An Addison boy has been charged with leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle, prosecutors said.

An Elmhurst family is seeking help finding their son, who disappeared Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain

The 1986 movie "Lucas," starring Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen, was filmed in Glen Ellyn, including Glenbard West High School.

The winner of the 11th District Republican Primary will face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster in November.

Two-thirds of the seats on the DuPage County Board will be on the ballot in November, and some turnover is guaranteed

A candidate who was endorsed by outgoing GOP state Senator Don DeWitte in the 33rd District primary is projected to lose the party’s primary Tuesday.

Embattled DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek will not get a third term in office

Former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean beat out seven other candidates in Tuesday’s 8th Congressional District Democratic primary while Republican Jennifer Davis held a strong lead in her primary for the chance to succeed five-term incumbent Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Republican voters in DuPage County were backing Sean Noonan as their nominee for sheriff Tuesday

A longtime Democrat on the DuPage County forest preserve board was fending off a pair of primary challengers Tuesday

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove was among the members of the Chicago-area congressional delegation who scored primary victories Tuesday

The polls have closed. Here are live March 2026 primary election results for DuPage County. Tallies will be updated as county clerks update their websites.

Election night is finally here and Shaw Media is the place to turn throughout the night for coverage of all the races from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate to the battles for seats on the DuPage County Board.

More that 100,000 of DuPage County’s 636,822 registered voters have so far cast ballots in the 2026 Primary Election, according to the DuPage County Clerk’s office.

Two men accused of leading police on high-speed chases will remain in jail until at least their next court dates, prosecutors said

The Downers Grove Public Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries newly selected to host “Americans and the Holocaust,” a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association

A Lombard man was charged with a hate crime after an attack on a man at a bakery, authorities said Sunday

A 19-year-old Prospect Heights man accused of sexually assaulting a former classmate during a graduation party in June should remain behind bars in the DuPage County jail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Monday

For the second time in less than two weeks, DuPage County Stormwater Management has activated its regional flood control facilities to mitigate the impact of heavy precipitation and protect local communities

Democratic and Republican voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide which DuPage County Board candidates will move on to the general election in November

A single-family home in Chicago that sold for $6.5 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in DuPage / Cook County during the past week.

Marist shut out Benet in the entire second quarter, and for nearly the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter, denying the Redwings' bid for a repeat title with a 44-28 win in the Class 4A final for the RedHawks' first state championship.

Jackson Rennick made a deal with York teammate Costa Kampas that he'd get his hair bleached with black spots if the Dukes won conference. 'It kind of brought us luck.' York's magical ride culminated Friday with a fourth-place finish in Class 4A and the program's first trophy.

Colin Stack's free throw with 1.1 second left lifted Benet past DePaul Prep 39-38 in Friday's Class 4A semifinal in Champaign. The Redwings will play East Suburban Catholic Conference rival Marist – in the last year of the league – in a bid for a repeat title Saturday night.

York lost its Class 4A semifinal to Marist 55-38 on Friday, as eight first-quarter turnovers contributed to an early 21-4 deficit, but the Dukes were still savoring the program's first state appearance in 59 years. 'This is what we dream for.'

The Diocese of Joliet has named Gregory N. Porod as the new Superintendent of Catholic Schools, replacing Dr. James Quaid.

A single-family residence located at 639 South Thurlow Street in Hinsdale has a new owner since Feb. 20.

Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital is advancing its plans to build a second hospital in Downers Grove

DuPage County Undersheriff Eddie Moore stopped and offered assistance to a man he struck with an SUV in the parking lot of an Oak Brook restaurant last month, according to police reports obtained by the Daily Herald

Ethan MacDermot arrived in Illinois from Australia just nine months ago to chase his basketball dreamd. Now the 6-foot-3 Benet guard and the defending Class 4A champion Redwings are playing in a Class 4A state semifinal Friday against three-time defending champion DePaul Prep.

Three Cook County men charged with weapons offenses will remain in jail until at least their next court date after a motion to deny their pre-trial release was approved, prosecutors said.

Lemont High School’s chess team placed 70th at the 2026 IHSA Chess State Finals, which were contested Feb. 13 and 14 at the Peoria Civic Center.

Wheaton’s Environmental Improvement Commission invites the community to its annual Recycling Extravaganza & Paper Shredding Event with SCARCE from 8:30 a.m. to noon April 11 at the DuPage Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road in Wheaton

The DuPage Comic Con is Saturday, March 14 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.

Hunter Stepanich was on York's state volleyball team as a sophomore and was a tight end for the state runner-up football as a junior. Now the 6-foot-9 senior, a Princeton football/volleyball recruit, and York's basketball team are at state for the first time since 1967.

DuPage County Undersheriff Eddie Moore has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an investigation into whether he struck someone with his car last month and left the scene without contacting police

A Chicago man accused of dragging a Woodridge police officer with his car while attempting to flee police will remain in jail until at least his April court date after a judge on Wednesday granted a motion to detain him, prosecutors said

The second of two cousins charged with robbing a Lisle Verizon store at gunpoint of duffel bags of cell phones and other electronics, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

Here is the 2025-2026 Suburban Life All-Area girls basketball team.

Nazareth senior and BYU commit Stella Sakalas, who led the Roadrunners to the Class 4A state championship and will graduate as the program's second-highest career scorer and all-time winningest player, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

Longtime Republican political leader Gayle Franzen died March 3. He was 81

Residents around the Joliet area should look out for large size hail and hail damage and wind speeds gusting up to 60 mph.

Elmhurst University has announced that the Rev. Amanda Gott will join the campus community as its new university chaplain

Lemont High School juniors Annabelle Franzese, Shane Storti and Evangeline Topete all posted top 10 finishes at the 2026 IHSA speech state finals

Lemont High School senior Luke Rupert recently was selected to play in the All-State Jazz Band at the 2026 Illinois Music Education Conference

A Naperville man was charged with two felonies after Yorkville police recovered a loaded handgun and cocaine from his vehicle early Sunday morning.

A judge was deemed biased by a Will County Board member whom he found guilty of unlawfully accessing the email account of a political opponent on the board.  

County clerks across northern Illinois are working to make sure voting operations are secure now and on March 17 for the primary election. That includes making sure Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are not showing up at polling places.

York secured its first supersectional title Monday, outlasting St. Ignatius in an overtime thriller 58-56 at the Class 4A University of Illinois-Chicago Supersectional at Capital One Arena.

Deerfield denied St. Francis a spot in the Class 3A state semifinals and clinched the first supersectional championship in school history with a 51-36 victory Monday night at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates.