Author: Fox Valley Magazine

(Credit: Blueroomstream.com) By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois Within five miles of the scene of a 2019 workplace mass shooting that left six people dead and five law enforcement officers injured, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a wide-ranging bill reforming the state’s gun laws Monday at the Aurora Police Department. Advocates for the new law – including Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly – hailed it as a measure that would provide the statutory backing and funding necessary to retrieve guns from those with revoked Firearm Owners Identification cards, while also streamlining the application and renewal process for law-abiding gun owners.…

A 19 year-old man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder Tuesday for severely beating a nurse at Elgin Mental Health Center. Kane County prosecutors allege that on July 17, 2021, the man attacked a nurse at Elgin Mental Health Center, punching her in the face and head and knocking her to the floor, causing life-threating injuries to her face, skull and upper body. The victim remains hospitalized. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser has charged the accused with the offenses of: Attempt first-degree murder, Class X felony Aggravated battery, Class 3 felony, 2 counts Kane County Judge Julia Yetter…

The Bartlett Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance locating 58-year-old Lisa M. Raska who was last seen in the area of Hale Avenue & North Avenue after she left her residence on foot on Friday, July 30, 2021 at approximately 7 p.m. She is 5’3”, 130 lbs. with brown hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. She was last seen carrying a blue plastic cup and wearing a black colored t-shirt, gray colored shorts, and flip flop sandals. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1 or Bartlett Police Department at (630) 837-0846.

During a special board meeting last night, the Geneva School Board put forth a revised plan that requires masking by all students, teachers, staff and visitors in Geneva schools. Interestingly, though, the board deferred taking a full vote on the plan until its next meeting on August 9. The masking issue has created significant controversy in the district, and it is likely that the board’s about-face in the wake of new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance issued last week will spur further dissent. Previously the board had taken the position that masks would be recommended but optional.…

The 21 year-old man who escaped authorities while being transported to the Kane County Sheriff’s Department for incarceration a week ago has been apprehended. The subject, Hugo R. Avila, was taken into custody Monday in Hanover Park at approximately 2:00 p.m. with the assistance of the Hanover Park Police Department. Last Tuesday, Mr. Avila was in custody in relation to felony traffic-related offenses and was being transported to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office when he escaped from the vehicle carrying him. Officers from the Elgin and St. Charles police departments, as well from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, undertook a…

According to a report in The Journal Times in Wisconsin, an Elgin man drowned Sunday while trying to save his son who had jumped off his boat while tubing. According to the report, the victim, Antonio F. Delasancha, Jr., was tubing on the lake Sunday morning with his two pre-teen daughters and his 11 year-old son. The two girls were in the tube being pulled by Delasancha when one of them fell off.  Delasancha swung around to pick them up, at which point his son jumped in, with a life jacket, and started to drift away from the boat and…

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser has charged a Chicago man with the offenses of first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon, Class X felony, in the July 29 shooting death of 30-year-old Jorge Sanchez of Carpentersville. Kane County prosecutors allege that at about 3:15 a.m. July 29, 2021, the accused fired multiple shots from a handgun at Sanchez, killing him. The man had previously dated a resident of the Foxview Apartment Complex, in the 1-99 block of Oxford Road in Carpentersville. Sanchez was staying in an apartment adjacent to the former girlfriend’s apartment and his body was found…

The St. Charles Park District’s “Concert in the Park” has returned this summer, every Thursday at 7pm in Lincoln Park downtown St. Charles. Thursday, August 5, showcases the music of blues band Howard & the White Boys. Howard & the White Boys formed in 1988 and began jamming together just for fun, but their fast-growing popularity soon convinced them they could make a career of it. After only a few months, they got their first big break by opening for B.B. King. Their reputation grew in Chicago and they began performing with the biggest names in blues: Koko Taylor, Otis…

There are sweet grooves, good grooves, and great grooves – and then there’s the Cadillac Groove at the River Rhapsody Concert in Batavia this Wednesday. Jump into the purple caddy for a fun ride through Southern Rock, Blues, Funk, R&B, Soul, and all points in between. You’ll find yourself singing along as Cadillac Groove puts their unique, high energy touch on the songs you know and love! The music begins at 7pm, Wednesday, August 4, at Peg Bond Center, 151 Island Ave., in Batavia. Admission is free. For more information, please visit. www.bataviaparks.org.

Aurora’s Wednesdays at the Plaza will present The Heavy Lifting from 7-9pm. With a mix of originals and tunes the boys in the band have wanted to cover for a long time, and a streamlined take on the arrangements, the group is a bona-fide power trio, dabbling in Rock, Americana, Blues, and Power Pop, bringing a case o’ whoopass and a truckload of fun to every show. The Heavy Lifting is Jim Hurley on the drums, Chad Watson on bass and vocals, and Jake Mack on guitar and vocals. Wednesdays at the Plaza are held at Millennium Plaza, 21…