Joey Weslo

It’s not often dismantling feels like rebuilding, but when the date March 5 was chosen to dismantle Yorkville’s Emily Sleezer Park for a rebuild in a poorer part of the Dominican Republic, Scott Sleezer knew something beautiful was taking place.

After undergoing a more than $100,000 complete rebuild, Rice Park in Yorkville is re-opening to the public featuring all new inclusive playground equipment designed to celebrate the diversity and needs of the community

When she first found out she had leukemia, Ioanna Lo Destro’s heart dropped. Instead of her own mortality, her hopes and fears turned to her dreams of motherhood, her first IVF treatment was cruelly scheduled the very next day.

After an amendment to freeze taxes failed, the Yorkville City Council approved a more than $5 million tax levy.

After the Yorkville electoral board sustained an objection, kicking one candidate off the ballot, there remains zero contested elections for city government in the upcoming April elections.

Capturing the spirit of supporting small town businesses, Yorkville community shoppers can get their locomotive ticket punched, in a fun, interactive game featuring raffle prizes.

Continuing their priority on upgrading facilities, the Yorkville School Board approved a grant application and project plan to replace the roof at Yorkville Middle School.

As the Yorkville community continues seeing diverse expansion in its population, the boom reflects in the growth of the parks department’s athletic leagues.

"Poochie & Pang Eat Chicago” headed west and found that Yorkville has some of the best burgers in the state.

Yorkville voters will have to wait a little longer to find out if the only upcoming contested election for alderman is going to end prematurely with one candidate getting the boot.

With the underground aquifer depleting and more expensive Lake Michigan water soon flowing into Yorkville, the city is installing new water meters in residents’ homes.

A new agreement between the Yorkville school district and the police department answers the question who is financially responsible for growing overtime hours at extracurricular events.

A man was taken into custody Wednesday by the Yorkville Police Department for allegedly displaying a handgun without being licensed to own the weapon, according to a police report.

The race for Fourth Ward alderman in Yorkville has taken another turn as potential candidate Sammy Hall filed an objection against his opponent one day before an electoral board decides Hall’s fate from an objection filed at his own nomination.

During the Nov. 19 Public Works Committee, City Administrator Bart Olson said to accommodate the plans for the Daniels property, which has applied for annexation and rezoning to construct data centers, Beecher road would need to be realigned.