Batavia • An IBM laptop computer was stolen out of an office in the 200 block of West Wilson Street, it was reported at 11:16 a.m. Friday, according to a police report. Geneva • A burglar broke the driver's window and stole a Garmin GPS from a vehic...

Kane County • Bryan J. Bodway, 19, of the 40W700 block of Campton Meadows, Elburn, was cited at 12:22 a.m. Sunday for disobeying a stop sign, illegal transportation of alcohol and illegal possession of alcohol during a traffic stop at Keslinger Road...

Kane County • Brian M. Burke, 17, of the 17100 block of Lukens Road, Sycamore, was arrested at 8:34 p.m. April 30 and charged with criminal trespass to state supported property and criminal trespass to a motor vehicle at Seavey Pits in Blackberry To...

Kane County may not be growing as fast as it once was thanks to a slow housing market, but taxing bodies as a whole still will collect more property taxes than they did last year. That's in part because of about 2,000 more properties joining the tax...

Algonquin • An Algonquin woman has been charged with felony theft and felony retail theft, after she rang up false credit card charges inside the Old Navy at the Algonquin Commons mall, police said. Court documents say that Katharine E. Gilligan, 22...

Meet with assessor: Blackberry Township Assessor Uwe Rotter will conduct a taxpayer workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Blackberry Township building, 43W390 Main Street Road, Elburn. Taxpayers will learn about the property tax cycle, how assessments ...

St. Charles • Larry A. Warren, 22, of the 6N900 block of Wabash Ave., was charged Wednesday with violating the sex offender registry by failing to notify police of a change of address, court records show. Bond was set at $15,000. Warren is scheduled...

Kane County • A pair of black prescription eyeglasses valued at $400 was among items reported stolen Friday from a vehicle on the 5N800 block of Ridgewood Drive, St. Charles Township, according to a police report. • Nineteen bullets were found embe...

Things should get quieter in Elburn by the end of the year. The Elburn village board this week approved a contract for installing a wayside automated horn system to warn drivers on Route 47 and on First Street about trains passing through on the Uni...