DuPage County

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for two Chicago men accused of burglarizing an Elmhurst liquor store and leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville and Republican challenger Jerry Evans of Warrenville disagree about whether abortion should be legal across America.

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Police Chief David Pederson has been elected president of the DuPage Chiefs of Police Association, a role he will hold through September 2025.

A Tazwell County man is accused of stealing more than $725 worth of merchandise from the Bloomingdale Best Buy, prosecutors said.

The Elmhurst History Museum has broken ground on a performance space that will bring a new outdoor stage to Elmhurst beginning in spring 2025.

Downers Grove North's boys and girls teams took home the team title, with Philip Cupial and Gavin Schroeder leading the boys with a 1-2 finish, while Sandwich's Sunny Weber controlled the girls race to take the individual title.

A motion to detain pretrial a man charged with breaking into a Wheaton residence and threatening the residences was granted Oct. 4, prosecutors said.

A Bolingbrook man on pre-trial release on a drug case, where he was accused of fleeing police at high speed, is now behind bars on a new fleeing-and-eluding case, where he is accused of crashing into a vehicle in Woodridge.

Watts of Love's 1,000 Miles for 1,000 Lights fundraiser raises money to bring lights to impoverished nations

A West Chicago man has been charged with drug-induced homicide.

Republican incumbent state Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton is being challenged again by her crosstown Democratic rival Jackie Williamson

A Wood Dale man pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving drunk, causing a crash that killed his stepdaughter.

Hinsdale Central and Wheaton Academy's boys golf teams both won regional titles Wednesday, leading area qualifiers to next Monday's sectional meet.

The candidates for the 3rd Congressional outline their plans for an immigration system

A motion was granted Sunday to deny pre-trial release for three men accused of robbing a Downers Grove man of his property and vehicle at gunpoint on Sept. 28.

The Rev. Dennis Spies' is new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of Joliet. The announcement came for Pope Francis on Friday.

For more than 16 months, the DuPage County Board and County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek have been at odds over how bills get paid and what she can or can’t do with her office’s budget.

A Chicago man on parole for two armed robberies in Cook County was sentenced Thursday to 38 years in the prison for robbing at gunpoint a Downers Grove gas station and an Oakbrook Terrace convenience store.

An informative talk about Project 2025 will be given Sunday afternoon at the First United Methodist Church in Downers Grove

Early voters express a variety of concerns for the presidential election

Voter turnout on the first day of early voting in DuPage County smashed the record set in the 2020 General Election, according to a news release from County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek.

The Wheaton Police Department is warning residents of a phone solicitation scam from individuals claiming to represent the police department or the police union.

A past due credit card bill is now part of the ongoing controversy surrounding the DuPage County clerk’s office and unpaid bills.

Early voting begins Thursday for most suburban counties, but not Cook

Several Downers Grove organizations have joined forces this week to help those in need in an effort to combat hate through compassion and unity.

DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy is proposing a 2025 budget includes money to help address food insecurity and affordable housing, hire more prosecutors and public defenders among other items

Glenbard East High School parents are criticizing how school officials handled the situation, and they’re calling for schools to have metal detectors at entrances.

Authorities have charged a Franklin Park man with two counts of bank robbery in relation with several suburban heists in the last year, Elmhurst Police officials said in a news release Friday.

Riverside-Brookfield, in its first season in the Upstate Eight Conference, won the league's boys golf tournament title on Monday, with R-B's Gavin Sharenow second on a scorecard tiebreaker. Glenbard South was fourth.

Bloomingdale leaders on Tuesday will unveil a conceptual redevelopment plan for the now-shuttered Stratford Square property, which once had a half dozen anchor stores, a movie theater and a carousel.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville believes the most important issue of his reelection campaign is the threat to democracy posed by politicians who say things they know aren’t true

West Suburban Food Pantry kicks off Hunger Action Season with Harvest Week Food Drive

Elmhurst University to host author of book about Lori Lightfoot's term as Chicago mayor

DuPage County will offer energy assistance beginning Oct. 1

The DuPage County Sheriff will host an Safety Saturday event on Sept. 21

July was one of the five wettest ever recorded in Illinois, but August and the first half of September have seen barely any rainfall.

Salt Creek is being restored without the dam in place

One year after Illinois eliminated cash bail as part of the Pretrial Fairness Act, proponents are hailing its success, insisting the criminal justice reform measure accomplished its goal of making communities safer and the system more equitable.

Mia Wanserski beat the heat and the rest of the field at Jacobs’ second annual Eagles Cup held Saturday at Golf Club of Illinois. Wanserski, from Downers Grove South, Amelia Tan of Chicago U-High and Downers Grove North’s Madeline Quirk all shot 77′s. Wanserski won a tiebreaker.

A 14-year-old Glenbard East High School student is facing multiple felony charges after a gun was recovered in a restroom at the high school just before classes were dismissed Tuesday afternoon.

A former Villa Park man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the murder of Esmeralda DeLuna, 24, his live-in girlfriend and mother of their three children.

Acclaimed scientist, innovator Dieter Gruen will speak Saturday at the Downers Grove Public Library fundraiser

A former Joliet police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges and a judge released him from custody after he surrendered to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

A motion to deny pre-trial release for a Warrenville man accused of murdering his wife was approved Wednesday in DuPage County First Appearance Court.

A motion for pre-trial release was denied Tuesday for a Naperville woman accused of crashing a school bus that transports special needs children, prosecutors said.

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek wants to be represented by a private attorney in a lawsuit the county has filed against her because of a dispute about bills.

Wheaton Warrenville South senior Sy Narayanan, an All-State 12th at last year's state cross country meet, has his sights set even higher this season, while defending champion Downers Grove North is preseason No. 1.

A 26-year-old Aurora man is facing a felony charge after police say he fatally struck a pedestrian in Wheaton early Sunday morning and left the scene.

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy sees a clear path forward for the improvement of mental health care in the nation, and it comes down to applying the financial incentives that have strengthened other industries.

The DuPage County clerk has been sued in a dispute over how her bills are paid