The city of Yorkville welcomed a new hire to its development department in January, increasing the department to four full-time staffers.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder advanced to Saturday’s state championship match at Champaign’s State Farm Center with a semifinal win Friday, while Yorkville junior Van Rosauer and Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen dropped their semifinal matches.

There is a fatal neurological disease that makes deer lose their fear of humans. As the brain and central nervous system deteriorate, the deer “wastes” away.

Can Yorkville Christian, moved up to Class 2A, make a run? Will we get a star-studded rematch between Oswego East and Yorkville? Can the third time be the charm for Oswego against Bolingbrook? Here are Kendall County storylines as boys basketball postseason tips off.

Yorkville Police increased enforcement in the area, including on semitrailers on residential streets.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder, Yorkville junior Donovan Rosauer and Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen all advanced to the state semifinals with two wins Thursday at the IHSA state wrestling meet in Champaign.

The Midland girls basketball team received a huge 3-pointer from senior Emma Franks in the final minutes of a 52-45 victory over Yorkville Christian in the Class 1A Serena Regional championship game om Thursday. It's the Timberwolves first postseason title since 1999.

Chaske Roskopf was charged in 2022 following an investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office that revealed he had been sexually assaulting a child starting when the child was 9 years old, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

The Kendall County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Luis Manuel Chauran Escobar, a 22-year-old from Valencia, Venezuela.

Yorkville junior Van Rosauer, who won the 150-pound sectional championship at the Class 3A Edwardsville Sectional with an overtime decision to qualify for state, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.