Wayne Baker

Taxpayers will save about $144,000 in interest payments over the next 15 years thanks to a sudden refinancing of $4.2 million in water improvement bonds. Batavia finance director Terry Klein...

The city will allow the Park District to build its $3.4 million swimming complex at Sunset Park despite last-minute protests by some residents concerned over increased traffic. The City Council...

The city fined a west side liquor store $500 after one of its clerks allegedly sold alcohol to an underage police informant during a sting investigation last fall. In addition...

The city has dropped one of its reasons for opposing a proposed 94-home subdivision, but that admission will unlikely change its overall position on the project. Public Works Director Tom...

Although dust may not fly for another nine months, the city has hired a Downers Grove construction management firm to oversee the $3.4 million renovation of the Government Center. The...

One of three men arrested in connection with a pair of burglaries turned out to be wanted by an Indiana county for allegedly attempting to murder a police officer, authorities...

As promised in last spring's successful tax rate referendum, the Park District is moving forward with plans to build a new $3.4 million swimming facility in time for next summer....

An 82-year-old man was killed Wednesday after his car crossed the center line on Illinois Highway 31, plowed through two parking lots and then struck a tree. Carl Federman, 124...

Future businesses along Randall Road will receive rebated sales tax revenue as an incentive for locating there, according to the terms of an economic development district created this week. At...

A proposed 67 percent increase in the hotel/motel room tax rate found a receptive audience at this week's City Council meeting. The council unanimously approved a 5 percent increase after...