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The 2026 girls soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

With votes still being tallied, it’s looking like residents are saying no to the $275 million bond referendum from Yorkville School District 115 for new and expanded facilities.

The polls have closed. Here are live March 2026 primary election results for Kendall County. Tallies will be updated as county clerks update their websites.

All county-level races on the Kendall County ballot are uncontested. Some congressional and state wide offices are contested.

Kendall Area Transit Dial-a-ride transportation is available from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Oswego East junior Ella Cooper, who won 33 matches this season, won a conference championship, took second at sectionals and won two matches at state to finish in the top eight, is the Record Newspapers Girls Wrestler of the Year. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Oswego District 308 School Board members will vote on the intergovernmental sale agreement at its March 23 meeting. The village will not directly pay the school district the $2.1 million sale price for the property.

With early voting already underway, residents are heading to the polls to cast their decision on the $275 million Yorkville School District 115 referendum. Here's what voters need to know.

Two Minooka Community High School students earned Director Awards from the Grundy Area Vocational Center (GAVC) in Morris for outstanding performance in February.

A new power granted by the state enables towns like Yorkville to speed up building code violations, including repairs that have been long neglected by property owners.

Heading into the March 17 primary election, here’s what you need to know about some polling location changes this year in Kendall County.

The 2026 baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The property, located at 61 Franklin St. near the intersection of Washington Street and U.S. Route 71 in Oswego, is in a tax increment financing district.

Oswego’s Little White School Museum is collecting written and taped accounts from current and former residents for its biographical collection as part of the Share Your Stories Program.

The city has adopted a noise ordinance banning subdivision, commercial and industrial construction activity on Sundays.

Marisa Medgyesi most recently served as director of marketing and business development for ECU, where she managed communication and community building.

This upgrade reflects the county’s strong financial management and growing economic base, Kendall County said in announcing the rating change.

The hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on March 23 at Village Hall, 200 N. River St.

The driver was allegedly using a cell phone at the time of the crash and a toxicology report also indicated the presence of alcohol in her system, according to Yorkville police.

Ellie Fox had a tying RBI double in the second inning, and Callie Ferko singled in the go-ahead run in the third as Yorkville softball beat La Salle-Peru in its season opener.

Oswego East boys basketball coach Ryan Velasquez, who posted a 198-71 record with three regional championships and one sectional title over nine seasons, has resigned as head coach. "This was a family decision."

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, was arrested on Jan. 29 after Ashley A. Stewart, 41, was found stabbed to death in her home on Valentine Way in Oswego on Jan. 27.

Wednesday was the last day for early voting at Oswego Village Hall and Monday is the last day of early voting at the Yorkville county building.

Kendall County Sheriff’s Sergeant Tom Hagerty has served with the Sheriff’s Office since April 2008 and currently supervises in the Operations Division.

The Yorkville City Council voted at 12:51 a.m. Wednesday in favor of a 1,037-acre project the city says will redefine the town’s future.