Yorkville News

Six-year-old Cary Wiljter, of Aurora found independence through a tiny blue and green Schwinn Gremlin.

A week from tomorrow, Friday, July 4, several thousand area residents will gather just before dusk in the vicinity of PrairieFest Park near Oswego High School to watch the village's annual community fireworks ...

Nicole Plum, 34, of the 100 block of Heathgate Road, Montgomery, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia at 1:08 p.m. Monday, the Kane ...

Charlie Hughes and his friends gathered at Hudson Crossing Park on Washington Street smoking one cigarette after another Wednesday afternoon.

The search for a missing Montgomery teenager has ended. Searchers found his body Wednesday in the Fox River Dam in Yorkville.

Over the past few months, a few things have been uncertain in Yorkville. In April, the Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District was unsure if it could afford the annual Independence Day parade, games and ...

The only electric-powered locomotive at the Fox Valley Trolley Museum turns 100 this year.

Parents will pay $50 more to put their teenagers through driver's education in the Yorkville School District, after the School Board approved a fee increase by a 6-1 vote Monday.

Searchers found the body of a Montgomery teenager Wednesday at the Yorkville dam, miles downstream on the Fox River from where he disappeared Sunday while swimming with friends.

Every summer, Randy Witt would pack up the car and drive his family to water parks across the country.

Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weis is investigating Yorkville Mayor Valerie Burd's use of taxpayer funds to have city attorneys examine a landfill application before she was officially sworn in as mayor.

So you've read the news about the planned whitewater trail on the Fox River, and it sounds like fun.

CHANNAHON, IL The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is pleased to welcome participants and spectators to the 7th annual "Heritage Tractor Adventure Along the I & M Canal," June 14-18 along and near the ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency insists it is cracking down on the Hamman Farms compost facility amid scores of residents' complaints.

Since spring has sprung, weed hunters have had their hands full. More than 1,700 violation notices for unmowed grass or weeds 8 inches or taller have already been issued by Aurora code enforcement officers, ...

Statistics showed that cancer wasn't supposed to come for Leah Figler. At least not like this.

The opening of a new golf course is usually cause for celebration, but the applause is on hold for Whitetail Ridge Golf Club in Yorkville.

Not so long ago, cruising was something you did in your car, not on the open sea.

Forget about cupcakes with sprinkles for school birthday parties. Concerned about promoting healthy choices and supporting a wellness program, the Kaneland School Board this week banned all food treats from ...

Two 19-year-old men have been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in connection with a Wednesday night shooting that injured a 4-year-old girl.