Yorkville News

YORKVILLE – Are you interested in local history? The Kendall County Historical Society invites you to their annual Member's and Friend's Picnic on Monday, July 13, at Lyon Farm and Village on Illinois 71 in Yorkville.

The Kendall County Board has selected Andrew Nicoletti to be the next county supervisor of assessments.

A Chicago man was sentenced by a Kendall County judge to prison for repeatedly molesting a family member since she was 8 years old.

Whoever planted the trees in Yorkville's Town Square Park looked pretty smart during the town's Fourth of July celebration on Saturday morning.

Share + Jul 3, 2009 7:57 am US/Central YORKVILLE, Ill. 1 of 1 Theresa Harskey, 40, is charged with kidnapping her 3-year-old daughter, Rheannon Jerman, of whom she does not have custody.

The 21 piece Rick Falato's Yorkville Big Band will be performing a free concert on Saturday, July 4, beginning at 8 p.m. They will perform big band swing music before the fireworks, and during the fireworks they will play patriotic music.

Posted by Greg Clow in restaurant news , restaurant openings on June 28, 2009 at 4:25 pm Here's this week's round-up of the latest local food and restaurant news... Openings : Several months past his hoped-for St.

Plans for the inception of the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference are underway.

Kevin Wallin and Natalie Schobert will be married on Saturday, July 18. Jeff and Mary Schobert of Yorkville announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Natalie Schobert, to Kevin Wallin, son of Mike and Cheryl Wallin of Minooka.

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Two masked men armed with black handguns held up an Oswego McDonalds just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, taking an unknown amount of money, Oswego Police Chief Dwight Baird said.

The owner of a prime piece of riverfront real estate in Yorkville has backed away from a deal with the city, a city official said Tuesday.

A status hearing will be held in circuit court later this month for a man accused of murder and arson in connection with the deaths of his brother and a cousin in a house fire on Montgomery's far west side early Saturday morning.

Gregg A. Melton, 34, 500 block of south Green Street, was charged with battery after a report of a 14-year-old being battered by an adult around 12:40 a.m. Saturday, Sandwich police said.

Able Ruiz, 19, of the 500 block of Sixth Avenue, Aurora, was charged with drunken driving, failure to reduce speed, no valid driver's license and no insurance at 1:54 a.m. Saturday near East Ashland Avenue and Union Street, Aurora police said.

Three area men were charged Thursday with two counts of burglary to a motor vehicle for reportedly taking items out of a car in Sandwich.

The Yorkville Garden Club will be presenting six inspiring local gardens at their biennial Garden Walk on Saturday, June 27.

Sherry Gartner never went to her senior prom. But on Sunday, Gartner finally had her prom experience, albeit decades after graduating high school, getting married and having five children.

First-grade teacher Roseann Meinholz will be remembered for hosting pool parties that students talked about for years.

If you always wanted to shake hands with Norm, this is your chance. George Wendt is in town this weekend for a charity motorcycle ride started by his brother.