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.

Six members of the Yorkville Police Department were recognized at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

The Village of Montgomery Police Department will hold its first annual "Chalk with a Cop" event on Saturday August 14 at Montgomery Fest. The event will run from ten to two at the Mill Street Bridge.

An Aurora woman serving a fifteen year prison sentence for causing a crash in 2007 that killed five teens and seriously injuring three others has been admitted to a work release program, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records.

The presiding judge in DeKalb County Court has announced that the county has completed its first jury trial in sixteen months. Judge Bradley Waller says the criminal proceedings took two days in a reconfigured courtroom.

Governor J.B. Pritzker's Office on Thursday announced that all state facilities in Illinois will require masks for employees and visitors regardless of whether they've been vaccinated against COVID-19.

An art teacher in Yorkville is using her skills to help art teachers across the country.

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 Campton Hills man accused of beating his mother to death with a memorabilia baseball bat has been sentenced to probation in a recent plea deal with the Kane County State's Attorney's Office.

The DeKalb County Health Department is recommending that everyone wear masks in indoor public settings, such as stores or gyms, as the county has reached a substantial level of COVID-19 spread.

Morris State Senator Sue Rezin says there ought to be some additional rules on the books about the storage and disposal of lithium batteries. Weeks ago, a massive fire in Morris at a warehouse used to store lithium batteries of various sizes prompted evacuations and forced firefighters to ge…

Sandwich City Hall says the Illinois Department of Transportation will begin pavement patching of Route 34 from Pearl Street east to Duvick Avenue. Scanlon Excavating will handle the work which is scheduled to start on Monday, August 9. The work is expected to last through August 27, meaning…

Much of the WSPY listening area was spared from the worst of the severe thunderstorms that rolled in early Thursday morning, although there were some power outages reported in Sandwich, Yorkville, and the Montgomery-Oswego area. George Gaulrapp, with Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), says after l…

Oswego police are asking the public to help identify some people who have been riding off-road vehicles where they are not supposed to. Police say two people have been riding around the downtown Oswego area where off-road vehicles are banned. One is pictured riding a blue four-wheeler and th…

The City of Plano was not selected for a grant that would fund the building of a dog park in Foli Park, according to Alderman Barb Nadeau who sits on the Parks Committee. The grant would have been for $25,000 and would have covered the basics for the park. Nadeau says the grant was through a…

Exelon Generation is submitting decommissioning plans to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for power plants in Morris and Byron.

14th District Congresswoman Lauren Underwood will host town hall meetings in Crystal Lake, Geneva, and Oswego in the coming weeks. Residents will hear an update from Underwood on happenings in Washington, D.C. and have a chance to ask questions or share concerns. Anyone planning on attending…

The National Weather Service in Chicago is warning of some potentially strong thunderstorms overnight Wednesday into Thursday.

A man being held in the Kendall County Jail in a murder case is now facing additional charges.

A six-year-old girl from Joliet was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 126 at Grove Road south of Oswego Tuesday morning. 34-year-old Michael A. Kubistal, of Joliet, has been charged in the crash with driving under the influence of drugs. 

Yorkville City Administrator Bart Olson says he's still working on a tentative budget and layout for the new city hall which will be housed at 651 Prairie Pointe Drive. Currently, city staff are deciding what all they need in the new building.

Outgoing Aurora Chief of Police Kristen Ziman was honored on Tuesday by the Aurora City Council and Mayor Richard Irvin. August 6 is Ziman's last day on the job. She'll have been with the Aurora Police Department for thirty years. Mayor Irvin proclaimed August 6 as Chief Kristen Ziman Day an…

Seems everyone has it on their minds these days and has circled their calendar. 

A working group meant to help the Yorkville School District Board of Education make decisions about COVID-19 policy held a forum Tuesday evening. The group is working to issue a recommendation on masks for the board of education to vote on at its August 9th meeting.

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adopting new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that recommends universal masking for students and staff in schools. The updated guidance also recommends masks for everyone, including fully vaccinated people, …

Police in Kane County are searching for a man who allegedly escaped from a police transport vehicle in the area of Route 64 and Randall Road in St. Charles Tuesday afternoon. Elgin police say 21-year-old Hugo R. Avila was in custody for felony traffic related offenses. He was being taken to …

Four juveniles from the Rockford area were arrested after a police chase in Kane County Monday. The Kane County Sheriff's Office says Campton Hills Police were called for a report of a motor vehicle burglary in the 40W400 of Carl Sandburg Road. Police were given a description of the suspect …

A path connecting the Fox River Bluffs Forest Preserve and Hoover Forest Preserve in Kendall County is among the local projects selected for possible federal funding. The project is included in the INVEST in America Act that has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. Kendall Cou…

The Kendall County Health Department is reminding to families to get caught up on recommended back-to-school vaccinations. The health department says there has been a drop in public sector vaccine ordering to the tune of 14 percent in 2020-2021 compared to 2019. Measles vaccine ordering is d…

Several years from now there may not be a Montgomery Dam on the Fox River.

The Kendall County Sheriff's Office will host National Night Out Tuesday of next week at the Public Safety Center located at 1102 Cornell Lane in Yorkville. The event starts at six that evening and runs through nine. Kendall County Sheriff Dwight Baird says there will be lots to do.

A Minooka man was sentenced in a Kendall County animal cruelty case earlier this month. Nicholas Jolly pled guilty to cruelty to animals, a class A misdemeanor and was placed on 18 months of probation. He must also serve 60 days in the Kendall County Jail. Minooka Police Chief Justin Meyer s…

A former employee of the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles has been sentenced to thirty months of probation for having sexual contact with an eighteen-year-old inmate. 33-year-old Antoinette Perkins, of Berwyn, pleaded guilty to official misconduct. She'll also have to complete 100 hours …

The Plano City Council on Monday voted four to two to implement new rules for public comment at meetings.

Welcome from Leilah Siegel, new 4-H Youth Development Educator in Kendall, Kane, and DuPage Counties.

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.

In a letter sent to businesses earlier this month, Kendall County Board Chairman and Liquor Control Commissioner Scott Gryder says that to go liquor sales will no longer be allowed in Kendall County for businesses that were doing so because of COVID-19 emergency orders.

Yorkville police were called for a report of a burglary at a store in the 900 block of Erica Lane early Monday morning. Police say there were signs of forced entry. The alleged burglars were no longer around.

A Sauk Village man was killed in a two vehicle crash in Plainfield Friday afternoon. Plainfield police identified the man as 20-year-old Rolando Castro. The crash happened at around 3:20 on Ridge Road, just south of Plainfield Road, near the eastern border of Kendall County.

In a grueling Summer Olympics event, Kevin McDowell, formerly of Geneva, took the lead in the last of three stages of the triathlon, the running event.

Republican 16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger is accepting a request by Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to sit on the committee that will further probe the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Lawmakers were forced to evacuate after a mob broke into the Capitol buildin…

Kathleen Sergent media consultant for WSPY congratulates Jacqueline Short owner of AAA Insurance with a plaque at their ribbon cutting on Friday July 23 at 101 E Merchants Dr in Oswego. The agency provides auto, home, life, memic  insurance, annuities among other services. Jacqueline Short c…