Down the Garden Path: Your peonies may have known your great-grandmother

Plan to bring high-speed internet to 15,000 homes across underserved areas of Kendall County takes next step

The first phase of the project will pass approximately 4,700 addresses, bringing fiber connectivity to communities including Lisbon, Millbrook, Millington, Montgomery, Newark, Oswego, Plattville and Yorkville.

Yorkville Public Library offers these summer programs for kids

Yorkville Public Library will hold Stories in the Park at Town Square in June and July.

Oswego’s Dontrell Young, Yorkville’s Aiden Kolkmeyer both earn three All-State medals at IHSA boys state meet

Yorkville sophomore Aiden Kolkmeyer and Oswego junior Dontrell Young both earned All-State honors in three events at the IHSA Boys Track and Field state meet, while Owen Horeni ended his high school career with a second-place finish in the 800-meter run.

Colin Shields’ two-hit shutout leads Newark past Yorkville Christian: Saturday Record Newspapers sport roundup

Colin Shields fired a complete-game two-hit shutout with three strikeouts to lead Newark baseball past Yorkville Christian to a regional title, Crew Staudacher tossed a two-hitter with nine strikeouts as Parkview Christian won a regional, and Sandwich lost a lead late in its one.

Oswego giving more financial aid to planned Billy Bricks Pizza, ice cream shop

The Oswego Village Board this week approved a $232,716 revolving loan and a $40,000 economic development incentive award for Billy Bricks of Oswego LLC.