North Aurora

One of two suspects in a 2020 Boulder Hill drive-by shooting that left two women dead has been sentenced to life in prison.

Leave the cooking and clean up to someone else, and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at one of these restaurants in northern Illinois.

North Aurora Police have solved a 45-year-old murder using DNA testing.

North Aurora police say they now know who killed Kathy Halle in 1979, whose body was found in the Fox River.

The location, which is the first in Illinois, is an indoor slide and air court park designed for all ages.

Midwest Veterans Closet will host a back-to-school grocery giveaway Aug 30.

Bronze winners included Crystal Lake Brewing for their brown porter Frozen Over; Sturdy Shelter Brewing in Batavia in the Munich-Style Dunkel category for Wilson Street Dunkel; and Double Clutch Brewing Co. in Evanston in the German-style Altbier.

North Aurora resident Bettina Sailer has been traveling to areas of the state where cicadas are plentiful and bringing them back to her yard.

The updated guide and website showcase Aurora, Batavia, Big Rock, Hinckley, Montgomery, North Aurora, Oswego, Plano, Sugar Grove and Yorkville.

Seventeen years ago, North Aurora resident Bettina Sailer felt cheated when her yard did not buzz with the sound of 17-year cicadas. She went to other areas of the state where cicadas were plentiful and brought them back to her yard. With her yard facing a similar lack of cicadas this year, she has been doing the same thing and now has more than 4,000 cicadas in her yard.

A Winnetka-based private equity firm has won an auction to take over Oberweis Dairy after it went into bankruptcy.

Several Kane County fire departments came together to conduct trench rescue training Friday morning in Geneva.

Experience the emotional moments as television celebrities and a classical music star are inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.

Oberweis President Adam Kraber said the company expects to complete the reorganization and sale in late June.

The independent coffee house is located at 1109 Ritter St., and is the fourth Krema Coffee Roasters, joining other locations in Plainfield, Lockport and Tinley Park.

Whether referred to as farm-to-table or farm-to-fork, some of these local restaurants are a part of the social moment that is driving them to get their ingredients from nearby farms and similar sources.

Oberweis Dairy plans to lay off 127 employees starting in June, the company informed the state in a WARN filing.

Oberweis Dairy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

An acclaimed violinist, a celebrity WGN-TV meteorologist with multiple Emmys, another Emmy winner who created Christian television station WCFC-TV/Channel 38 and the wise-cracking bandleader on “The Dick Cavett Show” are the latest inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.

Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Kane County Board and local legislative races, as well as referendum questions for the Aurora Township Fire Protection District, Central School District 301, city of North Aurora and village of Pingree Grove.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Jan. 14 to 20, 2024.

Carpentersville water came in first, Geneva was second and Sugar Grove and Aurora tied for third, in an annual competition for the best tasting water in Kane County.

Kane County grand jury indictments for the week of Oct. 10, 2023

Longstanding Kane County community mental health center TriCity Family Services has been awarded a $25,000 grant through Kohl’s National Giveback Institute.

Fun things to in Kane County this weekend.

Candidate hopefuls of both parties lined up early Monday morning at the Kane County Clerk’s Office to file their nominating petitions for the March 19, 2024 primary and the Nov. 5, 2024 general election.

A 31-year-old man has been identified by police as a “credible suspect” in the slaying of a young family of four in Romeoville but they have not yet revealed what his exact role was in the incident.

The Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force has been called to assist Romeoville police in the investigation of the murders of two parents and their two sons in a killing that is considered “not random.”

A physician assistant has been accused of using a dead doctor’s name and prescription forms to write opioid prescriptions for himself and a relative and then obtaining the drugs at pharmacies in North Aurora and Batavia.

Images from the annual Independence Day celebration at Riverfront Park in North Aurora on Monday, July 3, 2023.

A North Aurora man was charged with disorderly conduct, assault and theft after he allegedly followed a Papa John’s pizza delivery driver, yelled at him and stole the magnetic pizza sign from his car, according to police.

Huntoon Stables in North Aurora suffered damage from a storm that ripped through the area on Friday, March 31, 2023.

The annual Fox Valley Marathon Races traveled throughout the Tri-Cities on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

North Aurora police recovered a handgun and arrested four people Saturday night after responding to a report of about 50 people fighting at North Aurora’s Island Park, officials announced in a news release.

Competitive races line both the Democratic and Republican ballots as early voting continues ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Here's a round-up of who and what is on the ballot.

Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed varied stances on immigration policy reform and what to do about people already in the country illegally. One said making English the national language would be a key step; several favored funding a wall

Only about half the non-incumbent congressional candidates in the north, west or northwest suburbs have filed financial disclosure reports with the U.S. House that were due in May, records show.

The men opened the two locations in November 2021.

Five of the seven candidates running for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District seat – including incumbent Lauren Underwood – are facing petition objections that could cost them spots on the primary ballot.

A North Aurora man is facing charges after police say he stalked a woman and repeatedly sent her and her boyfriend threatening messages. He's also on probation in Kane County for “making terroristic threats" in Georgia.

The 27-year-old Aurora man is accused of making at least 364 reports during five weeks to police agencies, including threatening a shooting at Glacier Ridge Elementary School in Crystal Lake, prosecutors said.

Harner’s has a legion of loyal patrons who savor the comforting tastes of home.

A Romeoville man found himself charged with armed violence and unlawful possession of a controlled substance – both felonies – and misdemeanor unlawful use of weapons – after police stopped him for not wearing his seat belt