Wayne Baker

The fire department has dropped plans to burn a house on Kirk Road as part of its training for new recruits. Plans were dropped when a neighboring resident expressed concerns...

The city is moving forward with plans to build a major collector street somewhere in the as-yet undeveloped area southeast of town despite running into three potential stumbling blocks. Two...

Residents and businesses with recurring problems requiring police assistance will have a couple of officers as close as a pager during an experimental program this summer. Designed to test the...

The city could grow by 721 more homes if a proposed west side planned unit development is accepted as presented this week by a local development company. Appearing in what...

The city is considering allowing homeowners in the Pepper Valley subdivision along Randall Road to build back-yard fences as high as 10 feet to block traffic noise and road salt....

It will cost a little more to stay in St. Charles if the City Council goes along with a proposed 67 percent increase in the city's hotel/motel tax. And although...

The city is giving an Elgin developer an extra four months to secure financing to build a senior housing project on the former Batavia Junior High School site. The extension,...

The Windmill City will play host next year to the International Windmillers Trade Fair in what some are hailing as a major public relations victory for the Fox River community....

Beginning next month, residents who recycle can include plastic ketchup bottles and yogurt containers along with their milk jugs and pop bottles. The city's waste hauler, Browning-Ferris Industries, has agreed...

After more than 18 months of trying to get two developers to complete public improvements in a west side subdivision, the city has decided to contract for the work itself...