Wayne News

Conventional wisdom says there should be more startup businesses starting up: Unemployment in Illinois reached 10.1 percent last month, the highest rate in 25 years; few employers are willing to hire; and ousted workers and managers often decide that working for themselves is a better option.

ST. CHARLES – Cameron Godee had a hug and smile for everyone he met. “The kid was a hugger and smiler,” said his mother, Mary Lynn Godee.

Two men were caught filling up a tanker truck with water from a Bartlett fire hydrant, police said.

The proverbial dead horse was beaten to a pulp at Tuesday's DuPage County Board development committee meeting.

An 18-year-old Wayne man who was behind the wheel in a weekend crash that killed a passenger had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit and traces of marijuana in his system, Kane County prosecutors charged Wednesday.

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@kcchronicle.com Cameron Godee, 17, of West Chicago, was a passenger in a car that crashed into two trees in the 3100 block of Royal Fox Drive in St.

St. Charles police have identified the man they say is responsible for a Sunday morning crash that killed one teenager and injured two others.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wheaton has planned a special event to increase awareness in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Nobody is suggesting that affordable housing is a bad idea. The disagreement comes where it should be built.

Anderson began studying classical violin at five years of age and later performed with the Chicago Youth Symphony.

A southbound semi truck drove into the ditch along Dunham Road north of Army Trail Road in Wayne about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Wayne, IL - May 20, 2009 - Showplace Productions is still accepting entries for the Showplace Spring Spectacular Horse Shows, which will be held on June 2-14, 2009, at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois.

Signatures from local village board members and area business owners, and the attendance of more than a dozen supporters, proved ineffective in swaying Dundee Township trustees to allow a car show at the former Meadowdale International Raceway in Carpentersville.

Newly elected Village President David Anderson said he did not reappoint James Linane as police chief this week because of "philosophical differences." "I have nothing personal against Jim Linane, never did, " Anderson said.

Mr. Las Vegas himself, the legendary Wayne Newton, will appear Sunday, June 14 at The Arcada Theatre to perform the smooth sounds that drove him to the top of the billboard charts.

Todd Stashwick has one of those faces you know you've seen before. And you probably have.

Eighth-graders at St. Patrick's Catholic School were learning the box step, just as their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents probably did back in the 19th century.

Concept drawing for proposed St. Charles fire station. The St. Charles Countryside Fire Protection District on a map “looks like a face,” but it's the “ears” giving the district financial trouble, said Julia Glas, the district's sole employee – a part-time administrator.

Here's a campaign issue you're not likely to find in many suburbs: How to keep residential lot sizes at a minimum of 4 acres.

The 2008 U.S. Equestrian Federation Dressage Seat Medal Finals, held in August, were filled with young, excited faces.