Author: Fox Valley Magazine

Former Kane County Sheriff Ken Ramsey, Sr., passed away Saturday morning at his home in Batavia. Ramsey, a lifelong law man and most recently a Deacon at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia, was 75. Ramsey started out his career as an officer for the Batavia Police Department in the early ’70s. In 1974 he joined the Kane County Sheriffs’ Office where he went on to be elected Kane County Sheriff in 1994, serving three consecutive terms. He was the longest serving Sheriff in Kane County history. In 2014, at age 60, Ramsey became an ordained deacon in the Roman…

 Critically-acclaimed comedian Jamie Campbell’s Big Dad Energy will be making a stop in Elgin in the midst of a national tour as part of this year’s Elgin Fringe Festival.  The show was recently filmed as a streaming stand-up special, and has been touring the United States, winning awards and critical acclaim. Campbell is a nationally touring stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, storyteller, and improviser.   His debut album, Tell Me You’re Proud of  Me, debuted at #1 on Amazon’s comedy charts.  In Chicago, where he began his career, he was named  the city’s “Best Stand-Up Comedian” by The Chicago Reader.   You may recognize him from…

Update: Officials from the Kane Couty Sheriff’s Office have released the identity of the motorcycle driver killed during Monday’s crash at Kaneland High School. Sixty-year-old John B. Smith of Maple Park was killed when the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was riding was struck by a Suburu driven by a 16-year old female student from Sugar Grove. The accident occured when the student exited out of Kaneland High School parking lot, driving eastbound onto Keslinger Road, and then struck the Harley- Davidson motorcycle, which was traveling westbound on Keslinger Road. The student rendered aid to the severly-injured Smith until police arrived, but…

Aurora police found a 19-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds inside a crashed vehicle on Aurora’s west side Sunday evening. At 7:24pm Sunday, police were called to investigate a vehicle crash and person shot in the 1300 block of North Glen Circle i Aurora. Officers found a 19-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds inside a crashed vehicle. Aurora Fire Department Paramedics transported the man to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. No other injuries were reported as a result of the incident. The identity of the man is being withheld pending notification of next…

An unidentified person is dead after a car struck a motorcycle while the former was exiting Kaneland High School in Kaneland Township Monday afternoon. At approximately 3:12pm Monday, Kane Couny Sheriff’s officers were called to Kaneland High School for a report of an accident with injuries. It was determined that an automobile had collided with a motorcycle while leaving the school’s parking lot. The collision caused the driver of the motorcycle to be ejected, resulting in severe injuries. Officers attempted to provide lifesaving treatment, but the driver succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased on the scene. The driver…

(Defunct Pheasant Run Resort on fire during May 2022 incident.) St. Charles firefighters were called to the former Pheasant Run Resort Saturday evening to extinguish a fire in one the buildings there. At 7:22pm on Saturday, the St. Charles Fire Department responded to a structure fire in a building located on the grounds of Pheasant Run Resort at 4051 East Main Street. The first unit arrived on scene five minutes later and reported an active fire on the second floor. The fire was extinguished by the first on-scene fire companies within 15 minutes of their arrival. The building was searched…

A nine-year-old child on bicycle was struck by a pickup truck and hospitalized with serious injuries on Aurora’s far east side Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 5:44pm, Aurora police officers were called to the area of East New York Street and Kautz Road, where they determined that the driver of a 2022 Chevy truck was traveling westbound on East New York Street and struck a nine-year-old bicyclist traveling southbound on Kautz Road. The child was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the truck did not sustain any injuries. Members of the Aurora Emergency Management Agency assisted…

A woman was hospitalized early Sunday morning with wounds apparently suffered in a shooting incident near the Metra station in Elgin. At 12:24am Sunday morning, Elgin police officers responded to the 300 block of Ryerson Avenue for a reported shooting. Officers found an adult female with a non-life-threatening injury who was subsequently transported to an area hospital. Detectives from the Major Investigations Division are actively investigating the incident. Anyone with information that may assist should call 847-289-2600 or text a tip to 847411 and include “ELGINPD” in the beginning of the text, along with the message and/or tip information. This…

Elgin’s annual End of Summer Bash ended with a bang, Saturday, with it’s a spectaular drone show. While photos and video don’t do it justice, here are a few shots. (Photo credits Kevin Ketchum.)

In the wake of enhanced scrutiny of voting practices in Kane County and around the country, the Kane County Board has approved a $7.3 million upgrade in voting equipment to replace aging machines that have been in use for the past 18 years.  According to the company contracted to provide the upgrade, Hart InterCivic, voting will be very similar to the current voting process except voters will use a touchscreen instead of the “wheel” and “enter” button. The machines also will produce a paper ballot that is printed and then fed into a scanner by the voter to complete the…