What was it like yelling yourself hoarse cheering on the 2008 Geneva Vikings football team to postseason glory? Were you in the eighth-grade class President Ronald Reagan visited in 1982 at St. Peter School? Or maybe you gave birth at Community Hosp...

Batavia bull; Someone smashed a driver's-side window of a vehicle Tuesday in the 400 block of North Prairie Street, police said. bull; Kira S. Franklin, 20, of the 700 block of North Avenue in Aurora, was charged with retail theft Tuesday,...

Some old-fashioned fun is planned to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Geneva's founding this weekend. There is a free "birthday party" from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday on the lawn of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 S. Third St. "We wanted to do something...

Geneva residents are invited to a special 175th birthday party for the community from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, on the old Kane County Courthouse lawn, off Third Street in Geneva. Highlights include a patriotic concert by the Fox Valley Concer...

Bring your business to center stage with tips you'll learn at August presentations sponsored by Batavia Chamber of Commerce. The events include the Batavia Women in Business Luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 10, as well as a presentation by Steve Black, re...

Crystal Lake bull; A McHenry County physician and onetime candidate for the state House faces a disorderly conduct charge after a woman told police he made sexually suggestive remarks to her outside a Crystal Lake apartment building, police c...

The Geneva Cultural Arts Commission is seeking to hire a consultant to help it study the feasibility of having a cultural arts center in Geneva. It published requests for proposals in late July, and they are due Aug. 10. The commission is an advisor...