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  • Face Time with Hugh Kelleghan

    Geneva resident Hugh Kelleghan, 48, was at the Batavia Public Library with his son, Liam, 7, when he answered 10 questions for the Kane County Chronic ...
    NEW: Dec. 7, 2013 - 5:30 am

  • Face Time with Jenise Whitaker

    Mooseheart resident Jenise Whitaker, 43, was at the Batavia Public Library when she answered nine questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Sch ...
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 11:51 pm

  • Face Time with Beckie Untiedt

    St. Charles resident Beckie Untiedt was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Charles ...
    Dec. 4, 2013 - 10:16 pm

  • Face Time with Carol Murin

    Geneva Township resident Carol Murin, 65, was at the open house of the new Geneva Visitors Center when she answered 10 questions for the Kane County C ...
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:50 pm

  • Face Time with Carol Swanson

    St. Charles resident Carol Swanson, 66, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Cha ...
    Dec. 2, 2013 - 11:39 pm

  • Face Time with Barbara Telfer

    St. Charles resident Barbara Telfer, 53, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 11:26 pm

  • Face Time with Chris Sikorski

    South Elgin resident Chris Sikorski, 14, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 28, 2013 - 8:45 pm

  • Face Time with Bobbi Lebin

    Geneva resident Bobbi Lebin, 69, was at the open house of the new Geneva Visitors Center, when she answered 10 questions for the Kane County Chronicle ...
    Nov. 27, 2013 - 10:28 pm

  • Face Time with Gerry Stevens

    Sugar Grove resident Gerry Stevens was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Charles ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:13 pm

  • Face Time with Dana Sanderson

    St. Charles resident Dana Sanderson, 49, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 25, 2013 - 10:51 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • Walmart gift cards valued at $1,900 were reported stolen Thursday, Dec. 5. According to police reports, the victim is working with Walmart to see if ...
    NEW: Dec. 7, 2013 - 5:30 am

  • St. Charles police reports

    • Christopher Roby, 38, of the 1000 block of Geneva Road, St. Charles, turned himself in Monday, Dec. 2, on a DeKalb County warrant for failing to app ...
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 11:40 pm

  • Geneva police reports

    •  Kevin K. Curtin, 18, of the 39W600 block of Sulley Drive, Blackberry Township, was charged Monday, Nov. 25, with illegal possession of drug paraphe ...
    Dec. 5, 2013 - 11:41 pm

  • St. Charles police reports

    • Myles Alan Negron, 24, of the 300 block of South Second Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, Dec. 1, with driving under the influence of alcohol ...
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:24 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • Kayla K. Williams, 18, of the 700 block of East Victoria Circle, North Aurora, was charged Friday, Nov. 29, with retail theft.
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:25 pm

  • Kane County police reports

    • A paver brick was reportedly thrown through a garage window in the 39W300 block of Woodgate Road, Campton Hills, between 6 p.m. Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. N ...
    Dec. 2, 2013 - 11:45 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • James R. Wiegman, 18, of the 600 block of Hamilton Road, North Aurora, was charged Wednesday, Nov. 27, with speeding 99 mph in a 50-mph zone on the ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 11:48 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • A semitrailer with an unknown value was reported taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, from the parking lot of PartyLite Worldwide, 601 Kingsland Drive, Batavia.
    Nov. 28, 2013 - 9:34 pm

  • Geneva police reports

    • A 7- by 6-foot front window was reported shattered Tuesday, Nov.  26, at Stockholm’s, 306 W. State St., Geneva. According to police reports, the win ...
    Nov. 27, 2013 - 9:31 pm

  • Sugar Grove police reports

    • A residential burglary was reported Saturday, Nov. 23, in the 700 block of Evergreen Drive, Sugar Grove. Furniture was reportedly thrown about the g ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:06 pm