Brenda Schory

Early Friday morning, Batavia police and Kane County Regional SWAT were called to an apartment in the 1200 block of Eaast Wilson Street following a report of two female victims and multiple children being held against their will.

Several Northwestern Medicine sites will offer drive-up locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday for community members to safely dispose of unused medications.

The Geneva City Council Monday unanimously approved the creation of a new special service area to raise $700,000 to finance the approximate cost of retrofitting electrical infrastructure for a 40-unit townhouse development.

The preliminary hearing of an elderly Montgomery man charged with 90 counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse of minors was postponed today – because a grand jury had just indicted him on 127 counts.

The Geneva City Council on Monday unanimously approved extending water service to a house on Western Avenue, a house that is not in the city and is not being annexed.

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners established a $2,000 tuition scholarship for a graduating high school senior.

A man charged in the stabbing deaths of a Geneva woman and her son the day after Christmas last year made a brief appearance via Zoom before Kane County Associate Judge Lark Cowart Wednesday.

After nearly an hour of debate Monday, the Geneva City Council voted unanimously to keep its ordinance to allow a liquor license holder to be elected.

The public is invited to participate in the Safe Kane County Drive-Thru Pickup event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 25 at the parking lot of the Circuit Clerk's Office, 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.

The Geneva Bike & Pedestrian Committee will host a Bike Rodeo from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4 at the Wheeler Park north parking lot, 822 N. First St., Geneva.

The artwork of participants in Kane County's four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles, many pieces telling their lives' journeys.

The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners' annual plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10 in the gymnasium at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia.

The Geneva Public Works Department postponed water main improvements scheduled this week on Anderson Boulevard near State Street/Illinois Route 38.

While organizers of the Hands Off! protest of President Trump and Elon Musk on April 5 in Geneva say it was a peaceful rally with no injuries or arrests, but two counter protesters objected, saying it was not peaceful for them.

In response to a dramatic increase in children entering foster care, CASA Kane County formed a Cross-County Advisory Council – a collaboration among community leaders and organizations committed to strengthening support for children and families in Kane County and beyond.