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A candlelight vigil to honor the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Saturday night at seven at the Kendall County Courthouse at 807 West John Street in Yorkville.

The Kane County Coroner's Office Identified the man who was found dead at Phillips Park in Aurora as 59-year-old Joey Hill, of Aurora. His body was found Monday. The cause of death is still under investigation.

31-year-old Rafael Montalvo, of Yorkville, was arrested for allegedly being part of scheme to steal and sell military equipment.

Free COVID-19 testing is being offered this weekend in DeKalb County.

Governor J.B. Pritzker is calling Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a bulwark for equality and a shining role model for girls everywhere. He says her legacy will endure, but only if people fight as she did to protect it.

The Democrats and Republicans serving on the committee that is looking into an alleged bribery scheme between Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and utility giant ComEd are already having disagreements on scope of its power.

With the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a former Oswegoan remembers her.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

The DeKalb County Health Department is reporting the death of an infant who had tested positive for COVID-19. The infant was under the age of one. The identity of the child is not being disclosed as is standard for COVID-19 deaths. The death follows another death of a person only in their thirties reported on Thursday. There have been 38 deaths in the county

DeKalb and Grundy Counties are off the COVID-19 warning list as of Friday.

Sandwich police on Tuesday arrested 51-year-old Timothy Dickerson, of Sandwich. Dickerson is accused of patronizing a minor engaged in prostitution and distributing harmful materials to minors. He was booked into the DeKalb County Jail, but bonded out on Wednesday.

The annual walk at the Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery is going virtual this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Debbie Buchanan is with the Montgomery historic preservation commission.

Yorkville City Hall says that Country Hills Drive at Route 71 is closing on Monday and will remain closed through Wednesday for grading and storm sewer work.

Racist graffiti was spray painted on NIU’s Center for Black Studies.

19-year-old Alexis Magallanes, of Berwyn, is charged with a Scott's Law violation and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

The Village of Montgomery completed its lead water line removal project that wrapped up last month.

A Naperville man, and one of the subjects of a Netflix-produced documentary on competitive cheer leading, was arrested Thursday and charged with enticing an underage boy to take sexual videos and photos of himself.

After an outbreak of COVID-19 last month, the Kane County Jail has no new cases after the most recent round of testing this week.

Our sister station WLBK is reporting that a Sycamore teacher’s avatar is causing controversy.

The Kendall County Health Department reports that the total number of COVID-19 cases went up by 13 yesterday in the county bringing the total number to 1,894 with 1,384 of those cases listed as being in recovery.

Illinois State Police District Five in Lockport says a state police trooper was seriously injured in a crash that happened while the trooper was helping at the scene of an earlier multi-vehicle accident on I-55 south of Route 30 Wednesday.

The family of a missing Somonauk man is now offering a $5,000 reward for information on his whereabouts.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

A St. Charles man is facing criminal sexual assault charges after he allegedly contacted and assaulted a minor in August.

In the first year of operation at its solar field on South Hale Street, the city of Plano has saved taxpayers $27,000. That announcement came at this week’s Plano City Council meeting. 

When Kijuana Boulries spoke at the recent Oswego 308 Board of Education Meeting, she brought a national stage topic to a local level.

The Kendall County Health Department says that the county is up to 1,881 COVID-19 cases. There are 1,370 in recovery and there have been 26 deaths as of Tuesday.

In a reversed decision, the Oswego Village Board voted unaminously to approve a senior living community after the advisory Oswego Plan Commission turned down the proposal 3-2 just six days ago.

At Tuesday's Kendall County Forest Preserve Commission meeting, commissioners quizzed Hamption, Lenzini and Renwick (HLR) Vice-President Steve Megginson about the aftermath of the Aug. 25 demolition of the historic Millbrook Bridge.

From parents to board members, the debate continues when to allow 18,000 students to return to Oswego School District 308 schools where remote learning for all is in its third week. 

The Kendall County Sheriff's Office says a fugitive wanted in Kendall County who is alleged to have been living under a false name in Glendale, Arizona was arrested Monday.

The City Yorkville is opting to shell out up to $20,000 to the developer behind the restoration of the Old Kendall County Jail in the downtown area. City Manager Bart Olson says the city has a redevelopment agreement with the jail's new owners.

Two men are under arrest following an incident in Lockport Township Friday where people in three vehicles were said to have exchanged gunfire in the 2100 block of Arthur Avenue east of Crest Hill.

A proposal to build single family homes in the Balmorea Subdivision on Helene Rieder Street was voted down by the Montgomery Village Board Monday. The developer, Ryan Homes, wants to build thirteen buildings each with three bedrooms, a one-car garage, and a driveway. Scott Shelton, with Ryan Homes, says their target buyer for the homes are older people without kids.

Aurora Police are investigating the circumstances of a man found dead at Phillips Park Monday evening. At around 7:30 the Aurora fire Department was called to the park for a report of an unconscious man in the 1000 block of Ray Moses Drive. Paramedics tried to perform CPR on the man, but he was ultimately pronounced dead.

For the second time in less than a week, a concept plan for Village Square, a senior living community on 11 acres next to the Oswego Village Hall will be presented and discussed, this time at the Oswego Village Board meeting tonight at 7 p.m.

With street names like Maple, Sycamore, Walnut, and Oak, the village of Hinckley faced a dilemma at its meeting Monday.

Mayor Rich Robinson appointed, and the Sandwich City Council approve two new aldermen at Monday night's regular council meeting.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

43-year-old Timothy Cheskie, of Morris, was arrested by Morris police Monday in connection with a fire that destroyed a business in the 1300 block of East Street earlier in the day. Cheskie has been charged with arson.

The Illinois Broadcaster’s Association has awarded its annual titles virtually on YouTube.For WSPY, four awards were presented.

A public hearing for the renewed jurisdictional boundary line agreement with Sugar Grove will be held at the Plano City Council meeting. 

A forty-year-old woman from DuPage County tested positive last week for West Nile Virus. The woman is the first person in the state this year to test positive for the virus that is typically spread though mosquito bites.