The plan authorizes $376 million in funding for grade crossing safety improvements and highway-rail grade separations at approximately 387 crossing locations.

A single-family home in Batavia that sold for $800,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Kane County during the past week.

The St. Charles Public Library is hosting an art exhibit through June featuring work by local photographer Deb Snow Humiston.

The city is bestowing an honorary street sign posthumously for Gus Enzenbacher, a former alderperson for 16 years and tireless advocate and volunteer, involved with the St. Charles Jaycees, the Scouts and the American Legion.

The Batavia Boardwalk Shops will open for the seventh season May 8 at Wilson and River Streets in downtown Batavia.

CASA Kane County plans to close on a property in June that will be its permanent new home after moving out of the Kane County Courthouse office in Geneva.

The 1840s remnant limestone blacksmith shop in Geneva is now completely covered in plastic - nearly two years after the city cited it for not putting a tarp on it. City officials have given the developer 10 days to take it down

Update: An elderly South Elgin man who was found dead in the Fox River in St. Charles on Wednesday likely drowned, preliminary autopsy results released by the Kane County Coroner’s Office Friday show. This is a developing story.

Batavia-based grocer Aldi is being sued by an animal rights group, alleging deceptive marketing of its egg products as 100% cage-free, according to a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

How much rain fell in northern Illinois in April? In some places, it was more than twice the average, swelling rivers in the region beyond their banks.

Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser announced she is unable to charge ICE agents over actions she called "reprehensible," including pepper-spraying protesters and tackling a person in Elgin in December.

The Kane County Coroner’s Office has announced the identification of the 29-year old male found dead of a gunshot wound in a Batavia apartment Saturday where a woman was also found injured.

With utility rates hiking about 50% by 2029, the city of St. Charles is turning to state and federal lawmakers seeking relief from the state's unfunded lead pipe replacement mandate.

Martejo Discount in Algonquin is back open after a brief closure, but the possibility of Crunch Fitness taking over the building still looms.

Prime Cut focuses on making unforgettable fare from scratch, featured on both regular and sushi menus.

Learn how to please everyone in one trip and plan the perfect vacation.

Geneva Art Explosion is Saturday, May 2, and That Arena Rock Show will perform at the Arcada Theatre on Friday, May 1.

St. Charles police are investigating after a man’s body was found dead in the Fox River on Wednesday near the west side along the 200 block of North Second Street.

The Chicago Pen Show, which returns Thursday through Sunday, offers foundation pen aficionados like Paul Conterato of Geneva the chance to gather with hundreds of other pen enthusiasts. Conterato himself has some 1,500 pens in his collection.

Community members, labor and advocacy organizations will hold a May Day rally in Aurora on Friday to support the rights of immigrants and international workers.

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to Class X felonies of armed violence and drug-induced homicide, the latter stemming from the fentanyl death of a Bolingbrook man.

Several residents have united to form a community-based organization, “Preserve Our Yorkville & Community LLC” to file lawsuits against the city of Yorkville to halt data center construction.

Maintaining a high level of energy throughout the match, St. Charles East downed St. Charles North in three sets – 21-25, 25-22, 25-16 – Tuesday to keep town bragging rights on the Saints’ side of the Fox River.

Authorities on Tuesday identified the man killed in a police shooting on Interstate 88 after a multi-county chase that ended in Maple Park near the DeKalb-Kane county line.

Police said dozens of people were involved in a skirmish at an adult soccer league game in West Dundee Sunday.

More bones have been found near a human skulls located by a someone walking in a Kane County forest preserve, prompting police to open a death investigation.

From the Illinois Answers Project: Mental health courts have proliferated across Illinois in recent decades. Now, the state has 31 courts across 25 counties. There’s at least one in most of the state’s judicial circuits, but about two million Illinoisans are still left out.

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Find out how women are beginning to rethink, redefine and, unapologetically ignore the impossible standards of the beauty industry.

Column: Where’s your go-to for news? I wondered, “Are we going to survive as a species, the way things are going? They moved up the Doomsday Clock," writes Rick Holinger.

Update: A person died in a shooting involving police along Interstate 88 after a multi-county police chase from the suburbs into DeKalb County on Monday.

A person walking in the woods in Carpentersville Sunday found a human skull, according to Kane County officials.

Batavia Police are searching for three suspects with a gun who hijacked a Kawasaki motorcycle during what was supposed to be a Facebook Marketplace sale

The St. Charles Business Alliance announced the winners of the 2026 St. Patrick’s Parade. Amidst falling snowflakes, around 31,200 spectators lined Main Street on March 14 to the parading tunes of bagpipers, high school marching bands and Celtic-themed floats.

Piper, a Batavia Great Dane, has given birth t0 an unusually large litter of 19 puppies.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will transition to the next phase of the East State Street reconstruction project in Geneva starting this week, introducing a new traffic pattern. Here's what to expect

Strong to severe storms are expected across northern Illinois on Monday, with the greatest risk for damaging winds and hail arriving late afternoon into the evening

Children of all ages celebrated Earth Day at Randall Oaks Zoo Saturday in West Dundee.

The Aurora Lions Club will offer free vision exams for children ages 6 months to 6 years in May.

Catch up on the week’s top Kane County news in minutes. Listen to the week’s 5 most popular stories for April 19-25, read aloud for you

A spring market featuring local artisans will return to downtown Elgin in May for the second year.

A suspicious device found in downtown St. Charles prompted road closures and an evacuation late Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, has requested $2 million in federal funding to help the Sugar Grove Fire Protection District build a regional fire training facility. It's 1 of 20 projects Underwood's identified for federal aid in District 14.

A shop that offers authentic Korean specialty desserts and tea recently held a grand opening in Batavia.

Batavia police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old man in an apartment after responding to a 911 call early Saturday morning that involved a woman suffering serious injuries.

CASA Kane County will partner with the Kane County Circle of Care to hold a Thrive conference for community members, families, service providers and educators to learn how to help families thrive through early intervention and prevention.

Now in its 26th year, the Kane County Drug Rehabilitation Court will graduate 15 participants on April 29. The court is a voluntary, team-based program for high-risk individuals with substance-use disorders that aims to reduce drug use and recidivism.

In a rare showing of public ire Monday, Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns alleged the Geneva Chamber was untruthful about its finances and questioned how – or if – the city should provide funds for its festivals.

The St. Charles Business Alliance is seeking volunteers for its 28th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show.

A young Algonquin man died after crashing his motorcycle into a car Tuesday evening along Randall Road in Sleepy Hollow, police said.