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Aurora man sentenced for attempting to deliver cocaine
An Aurora man has been sentenced to prison for possessing in his home cocaine that he intended to deliver near a southeast Aurora park. Peter A. Cotts, 43, of the 1200 block of Pleasant Place, was sentenced Tuesday by Kane County Circuit Judge Susan Clancy …
Aurora man pleads guilty in attempted sex assault
A 19-year-old Aurora man pleaded guilty last week to the attempted sex assault of a woman in January. Jose L. Mendez was sentenced to four years in prison as part of an agreement with Kane County prosecutors, who reduced the original sex assault charge and …
Virtual charter moratorium bill signed
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Friday a bill that implements a one-year moratorium on all new virtual charter schools established April 1 or later. The law will prohibit a proposed virtual charter school that was seeking to serve 18 Fox Valley-area school districts from …
Kendall to get new firing range
YORKVILLE — Kendall County will get a new shooting practice range for its deputies and other area police agencies that want to use it. The range will be built into a quarry in Lisbon, near Route 47 and Joliet Road. The owners of the range …
New principal says he’s up to East High challenge
Newly-approved East Aurora High School Principal Spencer Byrd has quite a challenge ahead of him. When he officially takes the reins in July, Byrd will leave his job of three years as principal at an almost all-white central Illinois high school with just 252 students …
Probation for battery of relative
ST. CHARLES — Daniel Hummell avoided a return to prison Thursday when he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of battering a young deaf girl. Hummell, who was indicted last year on multiple counts of sex assault and sex abuse of the girl, was sentenced …
Aurora policeman wins Kane County Officer of Year Award
Aurora Police Officer Matthew Bonnie was off duty driving on Minkler Road in Oswego when he saw a crashed vehicle that had run off the road and was on fire. Bonnie pulled the driver out of his burning vehicle through the back passenger side door. …
New emergency services manager appointed for Batavia
BATAVIA — The city has made a new appointment for a newly-created Emergency Services and Disaster Agency manager post. During the annual appointment of city officers and department heads recently, Mayor Jeff Schielke appointed Mark Davis to serve as the ESDA manager. Former ESDA Director …
Highway Department settles with union
YORKVILLE — Kendall County and Local 150 of the Operating Engineers Union have a new, four-year contract. The County Board has approved the new pact with the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, based in Countryside. The contract runs retroactively from 2012 through 2016. …
Lawsuit filed in death of Aurora man killed in Florida plane crash
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of the estate of Kim Presbrey, an Aurora attorney who died of medical complications following a 2012 single-engine plane crash in Florida. According to court documents, Presbrey was piloting a Seawind …
Fox Valley to honor Memorial Day with variety of activities
There will be plenty of ways to honor the sacrifice of our veterans on Memorial Day weekend in the Fox Valley this year. Here is a look at some of the events coming up: Aurora The city of Aurora will honor the service men and …
Aurora moves July 4 fireworks plan forward
AURORA — The city is preparing to move fireworks back downtown after several years of a West Side July 4 celebration. The city will work with the Fox Valley Park District to launch July 4 fireworks from Veterans Island, city officials said Tuesday. Residents will …
Will County is serious about space problems
JOLIET — The Will County Board is poised to start chipping away at its serious space shortage after more than a decade of debate. With $14.3 million in existing funds, the county could soon start on a path toward $441 million in new buildings. “We …
Oswego eyes elementary start times
The Oswego School Board this week heard arguments for a new 8:45 a.m. start time for all 13 schools in the district. Now, the elementary schools are on tiered start times, with about half of the elementary schools beginning their instruction at 8:30 a.m. and …
Oswego adds teachers, delays specialty posts
Oswego schools will get a handful of new teachers next year, but several other new hires — from specialized instructors for the Academically Talented program to custodians needed for expanding schools — will have to wait. The Oswego School Board unanimously approved the equivalent of …
Man gets 4 years in Plano drug ring role
In a matter of a few years, Jesus Corral went from buying his cocaine from Mario Melendez to selling thousands of dollars of it for Melendez as part of a drug ring run inside a Plano grocery store. For his role as a dealer, Corral …
