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Willowbrook's OJ Powell scored a team-high 34 points and added a game-high 16 rebounds to lift the Warriors to a 75-67 West Suburban Conference Gold victory over rival Addison Trail on Friday night.
Wheaton co-op scored a season-high 142.525 points to win and earn an automatic berth to the eight-team state meet Friday and Saturday in Palatine.
Gabriel Sularski scored 17 points and Shea Glotzbach 16 as Lemont beat Hillcrest to clinch the South Suburban Blue title, and Glenbard West and Riverside-Brookfield were also winners in Friday's roundup.
In his final home game, senior Luca Carbonaro dropped 15 points and nine rebounds to help Wheaton Warrenville South to a 41-29 victory over Batavia.
On senior night and seniors Andrew Waterman and Daniel Sveiteris were responsible for multiple four-point plays during a 77-58 victory against Proviso East.
The Diocese of Joliet released the third and final phase of its “targeted restructuring” plan on Thursday, detailing the plans for parishes in DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee and southern Will counties.
A motion has to detain two out-of-state men accused of breaking into and stealing more than $135,000 worth of merchandise from the Rogers & Holland Jewelers at Yorktown Mall in Lombard
Nora Ezike had 18 points and eight rebounds to lead Lyons Township to a win over Downers Grove South in the West Suburban Conference championship game Thursday.
Glendale Heights Village President Chodri Khokhar lost his bid Thursday to have his name appear on the April 1 consolidated election ballot.
Eclectic entertainment and attractions spice the Valentine's Day weekend across the suburbs.
A Downers Grove man has been charged with threatening state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray after allegedly leaving threatening phone messages for her in November 2024, prosecutors said.
Does the road to a state title go through La Grange? What about big-time sectional rematches? Can Glenbard South make a return to state? Here are five storylines to watch for Suburban Life area teams as the girls basketball postseason tips off next week.
In the years since Stefania’s 2022 death from mental illness at age 28, her mother, Xristina Rahn, has worked to put a more complex, nuanced and hopeful message into a place where she says teens need it most — their schools.
DuPage County Board members voted on Tuesday to strip late Congressman Henry Hyde’s name from the courthouse in Wheaton.
Take care of the basketball, play lockdown defense, and shoot the lights out. That was the second-half recipe for success for West Aurora on Tuesday night in a stunning 41-30 victory over visiting Glenbard South.
Nazareth girls basketball beat St. Viator to clinch a share of the East Suburban Catholic Conference championship, Andrew Hill's 30 points paced IC Catholic Prep to a win and Glenbard West girls basketball was a winner in Tuesday's roundup.
St. Charles East secured the third undefeated DuKane Conference slate in conference history after taking down Wheaton Warrenville South 46-35 in the final game of the season.
About 60 area residents, many holding homemade signs, turned out Sunday afternoon for a rally organized by local lawmakers to ensure Medicaid would maintain its current coverage levels.
Stella Sakalas scored 22 points to lead Nazareth past Kankakee and Hayven Harden scored 15 points in Downers Grove South's comeback win over Hinsdale South in Monday's roundup.
Parts of northern Illinois could see 6 or more inches of snow Wednesday, the National Weather Service advised Monday as it issued a winter storm watch for areas across central, north-central and northeast Illinois, as well as parts of northwest Indiana.
A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor.
Local supporters gathered at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton on Sunday, Feb.9, 2025 at a rally in support of Medicaid.
Attorneys for a woman, accused of DUI of marijuana in a crash that killed an Elmhurst resident, are trying to throw out the toxicology tests, arguing labs incorrectly measured the drug in her body.
Barbershop harmony-style quartets bring roses and romance as they convey ‘I love you’ in a song.
Salon Hype, with locations in La Grange and Burr Ridge, has enhanced its menu of beauty services.
Suburban Democratic members of Congress significantly outspent their Republican rivals en route to victories in the November election – but one was the runaway leader when it came to shelling out campaign cash.
Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball clinched a share of the Upstate Eight East title, Glenbard East won its 10th straight and Glenbard West and Hinsdale Central won close ones in the West Suburban Silver in Friday's roundup.
A Chicago man on federal probation was sentenced to 22 years in prison for robbing a Glendale Heights business in April 2023, prosecutors said.
Brooklynn Moore grabbed a rebound during the third quarter Friday not realizing its significance. It wasn’t until the next timeout shortly thereafter that Eric Daca, her coach, informed her she had just made Glenbard South history.
Illinois State football recruit Brady Goken powered in 24 points, and Wheaton Warrenville South's defense held visiting Wheaton North without a made field goal for the entire third quarter in a 58-41 DuKane Conference win Friday.
As Valentine's Day approaches, wooing guests will be an opportunity for dinner paired with musical artists, Second City comedy, Kittytine Cat Cafe, two movie series and a wine and cheese walk.
Bolingbrook woman was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing almost $2.5 million from taxpayers by fraudulently billing Medicaid-funded companies for services she did not provided, state officials said.
Nikki Kerstein scored 23 points and Lily Spanos 15 to lead Montini past Mother McAuley in the GCAC Tournament and Sara Abdul's 15 points paced Wheaton North past Geneva in Thursday's roundup.
Glenbard West's gymnastics team won its ninth straight regional title while Willowbrook senior Naomi Campbell won the all-around at Thursday's Willowbrook Regional.
Stevenson used a strong second half to beat a short-handed York on Thursday.
Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess will deliver his “State of the City” address Feb. 20
Protecting Medicaid is the focus of a rally Sunday at the DuPage County Courthouse
A former Wheaton resident was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for her role in the 2018 murder of a West Chicago man.
Led by junior guard Michael Nee, son of a coach and an ace shooter shooting 51% from the 3-point line, Glenbard East is on the rise, winners of nine straight games and leading the Upstate Eight East.
A crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West Chicago to protest mass deportations Monday, saying the policy unfairly targets Latino residents.
Lyons' Emma O’Brien and York’s Anna Filosa both reached 1,000 career points during Tuesday's West Suburban Conference Silver Division battle in Elmhurst. The Lions came out on top 58-35.
York boys basketball beat Lyons in double overtime and Downers Grove South girls basketball clinched the West Suburban Gold title in Tuesday's roundup.
West Suburban Community Pantry will present its annual fundraiser, the Chefs’ Culinary Celebration, on Feb. 23
Historical hotographic display now open at Elmhurst History Museum
Two men are in custody after Oak Brook police say they stole a car and fled on foot after being pulled over early Friday morning.
Montini's Nikki Kerstein scored 22 points, including her 2,000th career point, in a win at the GCAC Tournament, Stella Sakalas had 17 points and 10 rebounds in Nazareth's win over Marian Catholic and Sara Abdul scored 26 in a Wheaton North win in Monday's roundup.
DuPage County Board members have agreed to pay a lobbying firm up to $96,000 to represent county interests before Congress and federal executive branch agencies for another year.
The Downers Grove Junior Women’s Club has awarded 21 grants totaling $10,167 to 22 teachers from 14 schools across the Downers Grove area.
DuPage County is offering a new round of grants to help small nonprofit organizations provide job readiness, food assistance and other programs.