Author: Fox Valley Magazine

The Route 31 underpass will be closed Sunday, Sept. 10 as Union Pacific makes emergency repairs to the train bridge.Route 31 will be shut down from South Street to Third Street. Union Pacific did not provide the City with an official detour route. Motorists should exercise extra caution if they travel on downtown Third Street due to large crowds expected during the final day of Festival of the Vine. Drivers wanting to avoid the construction work zone could use Route 25 or Western Avenue as alternate routes.The emergency repair is not related to Union Pacific’s ongoing Third Main Line project taking place in…

Retired Major M.G. Moncrief Jr. of Alabama, who served in both WWII and the Korean War, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroic and extraordinary achievements while participating in aerial flight. ​He died in 2003 at the age of 80. Years later, a person unrelated to Moncrief brought his U.S. Marine Corps identification bracelet to the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission in hopes they could reunite it with its owner. It’s believed the item was found at a flea market or secondhand store. With the help of social media, Kane County recently contacted Moncrief’s family members and his…

Services to commemorate the infamous 9-11 attacks in 2001 will be held in various communities around the Fox Valley. All are welcome to attend. St. Charles The St. Charles Fire Department is holding its annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 7:30 a.m., Monday, Sept. 11, outside at the Fire Department Memorial Monument, 2 E. Main St. The ceremony honors first responders who put duty before self to rescue victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and remembers those who lost their lives that day. The ceremony will include remarks from members of the Fire Department, State Sen. Donald DeWitte, and…

Yet another fatal crash occured in Kane County Sunday afternoon as a collision at the intersection of Walker Road and IL Route 72 in Hampshire Township resulted in the death of a passenger. According to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, early Sunday evening a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder was traveling north on Walker Road and initially stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of IL Route 72. The driver then proceeded forward into the intersection where he struck a 2008 Chevrolet sedan that was traveling east on IL Route 72, causing it to roll several times and come to rest…

Update: The identities of two South Elgin High School students killed in a tragic car accident Thursday have been released by authorities after being withheld pending notification of kin. Kammora Campbell, a 17-year-old student from Bartlett, and Talulay Henry, a 16-year-old student from Elgin, were the victims of the accident that occured Thursday morning at the intersection of Illinois Route 25 and Keynon Road. Police believe that the accident was a result of the driver of a 2002 Honda Civic failed to yield while making a left turn off IL Route 25 to Kenyon Road. Both drivers survived the accident.…

A Waterman man apparently couldn’t wait to reach a passing zone on Route 30 in Big Rock Saturday evening. As a result, he and the two people riding the motorcyle he hit head-on are dead. According to the Kane County Sheriff’s office, on Saturday evening at approximately 9:28pm a gray Honda Civic driven by 55-year-old Jaime Bibiano of Waterman was travelling westbound on US Route 30 from Davis Road in Big Rock. Bibiano passed a vehicle in front of him in the eastbound lane in a no-passing zone. A blue 2002 Harley Davidson Motorcycle driven by 56-year-old Scott Luczynski of…

Pop phenom Taylor Swift is coming to Batavia. Well, to the silver screen in Batavia at least. The recently-opened Emagine Batavia theatre, which boasts the larget movie screen in Illinois, will present the film “Taylor Swift: Eras Tour” starting Friday, Oct. 13, according to a press release. The concert film will be in theaters for a limited time only. The Super EMX auditorium at Emagine Batacvia is billed as the largest movie screen in Illinois, measuring over 96 feet wide and 53 feet tall (the size of an NBA court flipped on its side). The 4K laser-projected image is paired with a Dolby Atmos® immersive sound system with…

An Aurora man has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of driving under the influence causing death. On December 13, 2020, at about 6 p.m., 38-year old Gustavo Gutierrez Aguilar was driving a 2007 Ford Mustang in the vicinity of Mountain Street and Austin Avenue in Aurora Township when his car struck a tree. Lazaro Rosas-Garcia, 29, a front-seat passenger, was unconscious and not breathing when first responders arrived. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital a short time later. Gutierrez Aguilar’s blood-alcohol concentration was .206 percent and his license was revoked. On May…

A Batavia man is in custody after allegedly running over his cat with a car multiple times until the cat was deceased. On Friday, August 4, 2023, Batavia Police received a call from a business in the 900 block of West Wilson Street concerning a dead cat found in its dumpster. A person at the business had reviewed its video surveillance footage which showed an individual running over the cat several times with a motor vehicle, then placing the cat into the dumpster. The video indicated the event occurred on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at approximately 11:45pm. A microchip in…

For tens of millions of people, Jimmy Buffet was the living embodiment of life as a beach party. But, as with all parties, his had to come to an end. Buffett passed away last night at his home “surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs.” He was 76 years old. A brief statement on his website announced his death. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.” The statement did not provide details as to where he died or give a cause of death. Recent social…