The St. Charles Fourth of July fireworks will be held at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Pottawatomie Park.

The St. Charles Park District will hold DJ nights at Swanson Pool, 8 North Ave., from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each Tuesday beginning July 7.

Karen Hassan was delivering pizza and chicken wings to a secluded area near the DuPage Airport in November 2006 when Bradley Justice beat her to death with a hammer and stole her money.

St. Charles City Hall and the St. Charles Public Library will observe special hours this week in honor of the Fourth of July holiday.

A 23-year-old Catholic school teacher from St. Charles has been in charged in connection with a rafting accident last week that killed a fellow teacher.

The St. Charles Park Foundation has four immediate openings on its board of trustees.

Baker Memorial United Methodist Church will host its first Liberty Fest Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. July 4 in the church’s lower level and on the church lawn.

St. Charles School District 303’s voice-mail system will be unavailable from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday because of annual maintenance.

The St. Charles Heritage Center and the St. Charles Public Library will hold a book discussion at 7 p.m. July 7 at the library, 1 S. Sixth Ave.

Area restaurant veterans are bringing a new steakhouse to St. Charles

Richard Holinger wakes up most mornings at about 5 a.m. and puts on a pot of coffee before grabbing his fountain pen and sitting down at his desk to write.

All Naromi Mannery had to do to prevent his death was leave private property when he was asked, Arthur Manning told a Kane County judge.

The Forest Preserve District is encouraging Kane County’s youngest citizens to ride safely this summer, by hosting two “bicycle rodeos,” designed to teach bike safety to children.

The STC Underground teen center held a Skate Park Bash on Saturday at Mount St. Mary Park.

Kane County prosecutors last week asked a judge to dismiss a minor traffic charge against an Aurora woman believed to be responsible for a crash that killed a St. Charles couple on their motorcycle late last month.