Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
Sunday Week In Review
Maura O'Toole has been named president of Northwestern Medicine's Valley West Hospital in Sandwich and Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb. O'Toole is replacing former president Jay Anderson who took a job out of state recently. O'Toole was in role of the Vice President of Operations at Northweste…
The Illinois Department of Public Health will begin following new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance that recommends a third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for certain groups.
Sycamore-based Voluntary Action Center is making it easier to volunteer.
Yorkville police say a student at Yorkville High School is being charged after an incident in a school restroom.
Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
Cheryl Brewer, Media Marketing Consultant at WSPY presented a welcome plaque this week to The Farmacy Farmstand owner, Pearl Carpenter in Newark.
Yorkville police on Thursday arrested 25-year-old Xavier Y. Ward, of Yorkville, following a traffic stop at Route 34 and Autumn Creek Boulevard.
A bill backed by Democratic Oswego State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit was signed into law in late August.
Unemployment was down in Kendall County from July to August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security released data Thursday showing that the unemployment rate in Kendall County in August was at 5.5 percent. That's down from the July rate 5.9 percent.
Open Door Rehabilitation Center in Sandwich is debuting a new mural at its East Building on South Wells Street. The mural features a colorful octopus named ODDO. Open Door Public Relations Coordinator Kayla Gomez says ODDO represents the mission of Open Door.
The number of COVID-19 deaths in Kendall County increased from 105 to 106 according to data from the Kendall County Health Department. Weekly new cases in the county are at 477 for a total of 16,321 cases. That's up from last week when there were 294 new cases reported. 56 percent of the cou…
LaSalle County deputies on Wednesday arrested 22-year-old Luis D. Salinas, of Holiday Drive in Somonauk, following a search of his home.
The Kendall County Board on Tuesday voted to update the county's 5-Year Surface Transportation Program. The program starts next year and includes improvements through 2026.
The body of missing Illinois State University grad student Jelani Day has been identified after a male body was found floating in the Illinois River near Peru three weeks ago, according to the LaSalle County Coroner’s office in Ottawa on Thursday, which states the identification was aided by…
The family of three men who were killed in an explosion on the south bank of the Illinois River near Utica back in May are suing the companies responsible for demolishing the old Route 178 Bridge. The Rivera Tejada family is being represented by Chicago law firm Salvi, Schostok, & Pritchard.
The DeKalb County Health Department says that a bat captured in a bedroom in Hinckley on Tuesday has tested positive for rabies. The bat was captured after the person sleeping in the room woke up to the bat flying around.
30-year-old Francisco L. Andino, of Oglesby, was arrested the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force last week from the 800 block of LaSalle Street in Aurora.
Arguments on an emergency order seeking to reverse the revocation of Parkview Christian Academy's state recognition are set for Wednesday in Kendall County Court.
The Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District says a pet dog died in a fire Wednesday afternoon in a duplex in the 2000 block of Meadowview Lane in Montgomery. No one else was hurt.
A pedestrian safety measure received consent agenda approval at the Oswego Village Board Meeting without discussion or questions by board trustees.
A Marseilles man was arrested Monday night in the area of E. 24th Road and N. 32nd Road, north of Marseilles in LaSalle County.
Montgomery police arrested 53-year-old Johnny Kimmons, of Aurora, on Tuesday on an outstanding warrant related to multiple burglaries in the area. Kimmons is charged with burglary, possession of burglary tools, and criminal damage to property.
A Sandwich veteran is among those participating in Honor Flight Chicago's first, all-female flight to Washington D.C. to highlight the contributions of women who are veterans. Operation HerStory is an all expense paid flight to Washington D.C. so the veterans can visit the nation's war memor…
The Annual Kiwanis Yorktoberfest is happening at the downtown Yorkville Riverfront on Saturday, October 2 beginning at eleven in the morning and running though about 9:30 that night. The event was scaled back and moved to a private location last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is …
Two people are being charged in a September 12 crash that killed an Aurora man.
Naperville North High School was closed Wednesday because of an apparent bomb threat to the school.
A developer is considering Sandwich for a housing project that aims to accommodate adults over fifty and veterans.
The Oswego 308 School district is making plans in the event of another bus driver shortage. Many students had to shift to remote learning on Tuesday because too many drivers called off work.
What happens if you're caught parked illegally in a private parking lot became clearer for the Oswego Village Board as trustees unanimously approved a new ordinance.
The Kendall County Forest Preserve Commission on Tuesday heard a proposal that would resolve the bill issue between the forest preserve district and construction company D. Construction, of Coal City, that was in charge of the demolition of the historic Millbrook Bridge.
Yorkville police arrested 32-year-old Gino W. Wuttke, of Joliet, early Monday morning from the area of Route 34 and Timber Ridge.
Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
A Mendota man is being charged following a multiple vehicle, rollover crash that happened Friday in the area of 5th Street and 11th Avenue in Mendota.
A Kane County man is facing up to 35 years in prison after being convicted of cybercrime charges in connection to attacks in Alaska and across the U.S.
Kendall County Board Approves Nonprofit Grant Program; Program to Go Live for Applications Wednesday
The Kendall County Board on Tuesday gave approval to launch a grant program to help local nonprofit groups that have taken a financial hit because of the pandemic.
The DeKalb County Health Department says more mosquitoes in the county have tested positive for West Nile virus.
The City of Sandwich recently received its first installment of American Rescue Plan funds from the federal government of over $500,000. The second installment is expected around the same time next year at the same amount.
Sycamore-based Voluntary Action Center has received two grants from Meals on Wheels to support its local programs in several counties.
The Oswego 308 School District says that high school and junior high school students are to use remote learning on Tuesday due to a lack of bus drivers.
Police in Batavia are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night in the 1000 block of Lorlyn Circle.
The Plano Police Department is starting a program to help officers respond to situations involving those with special needs.
State Representatives Keith Wheeler and Jeff Keicher will hold a prescription drug drop off event on Thursday from nine to eleven at the Sugar Grove Police Department located at 10 S. Municipal Drive. The event will be in the police department parking lot and will not require people to leave…
An Elgin man was arrested in connection to a hit-and-run crash that happened last week on Route 25 at Gilbert Street in unincorporated St. Charles.
Morris Republican State Senator Sue Rezin wants the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to explain its procedure for punishing nonpublic schools that don't comply with Governor J.B. Pritzker's mask mandate. In August, the governor ordered all schools in Illinois to require students and …
Illinois' statewide unemployment rate was down in August according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The Kendall County Sheriff's Office is donating a used police vehicle to the Indian Valley Vocational Center in Sandwich to be used for its law enforcement program. Sheriff Dwight Baird says the donation will support a great local educational institution and all of its students. Baird thinks…
After the Little White School Museum wraps up its run of an exhibit on the Boulder Hill subdivision, museum staff will fill the facility with photos and artifacts about Oswego veterans. Museum Director Roger Matile says the exhibit will open just ahead of Veterans Day in November.