Burlington News

Emergency personnel were investigating what was reported as a truck overturned and on fire along Peplow Road, south of Burlington, Friday night.

Last meetings with Batavia, Geneva, Glenbard S. on tap by Mike Slodki Kaneland football's 2009 slate features the same slate, save one.

Sycamore: Milk Mustache Tour coming The national "Got Milk?" Milk Mustache Mobile Drink Well / Live Well Tour is traveling coast to coast to reintroduce Americans to milk, a nutrient powerhouse.

Food, fireworks, and fun highlighted the village's annual Independence Day festival Friday evening at Burlington Park between Burlington Road and South Street.

The Canadian National freight train that derailed and burst into flame in Rockford on June 19 could have worked its mischief in Genoa, or Burlington, or Plato Center, or the south edges of South Elgin or Bartlett.

This centrally located town is the perfect place for an Amtrak station, officials said this week as they begin making a pitch to lure Amtrak.

Shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, police were alerted that a car left Plank Road near Burlington and piled into several trees, killing the driver, and nobody saw it happen.

Heavy smoke had been reported coming from the two-story townhome, reports stated.

Kane County Sheriff's deputies are investigating an early morning car crash Saturday near Burlington that killed the driver.

The Special Events Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John in Sycamore has planned a special celebration to be held on Aug.

With this summer starting so cold and rainy, the feeling of tropical island sunshine will be welcome as the Hampshire Area Chamber of Commerce's street dance adopts a Hawaiian luau theme this year.

It was loud. It left the crowd silent. But, judging from Rhianna Fleetwood's reaction at the end of Wednesday night's season-ending sectional loss to Burlington Central, you would have never known that Fleetwood broke her arm when she was hit by a pitch from Rockets fireballer Mackenzie Scott.

While "Night at the Museum/Battle of the Smithsonian" is playing this week in the city's downtown movie theater, the "Journey Stories" Smithsonian exhibit is being featured at the new Sycamore History Museum.

Close to a hundred people gathered in an unlikely place on Sunday - Oak Ridge Cemetery - to pay tribute to Almon Gage, the man regarded as the founder of Sandwich.

Before the state track and field championships at Eastern Illinois University began this weekend, the experience was already a dream come true for Crystal Lake South senior Emmanuel Gamez.

While many people celebrated the first holiday of summer with backyard barbecues, Hampshire began its Memorial Day with a parade, patriotic songs performed by the Hampshire High School band in its new uniforms, speeches and a military salute by armed service veterans.

Rear Adm. Kenneth Deutsch, of Burlington, was a guest speaker Monday during the Memorial Day service at Ralph Seyller Park in Hampshire.

Who's for the 3-class system? Burlington Central sure is. The Rockets had their share of success in Class A, but after moving up to Class AA they were shut out of medals.

Tractors stirred up dirt in Oswego Thursday as farmers raced to plant corn in their fields before the next rainfall forecast for the weekend.

Alan Volpp of Burlington can consider himself lucky to have half of his 1,100-acre corn crop planted.