Author: Fox Valley Magazine

Talk about your comebacks. After being left for dead after the Wisconsin badgers defeated the Purdue Boilermakers earlier in the week and earning at least a share of the men’s basketball B1G Championship, Illinois trailed by a game going into Sunday’s play having to defeat the hottest team in the league – Iowa – and praying for a miracle at Wisconsin, who played last-place Nebraska in Madison. In the early afternoon, the Illini’s prayers were answered, as Nebraska somehow upset the Badgers by a point, 74-73. That opened the door for Illinois. But as the evening game progressed, it looked…

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with Thursday’s shooting incident near the Elgin Sports Complex. A subject was hospitalized as a result of the shooting. After investigating the incident, a 25-year-old Chicago man and a 29-year-old Elgin man were arrested and charged after a review of the facts of the case by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. Both men were charged with: Attempted First Degree Murder (Class X felony)Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (Class X felony)Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X felony) The accused men appeared in bond call this morning where their bonds were…

Award-winning actor Michael Fasbender (of X-Men fame), Golden Globes winner and Oscar nominee director David Fincher (Gone Girl) and crew will be at Hotel Baker in St. Charles this week to continue filming for the upcoming Netflix noir thriller “The Killer.” The choice of the Hotel Baker as a venue in the film was announced in late January. The City of St. Charles announced various traffic and parking restrictions to accommodate the filming. Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11, Main Street between 5th Avenue and 3rd Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic starting at 5 p.m. and will not be reopened…

An apparent domestic dispute in Elgin led to an 11-hour stand-off overnight. At a little past 7pm Friday evening, Elgin police were called to a residence in the 0-100 block of Walker Place in the city’s Historic District to investigate an alleged domestic dispute. The situation deteriorated, with a subject barricading themselves from police. Officers from the SWAT Team, Crisis Negotiations Team, Collaborative Crisis Service Unit, and the Major Investigations Division arrived on scene and, while it was determined that the incident was an isolated one and that there was no threat to the public, the police advised the public…

(Welcome to a new weekly feature for Fox Valley Magazine, Jeff’s Sports Bets. Local punter Jeff gives his methodology and picks each Friday for NBA and, eventually, MLB games. And maybe a little March Madness thrown in. As this is the introductory article, Jeff begins by defining terms and discussing his process. Future columns will focus exclusively on that evening’s wagers. Enjoy!) Welcome to my weekly sports betting column! To keep it simple for now, we’ll cover Friday evening NBA games, working only with the spread and the moneyline. I will assume you’re already familiar with the basic sports betting…

A subject was hospitalized Thursday as a result of a shooting incident near the Elgin Sports Compex. At 11:57 a.m., Elgin police officers responded to the 1200 block of Fleetwood Drive for a reported shooting. Officers arrived on scene and located a subject with injuries who was subsequently transported to an area hospital. The subject’s condition is unknown. Preliminary information received is that this incident appears to be isolated with no threat to the community. The gunfire incident was the 12th this year. In 2021, Elgin set a new record for such incidents with 66 being recorded during the year.…

After 94 years serving St. Charles, the venerable Blue Goose Market will shut its doors for good this coming Sunday. Paul Lencioni, who has run the market for almost 10 years, had announced the closing in early February. Since the announcement, Lencioni has shown a brave face, emphasizing his pride in what the market has contributed to St. Charles for nearly a century and focusing on the future. This last Sunday, Lencioni continued to emphasize that optimism by posting video on the market’s Facebook page from brunch at St. Charles’ The Graceful Ordinary, telling St. Charles “just wait until you…

According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of gas in the Fox Valley has now topped $4. As of Wednesday, prices in Kane County averaged $4.081. In DuPage, the average was $4.116 and in Kendall $4.046. In the last two weeks, the average price per gallon has jumped nearly $.20, and there is no end in sight. Prices were already rising prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, having increased approximately $.40 per gallon, or 11%, over the last year. Since the invasion, prices have jumped another 5%. As the war has intensified and almost universal condemnation of…

(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki) By JERRY NOWICKIPETER HANCOCKBETH HUNDSDORFER& GRACE KINNICUTTCapitol News Illinois Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on 22 counts for allegedly using his position as the top House Democrat to solicit “personal financial rewards” for himself and his associates, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois. The former leader of the Democratic Party served as Illinois House speaker for all but two years from 1983 until his unseating in January 2021. Throughout that time he was widely viewed as a more powerful…

(Photo Credit: Kevin Ketchum) We speak with restauranteur Brian Goewey, whose BG Hospitality owns Gia Mia in St. Charles and Geneva, Moto Imoto in St. Charles and Livia in Geneva, about his coming expansion to Naperville and the Old Nichols Library (pictured above).