Oswego senior Jaelynn Anthony and Yorkville senior Kayla Kersting were named to the Illinois Coaches Association Class All-State first team, released Monday, leading Kendall County-area selections.

Olive Garden will be the first sit-down national chain restaurant in the Kendall Marketplace, according to the city.

Mike Rembert, a 41-year-old graduate of St. Rita who played collegiately at Bradley and Southeast Missouri State, and overseas in Austria, and most recently as an assistant for two years at Benet, has been named the boys basketball coach at Yorkville Christian.

Parkview Christian in Yorkville has announced a new athletic director. The role was given to its basketball coach who recently took the team all the way to the championship game.

PrairieFest is Kendall County’s largest festival, attracting upwards of 75,000 people every year. Oswegoland Park District has been organizing PrairieFest since 1989.

The campaign, aimed at aimed at increasing seat belt use and keeping roads safe during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, ran from May 15 to May 26.

This city of Yorkville is hosting a public hearing for the annexation agreement amendment during the June 9 City Council meeting.

The city of Yorkville applied for and received a Local Project Funding grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

A local educator has been appointed to serve on the city’s Fire and Police Commission by the Yorkville mayor. Multiple members were also reappointed to the city's Library Board and the Park Board.

The Quilters Dozen Quilting Club are now selling tickets for this year’s handcrafted PrairieFest Quilt. A winning raffle ticket will be chosen at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 15.