St. Charles News

GENEVA – The Kane County Board moved closer to signing off on plans to build a firearms training range at the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

ST. CHARLES – The man claiming to be Jesus on Sunday morning in an incident at Hotel Baker was cited even earlier that day with public drunkenness, after he and another man sought attention by pretending to fight, according to a St.

If you haven't started thinking about St. Charles RiverFest yet, it's coming up fast, and organizers promise some new family-friendly features this year in downtown St.

Eighteen will be the lucky number for one winner of the 2013 Geneva's Got Talent competition.

A yearlong moratorium on new online charter schools has passed the Illinois Senate and now goes to Gov.

This just in ... OK, actually it was "just in" on Saturday, and I just now saw it in my inbasket.

Police cited four people with fighting, and one also was cited with disorderly conduct-public drunkenness, after officers were called at 1:36 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013, to a fight at 2 nd and West Main Streets.

The St. Charles Police Department on Tuesday announced that street closures and parking restrictions will be in place for this weekend's 15 th annual St.

It was difficult to find worthy recipients of the Tyler Brett Caruso Memorial Scholarship in the early years of the award.

ST. CHARLES – A 10-month Kane County State's Attorney's investigation has found that as possibly as 10 district employees had knowledge of suspected abuse by former West Aurora High School band director Stephen Orland, but did not report it to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as required by law.

GENEVA – The Geneva City Council voted Monday to appoint Tom Simonian as 5th Ward alderman, but two aldermen cast no votes, and at least one of them said he didn't like the process used to select the new appointee.

ST. CHARLES – A man who claimed to be Jesus Christ was charged Sunday morning with criminal trespass after he wouldn't leave Hotel Baker in downtown St.

The Riverside Drive Promenade, seen here May 14, has been under construction for about a year with plans for two-way vehicle traffic, a bike path and a walkway connecting Festival Park to Chicago Street.

Penny-sized hail and severe weather are in the forecast Monday night for Geneva, Batavia and St.

So, you're wondering, what's new this year during the Downtown St. Charles Partnership 's 15 th annual St.

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Most of the traffic stops in Batavia for the past couple weeks have had to do with no valid driver's license or driving with a suspended or revoked license, but there were a few arrests that involve additional charges.

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a tornado watch for Kane County and eight other counties.

Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles police departments have a message for you: "Lock your dang car doors, would you?" OK, they're a little nicer than that.

A Bartlett woman gave her driver's license number to a clerk when redeeming a store credit coupon during an April 10 shoplifting theft that sparked a wild, high-speed escape and led to her arrest Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by St.