Wayne News

Little-known fact: At one time, wild rice grew around the Chicago River. Chances are that any rice grown from that area these days would make it to the plates of only the bravest diners , but it does reveal a little bit about what earlier life was like in northern Illinois.

At his home office in Elk Grove Village, Kevin Carney would sit in front of six computers buzzing with stock information, according to his clients.

ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – A Wayne teen charged in a fatal crash that killed his St.

A veteran DuPage County sheriff's officer announced Tuesday he plans to run for Kane County sheriff in the next election.

The best eventers in the United States have gathered in Wayne, Ill., to duke it out for the title at their respective levels in the Bit of Britain/USEA American Eventing Championships, held Sept.

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ST. CHARLES – A St. Charles teen is suing a former classmate after a crash that caused her brain injury and killed another teen.

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@kcchronicle.com Ten-year-old 4-H participant Kyla Augustine, trailed by farm dog Zoe, passes by a paddock of horses while carrying a chicken for the upcoming Kane County Fair on Pat Bunge's farm in St.

GENEVA – A coroner's inquest jury on Wednesday ruled a crash last month that killed a recent St.

Residents armed with poster board, markers and visions for a better Hanover Park filled a room at the Poplar Creek Public Library Sonya Crawshaw Branch Monday.

ST. CHARLES – A teen accused in a fatal crash will be allowed to attend hockey practice on a college team as he awaits trial.

It only lasted about two minutes, leaving about six cars idling on Army Trail Road.

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.