St. Charles

The St. Charles annual July 4th fireworks show will be launched from Langum Park, located at 7th and Madison avenues in downtown St. Charles.

The St. Charles School District 303 Board approved a four-year labor pact with its teachers’ union this week, a deal that includes gradual raises for teachers and, eventually, a shorter elementary school day.

The St. Charles VFW Post 5036 will host the second annual VFW National Day of Service breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Monday, May 29 at the Baker Memorial United Methodist Church.

Roughly 500 fans from across the country gathered at Wahlburgers in St. Charles this week for the Wahlcon pre-party in anticipation of the New Kids on the Block’s BlockCon event in Rosemont this weekend.

Many bird species show us that clothes – I mean feathers – really do make the man.

Victoria Montalbano’s one-woman show, "The Princess Strikes Back: One Woman’s Search for the Space Cowboy of Her Dreams," kicked off its tour at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles.

Two tobacco retailers fined $750 each after failing to card and selling tobacco or alternative nicotine products to a minor during routine check by the St. Charles Police Department.

The two sides have been in negotiations since April 2022.

The annual Memorial Day event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown St. Charles.

In preparation for New Kids on the Block’s BlockCon in Rosemont this weekend, Wahlburgers in St. Charles is hosting a WahlCon pre-party Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m.

St. Charles Plan Commission members recommended approval of plans for an animal hospital on Route 64, just west of Randall Road.

The 21st annual Tyler Brett Caruso Memorial Concert kicks off the St. Charles Park District’s summer concert series on Thursday, May 25, in Lincoln Park in downtown St. Charles.

Under the district's new master facilities plan, Fox Ridge Early Childhood Center will likely become an elementary school, and early childhood care would be moved to the Haines Center. Lincoln Elementary School would be repurposed as administrative office space.

St. Charles East High School honored the Class of 2023 with a commencement ceremony at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on Monday, May 22, 2023.

St. Charles North held their 2023 commencement ceremony at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on Monday, May 22, 2023.