Energy conservation and a proposed wind farm became underlying issues at a recent town meeting, as environmentalists and a notable conservative tried to sway a crowded city hall chambers on the debate about global warming.

Children in the Tri-Cities are just as susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse as those in the inner city, according to some experts. That is the message community organizers hoped to convey during Red Ribbon Week, which was observed last week and culminated with a candlelight vigil Sunday at Geneva City Hall.

Home sales this summer across the western suburbs have been on the rise — a thaw in the market following several frozen months.

Check out this 1,148-pound pumpkin, which is on display at Wasco Nursery and Garden Center through Halloween.

St. Charles' annual Scarecrow Festival rang in the fall season right last weekend.

District 304 parents are invited to sign up for Parent to Parent, a popular series of parenting workshops based on Bill Oliver’s Parent to Parent 2000: Lesson Learned series.

The Geneva Park District’s Sunset Racquetball and Fitness Center, 710 Western Ave., will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 20.

Jill and Julie Barry, the Geneva sisters convicted for criminal neglect of an elderly person, were sentenced to conditional discharge, community service and a fine on Friday.

Downtown Geneva merchants will try to raise money for juvenile diabetes Oct. 24 by supporting “Pumpkins for a Cure.”

The Geneva Park District will present Halloween Hayday, its annual Halloween celebration, from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 24.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, retail stores across Kane County have been getting stockpiles of gift items, and as usual, applications for seasonal work.

Geneva Community Unit School District 304 once again will be the beneficiary of a fundraiser sponsored by State Librarian and Secretary of State Jesse White, the Illinois Literacy Foundation and Borders Stores.

The Geneva Academic Foundation will host its second annual Silent Auction Party from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 22 at Old Towne Pub.

Kane County’s Court Appointed Special Advocate group, based in Geneva’s Third Street Courthouse, recently was nominated by U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-14th District, of Geneva for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s “Angels in Adoption” program.

The City of Geneva Employee Blood Drive, originally scheduled for Oct. 8, has been rescheduled for 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the Geneva Fire Department, 200 East Side Drive.