Author: Fox Valley Magazine

Fireworks are back in Aurora and RiverEdge Park is the perfect place to view them. Bring the family and enjoy a live DJ, dancing and a fireworks show all along the gorgeous Fox River. It’s time to get out of the house and into the Park. 6:00pm – 9:45pm: DJ Suave Smooth From an early age, DJ Suavesmooth has played events big, and small all over the Chicagoland area. He started DJ’n in middle school, where he joined the radio club. There he learned how to use a basic mixer, and studio equipment. After tons of practice, this led him…

Elgin will celebrate the Fourth of July with a parade, concert and fireworks, all occurring on Monday, July 4th, 2022. This year’s theme is “There is No Place Like Home” in conjunction with the Gail Borden Public Library’s summer reading program. The parade will kick off at 9a.m. on Slade and Douglas street, and end in front of Elgin City Hall. It will feature various forms of entertainment to enjoy. Interested participants can register here. Food trucks suited for various tastes will be parked on Grove street (adjacent to Festival Park) starting at 4:00 PM. The concert will occur at Festival Park…

The owners and operators of eight Chicagoland massage parlors throughout Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will Counties were arraigned after the Illinois Attorney General’s office alleged they were engaged in money laundering and promoting prostitution, according to a press release from the AG’s office. Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Yang Yuan, 37, of Aurora; Jianwei Zou, 62, of Naperville; and Guilan Sun, 64, of Aurora, have each been charged with six counts of money laundering, Class 1 felonies punishable by up to four to 15 years in prison, and three counts of promoting prostitution, Class 4 felonies punishable by up to…

Grab a blanket or lawn chair and head to RiverPark for a night of music along the scenic Fox River. This Sunday, the Illinois Brass Band opens the series with a celebratory Independence Day performance, a perfect time to commemorate our nation’s birthday. Attendees will enjoy John Phillip Sousa’s marches, military songs, Broadway, and popular tunes, as well as other beloved orchestra renditions. Concerts, which are held in the park’s stone amphitheater, will take place on the first four Sundays of July.

The city of Geneva has announced that the overflow Metra parking just of Route 31 will be closed “indefinitely,” commencing Friday. The closure is due to the upcoming Union Pacific Third Main Line project. The lot will be used as a construction staging site. Union Pacific is planning to build a third railroad line south of the current tracks spanning from Peck Road in Geneva to West Chicago. The project is anticipated to begin in 2023, but the City is awaiting an official construction start date from the rail agency. Work is expected to take 18 to 24 months to…

In the early hours of Tuesday, a young man crept up to a residential mailbox in unincorporated Aurora, placed an explosive device in it, and blew it up. Unfortunately for the man, the resident had a security camera perfectly place to capture him on film. At approximately 1:30am Tuesday, Kane County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 600 block of Gilbert Terrace in unincorporated Aurora Township for a report that a mailbox had been blown up. Deputes learned that a residential US mailbox, which was attached to a residence, was blown up by a subject who placed…

Businessman and lawyer Scott Gryder has won the GOP primary for the 11th Congressional District, according to projections.. Gryder will take on incumbent Rep Lauren Underwood in the general election in November. Gryder is a graduate of Plano High School, holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Illinois-Springfield, a Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law, and earned a Public Affairs Certificate in Illinois County Government from the Leadership Academy at the University of Illinois Institute of Government & Public Affairs. Currently President of Commercial Services and Senior Counsel at Near North Title Group, Gryder is licensed…

State Senator Darren Bailey of downstate Xenia is projected to win the Republican primary for Governor, earning the right to face incumbent JB Pritzker in the general election in November. With 57% of precincts reporting, Bailey has an almost 130,000 vote margin over venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan and Richard Irvin, Mayor of Aurora. Bailey is carrying almost 55% of the total vote. Bailey was assisted in his bid by financial backing of Richard Uihlein, founder of the privately held Uline office supply business, and unexpected sources – JB Pritzker and the Democratic Party, who spent tens of millions of dollars…

Two years ago, Andres Ramirez walked out of his Aurora home with a gun and starting shooting at a police car driving down the street. He will now likely spend the rest of his life in jail. At about 7:30 p.m. in the evening on March 19, 2020, Ramirez, identified by authorities as a gang leader, stepped out of a residence in the 200 block of Jefferson Street, Aurora, and fired eight shots from a handgun in the direction of a marked Aurora police car that was driving down the street. One bullet struck a house across the street and…

A body pulled from the river Sunday in Carpentersville may be that of a man identified as missing since Friday afternoon. On Saturday at approximately 4:45pm, the Carpentersville Police Department posted a missing person announcement on the Village of Carpentersville Public Safety Facebook page. The missing person was identified as Jesus Maldanado, a 21-year-old male, 5’5, 140 lbs with black hair and brown eyes. On Sunday morning, at approximately 7:33 AM, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, the Kane County Forest Preserve Police Department, the Carpentersville Police Department, and the Carpentersville Fire Department responded to the Fox River Shores Forest Preserve,…