St. Charles
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St. Charles dining scene heating up with new restaurant fire + wineApr 22, 2026 1:47 pm - For nearly 15 years, BG Hospitality Group has brought people together around plates of wood-fired pizza and Italian favorites at Gia Mia, Livia Italian Eatery and Ella’s Italian Pub. Their latest restaurant, fire + wine in St. Charles, brings the company full circle, as their first restaurant was fire + wine’s first location in downtown Glen Ellyn.
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News seniors can use: High school journalists publish newspaper for retirement residentsApr 22, 2026 11:23 am - A trio of Batavia High School students have created a bi-weekly newspaper which they distribute to residents of Batavia retirement communities.
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A new spin on ‘rails to trails’: Community effort brings century-old CA&E rail car to Illinois Prairie PathApr 22, 2026 10:39 am - Riders and hikers on the Illinois Prairie Path will soon get a glimpse of railroad history when a historic train car will be transported to a new 60-foot track at Villa Park’s Ardmore Station, itself vintage 1908.
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When will Fox River recede to its banks? Not for many days – if it stays dryApr 22, 2026 8:07 am - A hydrologist with the National Weather Service’s Chicago bureau hedges his words when talking about when the flooding on the Fox River may recede, and where that will happen first.
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St. Charles bank robbed; police, FBI investigatingApr 22, 2026 7:20 am - Police say there is no threat to the public after a bank robbery Tuesday evening at BMO Harris Bank in St. Charles.
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Girls soccer: Reid scores lone goal in first varsity start, lifts St. Charles North over BataviaApr 21, 2026 10:09 pm - Shannon Reid entered Tuesday not knowing that she would make her first career varsity start for St. Charles North. But after learning that one of her teammates would sit ...
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Girls soccer: Brown scores, Lorkowski soars for key save as Burlington Central tops JacobsApr 21, 2026 9:44 pm - Senior defender Ali Kowall was looking to make a simple pass. Instead, she found fellow senior Grace Brown knifing through the middle of the Jacobs defense during the 29t...
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Softball: Hampshire holds off Burlington Central for 7th straight winApr 21, 2026 8:46 pm - Hitless in her first three at-bats Tuesday, Hampshire senior left fielder Alexa Schuring felt obligated to do something big in the bottom of the sixth inning. In a high-s...
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Previously criticized housing plan near St. Charles is back with less density, bigger lotsApr 21, 2026 6:49 pm - After their initial plan faced criticism, developers aiming to build a subdivision on 38 acres of historic Red Gate Farm near St. Charles are back with a revised proposal.
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Join a woodland walk at Garfield Farm MuseumApr 21, 2026 4:23 pm - Garfield Farm Museum director Jerome Johnson will lead a nature walk through the museum's Harley Pond and Woods on Saturday, May 2.