St. Charles News

Local police officers stand at attention during the Lake County Police Memorial at Lincoln Memorial Plaza in Waukegan.

Can you picture this? The St. Charles Municipal Center and police station being removed to make way for sparkling riverfront retail locations and restaurants built as part of a riverwalk mecca with water taxis shuttling customers from location to location.

GENEVA – A Geneva man who has other charges pending was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault on public property.

The owners of the St. Charles Bowl, located at 2520 W. Main St. in St. Charles, requested a historic sign designation for its freestanding sign in the parking lot.

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District this fall once again will team up with St. Charles School District 303 on a Native American-influenced outdoor program.

A Carpentersville man pleaded guilty Friday to making bomb threats in September 2013 that caused authorities to evacuate courthouses in St. Charles, Elgin and Carpentersville.

ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – The attorney for a Geneva doctor accused of criminal sexual assault objected to media cameras being allowed in the courtroom Friday.

Phynea Mitchell tries to greet each person who passes her Designs by Phynea booth at Aurora's Downtown Farmers Market.

GENEVA – One of the four custom-made playhouses that will be raffled off for Changing Children's Worlds Foundation's PlayHouse Project will be compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

ST. CHARLES – After last year's soggy debut, organizers of a cycling event benefiting Project Mobility hope Mother Nature is on their side for year two.

Marengo resident Wendy Leuth, 42, was with her dog, Buddy and daughter, Araceli Popoca-Leuth, 9, at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center dog park in St. Charles when she answered 11 questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Brenda Schory.

St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and City of St. Charles officials are joined by Ronald McDonald to cut the ribbon to the new McDonald's, located at 1915 W. Main St. in St. Charles.

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Arts Council will present the neXt gallery – a pop-up art gallery program – in September.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her staff discussed how to identify and avoid major consumer scams, including identity theft and home repair fraud, as well as schemes that target seniors.

World War I soldiers pose in Lincoln Park, in front of St. Patrick's Church in St. Charles in this undated photo.

ST. CHARLES – The Kane County Sheriff's Office National Night Out event is set from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 37W755 Route 38, St. Charles.

But to most who drive by Custom Furniture on Illinois Route 25 in St. Charles, the 18-foot tall wooden statue is the unknown Revolutionary War soldier who has sat outside the store since the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976.

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District will host its annual Big Truck Show from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 9, at James O. Breen Community Park, located at the intersection of Campton Hills and Peck roads in St. Charles.

St. Charles Paddlewheel Riverboats offer an opportunity to cruise the Fox River from Pottawatomie Park, 8 North Avenue, in St. Charles on a daily sightseeing cruise or a scheduled private charter trip.

Mary and George Laman in front of a tree they planted in the front yard of their Campton Hills home in honor of their daughter, Lauren.