Author: Fox Valley Magazine

Springbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole, parkland-style golf course located at 2220 W. 83rd Street in Naperville. Beautiful, mature trees and lush foliage complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Built in 1974, the facility includes a natural turf driving range tee, a 15,000 square foot practice putting green, and two short game practice greens with bunkers. These amenities combined with Springbrook’s exceptional course design draw golfers of all skill levels to return time and again to play. In August 2022, a $3.5 million renovation began at Springbrook, including a complete rebuild of all tees and bunkers, reconstruction of two ponds…

Whoa. It seems that the Chicago Bears aren’t putting all their stadium eggs in the Arlington Heights basket after all. In a statement released by Scott Hagel, senior vice president of marketing and communications for the Bears, the team indicated that the heavy property tax assessment recently announced on the property they acquired at the old Arlington International Racecourse is so daunting that they are looking at additional options outside of Arlington Heights. Numerous news outlets are reporting that Naperville – yes, Naperville – is one of the locations they are considering. According to Kevin Schmit of the Daily Herald, Naperville Mayor…

On an early morning in September 2005, a group of Aurora gang members attended a party in the 600 block of Lincoln in Aurora. At that party was 21-year-old George Caro. Quinton C. Moore, one of the gang members, along with co-defendants Juan Vargas, Max M. Aguilar, Ruben Hernandez and Roman Lucio, savagely beat Caro senseless that morning. The gang members then took Caro’s shoes and shirt and left him to die. Caro’s autopsy revealed 22 injuries to Caro’s head and face and 16 injuries to his upper body and arms, and that Caro died from blunt force trauma. In…

Two women are in custody in relation to a stabbing incident on Aurora’s south side Tuesday evening. At 5:35pm Tuesday, APD officers identified two victims, a 21-year-old female and 41-year-old female, both of Aurora, with apparent stab wounds in the 1200 block of South Fourth Street. Officers learned that a disturbance occurred outside a residence at that location during which two offenders, each armed with a knife, stabbed the victims about the body causing injuries to each victim. The victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition, each suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds. Two Aurora women, 21 years…

On an evening in late May, 2021, 46-year-old Samuel Ortiz-Rodriguez of Aurora was standing outside a residence talking with a few individuals. At that moment, three street-gang members from a nearby neighborhood walked by and mistakenly identified him as a member of a rival gang. One of the gang members shot him dead. Cesar J. Ponce, 20, one of those street gang members, has now been sentenced to 40 years in prison. A jury convicted Ponce of the offense of first-degree murder on March 2, 2023. On May 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., Ponce and two fellow members of the…

Want to add some Downtown Naperville flower power to your own yard? The tulips in the downtown and surrounding areas are sadly done blooming for the season, but they are once again being offered to YOU with the help of Naperville Public Works and Naperville Park District. FREE tulip bulbs will be available for pick up on Friday, June 9th from 8AM-10AM on Main Street between Van Buren and Benton Avenue (55 S. Main Street) in Downtown Naperville, while supplies last. Please bring your own bag and be prepared to select your own tulip bulbs from large crates. Tulip quantities…

According to a press release from the Batavia Police Department, a bicyclist was hit by an SUV at the intersection of South Batavia Avenue and Union Avenue in Batavia this afternoon. The bicyclist is in hospital in critical condition. Police are investigating the crash which occurred on at 2:29 PM Wednesday afternoon. The preliminary investigation revealed that a newer model GMC Denali was southbound on S. Batavia Avenue when it struck a bicyclist in the intersection. The bicyclist was westbound Union Avenue within the crosswalk riding across South Batavia Avenue. Batavia Avenue was shut down to vehicular traffic between Morton…

Emagine Entertainment, Inc. is opening the new Emagine Batavia movie theatre on Thursday, June 1st.   The grand opening will feature a showing of 2018 HALLOWEEN in honor of the film’s 5th Anniversary. “Michael Myers” actor James Jude Courtney will be in attendance for the opening. The venue, formally the Randall 15 IMAX, was purchased by Emagine in the Spring of 2020 and has been renovated into an upscale movie theatre with 12 state-of-the art auditoriums which includes 2 private screening rooms, a large format EMX screen and a SUPER EMX screen, all equipped with 4k projections and feature luxury heated recliners…

According to a press release posted to the city of Batavia’s website, Route 31 from Morton Street north to Main Street is closed while authorities investigation a traffic accident. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area and to find an alternate route. This is a developing story…

The Anvil Club, a venerable member of the East Dundee Culinary District, has announced that it will close at the end of July, to be replaced by a “family-friendly Mexican restaurant.” The restaurant issued the following press release today. The Anvil Club of East Dundee offered a unique dining experience since its inception in 1956 with countless guests patronizing the establishment for decades. Furthermore, this loyalty helped create a vibrant and thriving downtown district in the place we call home.  Generation after generation of patronage has written the story of The Anvil Club. That story, however, is about to turn…