Kane County • Shannon Lee Jones, 32, of Calhoun Street in Woodstock, is being held in the Kane County jail after being charged Friday with two counts of residential burglary and one count of attempted burglary. Sheriff's officers had responded to c...

Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay will face at least two challengers in her bid for re-election. Community activist Jim MacRunnels said Monday he will challenge McConnaughay in the GOP primary Feb. 5. MacRunnels, a 50-year-old Elburn re...

It might sound a tad morbid at first, but "retracing" the gravesites in a cemetery has its purpose. It is particularly important for the Blackberry Township board, which recently took over care of Blackberry Cemetery at Keslinger Road and Route 47. ...

Geneva • Someone threw something at a car at 3:50 a.m. Saturday as it drove in the 1700 block of South Street. The front passenger side was dented. No object was found. • A vandal broke into Western Avenue School, 1500 Western Ave., between 10:23 p....

Local deaths •Jamie Ayukawa, 37, formerly of St. Charles •Laura L. Walters, 39, of Sugar Grove •Edith Jeanne Lippert, 83, of Aurora For full obituaries, turn to Business. More West Nile found: Three more Kane County mosquito pools have tested posit...

Looking to stamp out school yard bullying, state lawmakers Thursday approved two get-tough measures that require every district draft a no-bullying policy and outfit school buses with recording devices. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the measures Thurs...

Geneva •Graffiti was discovered on an electrical service box and a telephone service box at 11:38 a.m. Tuesday at the Metra station on Crescent Place. The boxes are at the southeast corner of the depot. Kane County •A small plane landed in a Plato T...

Kane County •Two teenagers were taken to Provena Mercy Center in Aurora after a one-car accident at Ashe and Jericho roads in Sugar Grove Township at 11:33 p.m. Friday. Driver Kycell Buck, 18, 644 West Gate Drive, Aurora, told police he lost control...