St Charles

Domestic Violence Victim ARRESTED: Prosecutors Say She Could Have Stopped Beating Of Toddler

Posted 05.25.2011

A west suburban woman and her boyfriend were indicted this week in a brutal beating that left the woman's toddler brain damaged in October. But now, l...

'Straight Pride' Shirts Threaten Gays At Suburban High School's 'Ally Week'

Posted 05.25.2011

Students who wore anti-gay T-shirts to their suburban Chicago high school during "Ally Week" won't be punished, but the shirts have caused an outcry a...

Cheer Coach Gets Probation For Sex With 16-Year-Old Student

Posted 05.25.2011

A cheerleading coach accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student was sentenced to probation Tuesday on a reduced charge. Chris...

Man Steals More Than $10,000 In Snack Cakes

Naperville Sun | Posted 05.25.2011

A St. Charles man was charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing more than $10,000 in snack cakes from a grocery store in west suburban North ...

Teen Suicides In Illinois' Juvenile Prisons Expose Safety Gaps

Chicago Tribune | Steve Mills and Louise Kiernan, Tribune Reporters | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometime before 3:09 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2009, Jamal Miller began to tear the bedsheet in his room at the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles. The st...

St. Charles School's Music Booster Club To Sell Alpaca Manure

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — The music booster club at Central Community Unit School District 301 in St. Charles isn't bothering with bake sales and car ...

Michigan Small Plane Crash: St. Charles Native, Companion Are Killed

Chicago Breaking News | January 18, 2010 8:19 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

Two Hope College students, including a 20-year-old woman from St. Charles, died when their single-engine airplane crashed in southwestern Michigan Sun...

Missouri Flood Waters

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Hapke

"So far I'm safe where I'm at, but I may have to take a different route to work. My house is only three blocks from the Missouri River, but we live on a hill."