The Beacon-News Monday, February 23, 2026 | | |
| | | | | A Kane County grand jury has returned a 76-count indictment against a Batavia chiropractor who has been accused of secretly recording videos of child and adult patients. | | | | | The Aurora Police Department’s Traffic Division is conducting an investigation to determine the circumstances of the crash. | | | | | The Residences at River Pointe is a development proposed to be built at 400 S. River St. in Batavia, which the city says is a former limestone quarry site. | | | | | Cats were given their due over the weekend at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles as the Cat Fanciers’ Association held its 64th annual All-Breed Cat Show. | | | | | Aurora Mayor John Laesch’s transition committees are making recommendations across topics like finances, sustainability, housing, public safety and education. | | | | | Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois. | | | | | The longtime Aurora resident who died Jan. 25 just a few months shy of his 100th birthday had lived many lifetimes in that near century on Earth. | | | | | As enrollments drop at so-called directional universities, lawmakers are pushing a revised higher ed funding plan this spring despite University of Illinois opposition. | | | |