Oswego East High School freshman Olivia Benitez organized a student walkout on Friday against the actions of Immigrant and Custom Enforcement agents.

City Administrator Bart Olson said the last bids for the large construction project should open in the middle of March. He said after that, the city should know around 99% of the project’s official total costs.

Yorkville girls basketball dropped its regular season finale to Bolingbrook on Thursday.

Kendall County officials on Tuesday celebrated the completion of a $9.9 million renovation of the Kendall County Office Building in downtown Yorkville.

Parkview Christian, which plays four sophomores and two freshmen, is 26-3 and will be going for its first IHSA regional title next week, while Yorkville Christian is looking to build off winning the school's first regional title last year. That and more in the playoff preview.

Tom Betsinger was charged last July with allegedly attempting to run over a person with his pickup truck in Yorkville and driving under the influence of alcohol. Betsinger later resigned his position with the park district.

Yorkville Christian junior Tray Alford, who scored 18 points, including his 1,000th career point, in a win over Joliet Catholic, and scored 17 points with the game-winning basket in the final seconds in a win over Christ the King, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week.

EJ Treptow scored 17 points and Griffin Somlock 15 to lead Sandwich to a win at Newark, Alan Contreras and Ethan Taxis each scored 14 in a Plano win, Desiree Merritt and Aubrey Lamberti each had 26 in an Oswego East win and Chloe Rowe's double-double paced a Plano win Wednesday.

The developers of the CyrusOne data center have reduced the plan to eight warehouses totaling 2.1 million square feet and downsized the substation by half its original size.

Oswego senior Dillon Griffin was a state alternate last year, losing in the blood round at sectionals, but has been a warmup partner at state for two former teammates. Now he's chasing his own dreams for a bid to Champaign, among sectional participants this weekend.