St. Charles News

ST. CHARLES – City police shot two sick raccoons within the past nine days, but authorities did not test the animals for rabies, spokesperson Paul McCurtain said.

GENEVA – Former House Speaker and leader of the 1994 Republican Revolution Newt Gingrich will headline a fundraiser for 14th Congressional District hopeful Ethan Hastert.

Three inmates at the Kane County jail in St. Charles face fresh felony charges after attacking a fourth inmate, police said Friday.

The parents of a Burlington-Central student killed in a head-on crash in St. Charles took the stand at an inquest Wednesday to describe the "big holes in our hearts" left by their son's death.

Kane County authorities have charged a Streamwood woman with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly using her car to crush an Elgin teenager.

Authorities have confirmed that the man who raised residents' suspicions last week by claiming he worked for a cable TV company was not an impostor, said Paul McCurtain, spokesperson for the St.

There's no need for concern bout coyotes attacking people, or plummeting off cliffs, despite several sightings of the wild animal near St.

A St. Charles man was in jail Friday on charges he pulled a knife on a man and repeatedly punched him in the head.

This week on Chronicle Football Insider, Jay Schwab and Kevin Druley take a quick look back at Geneva and Marmion's second-round losses and then get into the upcoming playoff match between St.

The matchup: Cary-Grove vs. St. Charles East today at 6 p.m. How they got there: Cary-Grove defeated Dundee-Crown and Barrington to win the Barrington regional and defeated South Elgin and Huntley to win the Huntley sectional; St.

Living is West Chicago and working in St. Charles at a local typesetting company ended with my daughter marrying a local man and my wife, two boys and I returning to Connecticut.

St. Charles officials have been seeking a long-term employee to guide economic development in the city since the early days of City Administrator Brian Townsend's tenure.

Juan Carlos Olmedo-Guzman, 21, 900 block of Lebanon Street, Aurora, was charged with drunken driving, no driver's license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after a crash around midnight Saturday, Aurora police said.

Forget "American Woman"! For me, the signature Guess Who tune is "These Eyes," as heart-rending a breakup song as you'll ever hear.

ST. CHARLES – South Sixth Street resident Dan Vasil and his neighbors have an unwelcome guest.

Costs have to be cut somewhere in this economy. And while we're sad to see it go, we think the city of St.

ST. CHARLES – Residents will no longer have the spring cleanup program to rid their homes of unwanted items.

ST. CHARLES – Police continue to investigate the cause of a Sunday car fire, but believe it was engine-related. No one was hurt in the blaze, which began about 2 p.m., said Battalion Chief Kevin Christensen.

A West Chicago man is in custody at the Kane County Correctional Facility after police said he entered a St.

St. Charles' popular Spring Clean Up program is on the verge of getting trashed.