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The St. Charles Jazz Weekend enters its third day today with performances at eleven venues. Here’s a quick rundown of today’s events. St. Charles North Jazz Workshop with special guest Victor Garcia 1st Street Plaza, St. Charles, IL 12:00-12:45 p.m. Andrew Egizio Trio Jeans and a Cute Top Shop161 S 1st Street, St. Charles, IL 12:00-3:00 p.m. John Boda St. Charles History Museum215 E Main Street, St. Charles, IL 12:00-3:00 p.m. St. Charles East Jazz Workshop with special guest Andrew Schindler 1st Street Plaza, St. Charles, IL 2:00-2:45 p.m. Jack Macklin The Graceful Ordinary3 East Main Street St, St. Charles,…

Alex Bandoni/ProPublica (Source images: Whitney Curtis for ProPublica; document and photo from Illinois State Police file obtained by Capitol News Illinois and Lee Enterprises Midwest) By BETH HUNDSDORFERCapitol News IllinoisMOLLY PARKERLee Enterprises Midwest This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois and Lee Enterprises. (See part I here and part II here.) Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings Over a year ago, the security chief at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois sent an email to the head of the state agency that operates the facility, warning her of…

By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Johnson, a native of Geneva, Illinois, serves aboard the Navy’s newest warship operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. USS Fort Lauderdale, an amphibious transport dock ship, was commissioned July 30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “If there is one thing that history has shown us from the days of antiquity it is that the stakes of the competition for control of the seas are high and for our part, USS Fort Lauderdale stands ready to deliver on any day, and at any time,” said Capt. James Quaresimo, the ship’s…

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where it’s tough to make a joke the weekend of 9-11. So let’s get to it, starting with….. All That Jazz It’s a great weekend in the Fox Valley because it’s the annual St. Charles Jazz Weekend. Would that every weekend were the Jazz Weekend, but alas musical tastes have…er…”progressed.” (Yes, that was very difficult for us to write.) Anyway, God’s music will be filling the air all weekend from a wide variety of venues, so head on down. (We do have one quibble with the organizers.…

The St. Charles Jazz Weekend kicks into high gear today with performances at nine venues. Here’s a quick rundown of today’s events. Artist Reception with The Mary Hunt Duo 116 Gallery116 West Main Street, St. Charles, IL 6:00-8:00 p.m. Henry JBC The Wine Exchange1 Illinois St, #140, St. Charles, IL 6:00-9:00 p.m. Jack Macklin Trio The Filling Station Pub and Grill105 E. Main Street, St. Charles, Il 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Josh Achiron Trio McNally’s Pub109 W Main St, St. Charles, IL 6 – 9 p.m. Jeremy Kahn and The Chicago All-Stars Baker Community Center101 S Second St, St.…

A 10-year-old boy on his bicycle was struck and injured by an unidentified hit-and-run driver Thursday morning at the intersection of Bailey Road and Coach Drive. The Naperville Fire Department transported the boy to a local hospital for treatment of significant but non-life-threatening injuries. On Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 at 07:55 a.m., the Naperville Police and Fire Departments responded to the intersection for a report of a hit and run traffic crash with injuries. Responding units located a 10-year-old male, who had been struck by a car while riding his bicycle. The vehicle that struck the bicyclist is described as…

A 39-year-old man driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck struck and killed a horse on Route 47 in Plato Township late last night, according to a report from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. The truck wound up off the roadway and the driver, a resident of Hampshire, was medevac’d to Lutheran General Hospital with serious injuries. At approximately 12:40am, a Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy was driving south on Illinois Route 47 near the intersection of Rohrsen Road when the Deputy observed a large deceased horse in the roadway.  The deputy then located a Dodge Ramm pickup truck off the roadway…

She was a queen who was not meant to be a queen. Yet she ruled for 70 years through an era of extraordinary change for her country and the world, remaining a symbol of stability and honor for millions around the world. Queen Elizabeth II is dead at the age of 96. She died peacefully at what was most likely her favorite place on Earth, Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Her family was with her except for Princess Catherine who remained at home to see her children off for their first day of school. The Queen is succeeded by King Charles…

[Editor’s note: A previous edition of this article indicated that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was travelling to Balmoral Castle with her husband, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Subsequent reports indicate that she is not, in fact, travelling to Balmoral.] Concerns about the health of Queen Elizabeth II are spiking as news emerges of health-related event cancellations and the rush by Prince Charles and Prince William to travel to Balmoral Castle, the Royal family’s Scottish estate, where the Queen is residing under “medical supervision.” Perhaps the most ominous portent that something serious is amiss with the 96-year-old monarch is…

The St. Charles Jazz Weekend kicks off today with performances throughout the city. Here’s a quick rundown of today’s events. Frank Catalono The Filling Station300 West Main Street, St. Charles, IL 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Jack Macklin Trio Eden Restaurants & Events1 Illinois Street, St. Charles, IL6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Anthony Frank Cassano Club Pilates142 S 1st St, St. Charles, IL 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The Nite Hawks McNally’s Pub109 W Main St, St. Charles, IL 6 – 9 p.m. Chris Powell ROX City Grill100 W Main St, St. Charles, IL 7:30 – 11 p.m. For more information, visit www.stcalliance.com.