The Batavia Boardwalk Shops will open for the seventh season May 8 at Wilson and River Streets in downtown Batavia.

CASA Kane County plans to close on a property in June that will be its permanent new home after moving out of the Kane County Courthouse office in Geneva.

A single-family home in Gilberts that sold for $360,000 is leading the list of the best real estate deals in Kane County in the past week.

The 1840s remnant limestone blacksmith shop in Geneva is now completely covered in plastic - nearly two years after the city cited it for not putting a tarp on it. City officials have given the developer 10 days to take it down

Since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, gas prices have risen by well over $1 nationwide, and in March, they jumped up by nearly 21% compared to the previous month, the Associated Press reported. Just this past week, prices rose an average of 56 cents per gallon in Illinois.

Update: An elderly South Elgin man who was found dead in the Fox River in St. Charles on Wednesday likely drowned, preliminary autopsy results released by the Kane County Coroner’s Office Friday show. This is a developing story.

Batavia-based grocer Aldi is being sued by an animal rights group, alleging deceptive marketing of its egg products as 100% cage-free, according to a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

36 districts are under review as the Justice Department examines opt-out policies and classroom content surrounding gender and sexuality, with the potential for probes to expand to bathroom and sports team access.

Non-disclosure agreements can silence victims and prevent information from being shared between organizations. Suspected offenders often move between coaching jobs in different jurisdictions and statutes of limitations prevent prosecution of older allegations.