St. Charles News

Among a sea of outfits, teenage girls from the across the suburbs tried to find the perfect prom dress Saturday during the annual Cinderella's Closet at the YWCA in Elgin.

The best place to do that, leading up to the St. Patrick's parade on Saturday, has always been McNally's Traditional Irish Pub.

A firefighter walks away from the apartment that was damaged Saturday by a bedroom fire in the Green Meadows complex along West Wilson Street near Batavia High School.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce is looking for chefs for the sixth annual “60 Men Who Cook” event.

Friends and colleagues said Grotberg usually was connected in some way to music, and her efforts allowed others in St. Charles to embrace performing.

ST. CHARLES – A new judge will be assigned to the case of former St. Charles economic development director Chris Aiston, who was charged by the Geneva Police Department for driving under the influence of alcohol after a crash that took place Jan. 22. “I know Mr. Aiston, and I don't feel comfortable delivering any decisions [on the ... (more)

Police pulled over Leone at Brookdale Drive and Maple Avenue at 8:50 p.m. and searched her after the arrest, which is when police found the drugs and a drug pipe, Cmdr.

Nearly a week after a judge significantly knocked down Peter Mazzara's $5 million bail, the St. Charles man accused of financial crimes by the attorney general's office has left jail, records show.

He also was ticketed with failure to signal when required, driving without a license, driving without insurance and illegal transportation of alcohol.

ST. CHARLES – Residents are invited to dress up their dogs and earn prizes at the 2014 St. Patrick's Parade.

The Freshman Student Council at St. Charles East High School sent a care package to U.S. Marine Cpl.

A man who broke into a house in Naperville last summer and made off with jewelry, cash and a $25,000 sedan while the homeowners were sleeping has been sentenced to seven years in prison in that crime.

In honor of the NCAA March Madness Tournament, the Naperville Area Humane Society is reducing the adoption fee for all adult cats through March 16 to $5.

The following is a press release from the St. Charles Police Department. The St. Charles Police Department responded to a home burglary on Monday at 6 p.m. in the 0 to 100 block of Roosevelt Street.

ST. CHARLES – Lack of maintenance of a clothes dryer was blamed for a fire on Wednesday night that firefighters said caused $30,000 damage to a townhouse at 851 Pheasant Trail in St. Charles, according to a news release issued by the St. Charles Fire Department.

Town House Books and Cafe co-owners Doug Bella and David Hunt will host a book signing and author dinner Thursday, March 13, with Chicago author Brigid Pasulka, whose most recent book is “The Sun and Other Stars” at the St. Charles establishment.

GENEVA – The Kane County Board on Tuesday is expected to act on the sheriff's funding request for a shooting range despite one member's proposal to put the project on hold.

For the fourth year in a row St. Charles Episcopal Church offered “Ashes to Go” to busy commuters at the Geneva Metra station on Ash Wednesday.

Sap drips from a metal spire in a sugar maple tree at a maple-sugaring demonstration at Johnson's Mound in Elburn.

The charges stemmed from an accident Jan. 14. • Ian B. Gemmell, 28, of the 1700 block of South Third Place, St. Charles, was charged Wednesday, Feb. 26, with selling tobacco to a minor at Lundeen's Liquor, 1315 W. Main St., St. Charles.