Darien

A Downers Grove has switched careers and bought a franchise of Caring Transitions, which assists people in downsizing and relocation.

Downers Grove launches its Friday Night Live concert lineup, while Westmont is home to the Spring Fling Festival, Darien adds a carnival to the holiday weekend, and The Forge Lemont Quarries presents the Blues, Brews & BBQ Fest. Theater lovers are offered a trio of new offerings.

Downers Grove North High School senior Colin Finn earned a free ride to college as a recipient of the Chick Evans Scholarship

A proposal to outsource custodial, maintenance and grounds services in Community High School District is being questioned

A Darien woman has pleaded guilty to robbing a woman five years ago in Downers Grove as part of what prosecutors back then called a mini crime spree.

A man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison for killing a man in a DUI crash on I-55 near Darien.

A Darien woman has been charged with committing a hate crime at a Panera Bread restaurant in Downers Grove by yelling at a man wearing a shirt that said “Palestine,” authorities said.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove ended a scheduled suburban town hall shortly after it started Thursday night because of disruptions by anti-Israel protesters.

District 99 will hold an informational session about school board membership in October

Downers Grove North High School senior Taylor Florey is battling bone cancer in her knee, and GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay her medical costs.

Two new members of the Community High School District 99 faculty are coming home again as they return to the schools they once attended as students

A 24-year-old Chicago man was ordered to remain in custody at the DuPage County jail while awaiting trial in connection with what authorities described as a road rage shooting Saturday night near Darien.

A former Chicago man was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a Darien home invasion, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Thursday to deny pre-trial release for a Berkeley man charged with supplying a fatal dose of illegal narcotics to Michael Rice of Darien, prosecutors said.

The Indian Prairie Public Library in Darien hosted a Paw Patrol party for kids and their parents on Friday, June 28, 2024.

Several local athletes earn gold at Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games

Downers Grove North High School student Dezirae Whitfield placed first in esthetics at the Illinois SkillsUSA State Competition

Community High School District 99 has chosen a new English department chair

Seven District 99 musicians will attend a prestigious jazz band competition, festival in New York City

Community High School District 99 received an award from Illinois Principals Association

Community High School District 99 encourages community members to take 5Essentials survey

Downers Grove North theater will present ‘The Little Mermaid’ at 7 p.m. March 14-16

Community High School District 99 has named a new associate principal for athletics for Downers Grove North High School.

Community High School District 99 students can participate in the Attainable Futures Program

Downers Grove South High School's winter dance will be held Feb. 24

Six schools districts will participate in the District 99 annual Realtor breakfast

Several athletes and coaches will be inducted into the Downers Grove North and South high schools Athletic Hall of Fame

Downers Grove North social studies teacher Mike Roethler recently won a prestigious award after being nominated for the recognition by a former student

The Downers Grove North Fine Arts Department will present its annual Holiday Mosaic Concert at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Dec. 12

Downers Grove South to present winter play Dec. 7-9

The Blessings in a Backpack program is helping food insecure students in Downers Grove Grade School District 58

Downers Grove South makes changes to driver’s ed program

Six men were arrested and jailed in Will County on charges of indecent solicitation of a minor and traveling to meet a minor.

The South East Association for Special Parks And Recreation hosted its annual Believe & Achieve Recognition Banquet celebrating its remarkable participants, community partners, staff and volunteers.

Festivals, concerts and movies in the park are just some of the summertime events happening in communities across DuPage County.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author will be featured at a discussion, Q&A and book-signing event at 7 p.m. May 16 at Frugal Muse Books, Music & Video in Darien.

Bond has been set at $100,000 for a Chicago man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle.

Charges were filed Thursday against a Darien male juvenile for allegedly selling LSD tablets to an undercover officer.

Bond was set at $600,000 Saturday for Matteson man accused of starting a fire in his former girlfriend’s apartment in Darien, according to a DuPage County State's Attorney's Office news release.

A 9-year-old was returning home from school March 5 and the child was stopped in his driveway by two men in a white vehicle who asked the child if he wanted any candy, according to the Darien Police Department