Joey Weslo

Plano Mayor Mike Rennels signed a proclamation designating May as ‘Motorcycle Awareness Month.’ The proclamation celebrated the 38 years of A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois, Inc. and the more than 353,000 registered motorcyclists in the state.

Students at the Grande Reserve Elementary School lined-up the hallways, cheering and high-fiving the Yorkville High School seniors as they marched throughout the school to applause.

A transformation is coming to downtown Yorkville. The city hopes a newly state-awarded near $3 million grant helps spurs a revitalization of the ‘Hydraulic District’s’ businesses and recreational areas.

Each of the school’s teachers danced out of the school building wearing giant inflatable costumes, ranging from smiling sharks, a chicken jockey, a pink axolotl, a unicorn, a hopping cow, Olaf from Frozen and an upside-down clown.

Inviting guests to take a step back in time to the grandeur and splendor of a bygone era, the Victorian Fox curated full-house rental in downtown St. Charles celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 27.

A fire spreading along the outside of an office building on Route 34 in Yorkville resulted in around $2,000 in damages.

Yorkville is about to start cracking-down and ticketing heavy trucks giving residents safety concerns on their neighborhood streets. To alleviate safety concerns, the city council approved an 8-ton weight limit on the streets in Kylyns Ridge and Cannonball Estates.

Following significant opposition from community members and the Yorkville School District 115, the developers of the “Christie Property” townhome subdivision plan in Yorkville have withdrawn their plans.

Yorkville resident’s Becky Lenski’s wheel of fortune just keeps on spinning. After winning a trip to Costa Rica and more than $73,000 on the Wheel of Fortune earlier this spring, Lenski faced an even more daunting presenter than Ryan Seacrest, Yorkville Mayor John Purcell.

Senior citizens and advocates rallied at the Beecher Center in Yorkville on May 28 against threatened cuts to the federal Older Americans Act.

The developers of Heartland Meadows West are requesting final plat approval from Yorkville for their proposal which now contains a total of 20-single family residential lots for the 55-and-older crowd. The site is in the Kendall Marketplace area.

When 11 fuzzy ducklings trailing their mother fell into a storm drain on Redhorse Lane in Yorkville, instant action was necessary to save them. All 11 ducklings were rescued and placed in a cardboard box by the team of officers, while the frantic mother mallard watched on.

Inspiration from the everyday unorthodox were on display with more than 110 local, national, and international artists drawing in inquisitive art-show-goers along Riverside Avenue in downtown St. Charles on May 24 and 25.

Yorkville’s 2026 Fourth of July fireworks display is gearing up to be unforgettable. To commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday next year, city staff are recommending a massive show featuring synchronized air drones, pyro elements and expanded fireworks.

The Beecher Center in Yorkville is taking center-stage in the fight against funding cuts to the federal Older Americans Act. On the Aging Advocacy Day, Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) is joining local aging advocates, speaking out for protecting the act.