The city of St. Charles said 2025 represented a year of healthy occupancy rates among the storefronts and businesses in the downtown area. The city is focusing on 11 vacant storefronts going into the next year.

A single-family home in St. Charles that sold for $1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Kane County over the past week.

St. Charles East's Dom Munaretto won his fourth straight conference title, while the Saints dominated the competition to claim their fifth DuKane Conference championship in a row on Thursday.

A Geneva man was convicted this month of 14 felonies – 13 of them for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of three underage children, one for predatory criminal sexual assault, according to court records.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County made a 44.45-acre expansion to Meissner-Corron Forest Preserve in Campton Township this month, officials announced.

A single-family home in Sugar Grove that sold for $500,000 tops the list of the best real estate deals in Kane County in the past week.

Authorities have identified a 27-year-old man fatally shot by Aurora police during a reported battery after authorities said he was armed with a knife. The police shooting is under investigation by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office.

With residents calling piled-up leaves an “eyesore,” St. Charles says they'll have to wait even longer for leaf pickup - possibly until spring. A series of weather-related delays have left fall leaves until winter.

A resident sustained a minor burn injury and a two-story home was significantly damaged by fire Friday, Jan. 23 in Geneva Township.