Kendall County News

In a year when Kendall County hit its highest unemployment rate in recent history, and banks have taken over residential developments, the Yorkville area has seen some spurts of growth.

Cheryl Johnson and her staff at the Kendall County Health Department are to be commended for their ongoing effort to provide the H1N1 flu vaccine to county residents in a professional and orderly manner.

Since May, Kendall County residents have raised hundreds of dollars to benefit the Kendall County Food Pantry, organizers said Wednesday.

When it comes to limiting hours for the sale of packaged alcoholic beverages in Montgomery, the village is truly in a difficult spot.

The city of Yorkville has been honored by the state for its work in finding a new home for the Kendall County Food Pantry.

In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department.

Despite a nearly 10 percent rise in population in Kendall County, the total number of crimes increased only slightly between 2007 and 2008, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Police.

An Aurora woman facing homicide and drunk driving charges in a fatal 2007 crash in Oswego in which five teenagers died appeared in court for the first time in nearly two years last Friday.

All H1N1 vaccination clinics will take place at the Kendall County Health Department, 811 W. Johns Street in Yorkville.

The shortage of swine flu vaccine is testing the patience of everyone, from health care officials to the general public.

DeKALB – Three candidates are vying for a newly created resident circuit judge position.

A JOLIET man was arrested about 10:50 a.m. Friday for theft from the Macy's Logistics building in Minooka.

It will be no contest for the incumbent sheriff, clerk and treasurer in Kendall County, but a pitched battle over five seats on the County Board.

A Joliet man serving 40 years in prison for strangling his next-door neighbor and then torching her duplex to conceal the crime made a do-or-die bid to get his case sent back to court.

More H1N1 vaccination shots will be given out Monday morning in Cook County, but unlike last week's open clinics, the additional shots will be given by appointment only.

Crime is on the decline in Illinois and throughout the Fox Valley, according to recently released Illinois State police crime numbers.

Police say one man was arrested near a fast food restaurant for delivering items that weren't on the menu Tuesday afternoon.

Two men have been charged, including one who was injured, after a September mishap with a bullet, police said.

Two adults and two children were hospitalized Wednesday night following a head-on collision near Plainfield.

The first H1N1 flu vaccine clinic in Kendall County will be held next Thursday, Oct.