Author: Fox Valley Magazine

A 17-year-old girl freed herself from an attempted abduction this morning in the near Channing Park and St. Mary’s Catholic School in Elgin. According to police, this morning at around 9:43am a male Hispanic subject in a vehicle as reporting following a 17-year-old female student in the area of South Channing Street and Fulton Street. Preliminary information indicated that a male Hispanic subject was attempting to speak with the student who continued to walk away from the subject. At some point the male subject exited his vehicle and grabbed the female student’s arm. The student was able to pull away…

A 55-year-old Batavia woman died after being struck by a car around 6:48 p.m. last night in the 700 block of East State Street (Route 38) in Geneva. The woman was walking southbound near the center turn lane on State Street east of Sandholm Street across from the Dairy Queen. She was struck by a black 2018 Hyundai Kona driven by a 30-year-old Geneva woman, who was traveling westbound on State Street.  The woman was transported to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva where she later died. Her name is not being released at this time pending notification to the…

Update: Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a topical storm overnight, but that isn’t making it any less of a problem for Floridians. Heavy rainfall continues to inundate the already-saturated state, causing major flooding and power outages across the state. An estimated 2.5 million residents are without power this morning. Tropical Storm Ian is expected to slowly make it’s way northeast back out to the Atlantic today, then verging Northwest, making landfall in Georgia or South Carolina Friday afternoon. It remains possible that Ian will regain strength while over the Atlantic. Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon as an extremely dangerous…

Lucy Westlake, the remarkable Naperville teenager who earlier this year become the youngest American woman to summit Mt. Everest, has received yet another accolade, the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a program of the nonprofit organization Young Heroes Project. Westlake’s award was in recognition of her work promoting water security. Westlake has raised more than $30,000 to bring safe water technology to the developing world by hosting used shoe drives, selling LucyClimbs merchandise, and climbing the world’s highest mountains. She began her water work at age 13 after a decade of corresponding with her Ugandan pen pal named Faith. Westlake…

A pedestrian was hit and severely injured on the east side of Geneva Wednesday evening, prompting the closure of East State Street (Route 38) for several hours.. The accident occurred before 7pm in the 700 block of East Street, roughly at the location of the popular Dairy Queen. According to an alert from the Geneva Police Department, the pedestrian sustained severe injuries, and the Geneva Fire Department transported the person to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva. The circumstances of the incident are unclear. The Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team is investigating the crash. This story is developing.

Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane near Punta Gorda in Southwest Florida. At 2:05pm (Central) the eye of Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. A weather station at Tarpin Point in Cape Coral reported sustained winds of 77 mph with a gust up to 118 mph. Over 1 million people are currently out of power as the storm, which arrived significantly earlier than even forecasts this morning predicted, slams inland. Ian is now tied with Hurricane Charley in 2004…

This Saturday, enjoy some of the most delicious and hard-to-find beers around while taking in beautiful downtown St. Charles during the St. Charles Walking Beer Tour. Your host, Certified Beer Server and homebrewer Jovon takes you on a guided, walking tour of two interesting and different breweries plus a unique homebrew shop and winery nestled in the downtown district of St. Charles. Gain in-depth knowledge about beer, it’s history, interesting facts, and even the brewing process. And, of course, the breweries and their beers. Enjoy the local fare. Get brewery perks to use on a return visit. Three (3) 5…

In conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, on Sunday The Venue in Aurora will be presenting an educational lecture exploring the history of working-class Mexican music, followed by a performance of Tejano music and dancing. The presentation by Dr. Alejandro Benavides, local author and retired educator, consists of a narrative and audio–visuals on the evolution of corrido music to present–day tejano music. This will be followed by a Tejano conjunto performance of numerous musical styles along with demonstrations of Tejano dances. An Aurora Connection People from Mexico started arriving in Aurora during the early 1900’s in search of the American Dream.…

Police departments in Aurora, Oswego and Plainfield have investigated a man who apparently sought tours of multiple schools in and near these jurisdictions and found “no credible threat to the general public.” In a posting to its Facebook page, the Aurora Police Department indicated that it, along with Oswego and Plainfield Police Departments, had been made aware of a suspicious circumstance alleging an individual attempting to gain access to multiple schools in the surrounding jurisdictions. Lyons Township High School District 204 went so far as to issue a public security alert, along with a photo of the individual, indicating that…

For almost a decade, 47-year-old José Arellano of Aurora sexually assaulted two young women that he knew and were under the age of the 13. Arellano posted a $30,000 bond on July 6, 2020 and was last seen Dec. 8, 2021, when he appeared remotely for a hearing. When he failed to appear for the next hearing, March 29, 2022, Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo issued a warrant for his arrest. He remains at large. Arellano was convicted by a Kane County jury yesterday of the following offenses: Predatory criminal sexual assault, Class X felony, 4 countsAggravated criminal sexual abuse, Class 2…