 115 Board of Education fielded audience questions at Congregational United Church of Christ in Yorkville on Feb. 27. Eight questions revolved around the 2023 controversial decision by the board to remove “Just Mercy” from the classroom curriculum.

Little Rock Township is hosting a Senior Spring Fling Luncheon at 11 a.m. on March 25 at the Plano Middle School Cafeteria, 804 South Hale Street.

Construction improvements totaling $100,000 at the Beecher Center and two other city-owned buildings were unanimously approved by the Yorkville City Council at their Feb. 26 meeting.

Some of the water piping underneath the feet of Yorkville residents is receiving its first makeover since before the Great Depression.

After serving four years as Yorkville’s mayor and 13 years on City Council, Valerie Burd is reentering public service, this time as an appointed trustee on the Yorkville Public Library Board.

For adventurous community members, both The Chocolate Shoppe and Ultimate Dance on the Move in Plano and the Yorkville area, it’s all about pushing yourself outside your boundaries to unleash your inner-creativity. A building improvement program is helping them up their flair.

After a resident complaint following a serious bicycle accident along Cannonball Trail in Yorkville, city officials are debating ways to make the area safer for pedestrians, including a potential mile-long pedestrian pathway.

During a public hearing for the proposed townhome development at the former site of Parfection Park, Yorkville School District 115 warned the project could overload the school’s capacity for new students.

Yorkville is replacing around 9,000 feet of water main under the city, including one section that is so old it dates back to President Herbert Hoover in office and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that helped trigger the Great Depression. The project will cost around $4.5 million.

The price to pay to alleviate traffic congestion along Route 47 just became a little more expensive for Yorkville. The infrastructure improvements will expand the Route 47 corridor from Kennedy Road in Yorkville out to Cross Street in Sugar Grove.

Kane County business owners have different expectations for how tariffs promised by President Donald Trump will affect their industries.