Haley Burgdorf put up 17 kills in her final game at her home court to lead St. Charles North to a straight sets victory over Downers Grove North

A student gun threat at St. Charles East High School Thursday was deemed unfounded after student interviews and searches of lockers, buses and backpacks, officials said.

St. Charles North junior Sam Hill, who won the DuKane Conference boys cross country 3-mile race in 14:57.6 and led the North Stars to the team title, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

One person is dead and two others were injured Thursday morning when a freight train engine collided with a landscaping truck at the State Street crossing Elgin.

Sam Arville scored two goals as St. Charles East soccer won its regional semifinal on Wednesday.

Geneva alderpersons this week pushed forward plans to address sewer overflow from heavy rains under the Fox River, part of an $11.6 million project expected to take about 18 months.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Cocoa and Chocolate Crawl Nov. 8 for community members to stroll through the city and sample cocoa-inspired items.

The 41 felony charges filed Oct. 10 against former Campton Hills police chief Steven Millar allege that he sold three guns to the village’s former police and fire commission chairman, John Djukic.

Host and top-seeded Marmion had six different goal scorers to get an 8-0 win over No. 8 Plano, while fourth-seeded Aurora Central Catholic used two early goals to secure a 3-0 victory over sixth-seeded Dixon in a pair of Class 2A regional semifinal games.

If you see police at a Kaneland District 302 elementary school on Wednesday evening, it’s not an emergency. It’s a training exercise with no students involved, authorities announced in advance.