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Ethan Vahl had 30 points and 11 rebounds to pace Oswego to its 20th win, Newark boys basketball won to set up a showdown Friday for the Little Ten Conference title, and Oswego East boys basketball and Parkview Christian girls basketball were winners in Tuesday's roundup.

Improvements to the Kendall County building include additional offices and meeting rooms, ADA accessibility upgrades, improved public navigation and enhanced employee safety features.

Shrubs with colorful stems, interesting seed pods, or textured bark can also add depth and create a stunning winter display.

With a vote tonight, the Yorkville School District 115 could be one step closer to building a new school on a 106-acre property west of the current high school campus, north of River Road.

At the Feb. 5 Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission, commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the plans, which will now go the Oswego Village Board for review.

He posed as a representative of Snap Inc. and texted more than 4,500 victims requesting their Snapchat access codes. When approximately 570 women provided those codes, Svara accessed the Snapchat accounts of at least 59 women without permission.

Payton Wallin poured in 32 points to lead Yorkville Christian past Bishop McNamara and Jadyn Long's 21 points led Plano to a two-point win over Seneca in Monday's roundup.

Goals to improve the village’s downtown include developing a downtown streetscape plan and making the downtown more accessible and friendlier to foot traffic.

The law requires companies that sell batteries or products with batteries to pay into a battery stewardship organization to cover the costs of the statewide collection program.

Learn about the courtship behaviors of birds at the Subat Forest Preserve in Kendall County.

The Plano Food Pantry is offering free food pick-up on Feb. 20 at the First Lutheran Church in Plano.

Proceeds benefit Open Roads ABATE Chapter for further safety and education projects.

On a night when sophomore Ethan Vahl was honored for recently scoring his 1,000th career point, Oswego kept on rolling, scoring the game's first 10 points and going on to beat visiting Yorkville 56-43 for its 11th win in 12 games and 19th total win, most in a decade.

Yorkville sophomore Lauryn Trotter won a regional title and two other Foxes and two Sandwich wrestlers advanced to sectionals, Oswego East girls basketball got a big win at Naperville Central and Yorkville Christian boys basketball won again in Saturday's roundup.

Macie Jones hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and another three during a pivotal second-half run, and Yorkville – down to six active players with four injured – rallied for a 51-41 win at Oswego on Saturday as part of the 15th Communities vs. Cancer event.

Ernie Marcelain on fixing school funding: I feel individual property taxes that the counties impose are way out of control. We need to revise the PTELL to make property taxes fairer to homeowners. Read Marcelain's full election questionnaire here

Dshaun Bolden's 19 points led Oswego East past Yorkville, Niko Jurkovic scored 15 in Oswego's win and Newark lost the third-place game of the Little Ten Conference Tournament in Friday's game.

Tray Alford rolled in a runner in the final seconds, lifting Yorkville Christian to a thrilling 70-69 win over visiting Christ the King on Friday.

Students from Oswego High School walked out of the school shortly before noon Friday, many of them held signs condemning the actions of ICE.

The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library's book sale will feature gently used books, DVDs, Blu-rays, audiobooks, and puzzles.

The 15th Communities vs. Cancer event hosted by Oswego and Yorkville will be held Feb. 7 at Oswego High School. The event starts at 9 a.m. and attendees are asked to enter through Athletics, Door 35. The event will include six basketball games between Oswego and Yorkville.

District 308 Superintendent Andalib Khelghati said neither the district administration or any high school administration or staff has organized, sanctioned or promoted a walkout.

The Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District responded around 6:58 am on Feb. 5 to the 2100 block of Whitekirk Lane.

IMSA topped Newark boys basketball in the Little Ten Tournament semifinals, Oswego East girls basketball edged Yorkville and Oswego gymnastics was second at its regional in Thursday's roundup.

The Plano Police Department responded around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday to 2623 Eldamain Road.