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Illinois Department of Transportation crews are set to resurface a stretch of Roosevelt Road from West Chicago to Wheaton.

A Georgia man is facing federal charges for threatening a spiritual mission based in West Chicago.

Several new mayors and village presidents were elected across DuPage counties last week — some by defeating established incumbents.

While Glen Ellyn picked a new village president Tuesday, voters in several other DuPage County towns were in an anti-incumbent mood.

Winfield-area school districts have been dealt a setback in their yearslong legal fight with the village over a special taxing district.

A DuPage County jury on Thursday found a DeKalb man guilty of shooting a man in the face during his dinner break from work in 2021, prosecutors said.

A West Chicago man building a geodesic dome greenhouse in his backyard is asking a DuPage County judge to overturn a ruling that says he violated the city’s building code.

Brightening midwinter will be concerts spanning diverse styles, along with a Market Craft Fair and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra appearing in the western suburbs.

A former Wheaton resident was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for her role in the 2018 murder of a West Chicago man.

A crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West Chicago to protest mass deportations Monday, saying the policy unfairly targets Latino residents.

Algonquin Police Chief Dennis Walker and West Chicago Police Detective Sgt. Robbi Peterson will participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run to the 2025 Special Olympics Winter World Games in Turin, Italy.

Historical interpreters and participants gathered on Timber Lake at Kline Creek Farm to harvest ice on Friday, Jan. 24 2025 in West Chicago.

Suburban immigrants are bracing for mass deportations

A local artist brings a splash of color to downtown West Chicago.

A motion was granted Monday to deny pre-trial release for a West Chicago teen accused in the shooting death of two individuals Nov. 9, prosecutors said.

Two West Chicago teenagers face first-degree murders charges after fatally shooting two men during a drug deal, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a West Chicago man accused of leaving the scene of a crash that claimed the life of an 85-year-old female resident of Winfield, prosecutors said.

Third District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the 50-year sentence of Juan Calderon for the 2018 murder of 26-year-old Alexander Nicolas of West Chicago.

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

5 Points Haunted House is a commercial offshoot of the Lehman Manor Halloween attraction. It will open Oct. 4 in the former site of Club 38 and Synergy nightclubs, at 241 W. Roosevelt Road in West Chicago.

A West Chicago teenager was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the brutal 2023 beating of an autistic man.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed a measure designating the “giant puffball” as the state’s mushroom after signing hundreds of bills on Friday, completing action on legislation sent to him by lawmakers this spring.

The Wheaton League of Women Voters has named its first male president

Summertime is for craft beer festivals, and here's a list of some fun events coming up in August.

The Commemorative Air Force’s AirPower History Tour will take place at the DuPage Flight Center in West Chicago through Sunday, July 21, 2024.

The Commemorative Air Force will hold its AirPower History Tour with legendary aircraft available for viewing, touring and even riding.

Why are decorated heads popping up across DuPage County?

Montini holds 35th annual Bronco Classic Golf Outing

Officials have identified the three people killed in two car crashes in DuPage County last week.

Legislation recently approved by the Illinois House of Representatives prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in private schools would have little effect in the suburbs since the majority of private schools here already prohibit it, officials from multiple schools confirmed.

A West Chicago man has been accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old female, prosecutors said.

Most DuPage County communities have no plans to restrict buses transporting migrants to local train stations

With two guilty pleas, a horrific West Chicago murder case has drawn closer to an end.

Bond was set at $150,000 over the weekend for an Algonquin man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, authorities said.

Veterans were given the opportunity to fly in a 1942 open cockpit Boeing Stearman, the same airplane used to train military aviators in the 1940s, during a Dream Flight at the DuPage Airport in West Chicago on Saturday, July 29, 2023. The flights were courtesy of Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a non-profit organization to honor U.S. military veterans living in long-term care facilities.

Bond was set last week at $5 million for an Arizona man charged with the 2001 sexual assault of a woman at a West Chicago apartment complex.

A B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” landed at DuPage Airport in West Chicago for the Airpower History Tour. The event, which also features the B-24 Liberator “DIAMOND LIL”, a T-6 Texan, a PT-13 Stearman and a RC-45J Expeditor, is presented by the Commemorative Air Force and will be open to the public July 19-24, 2023.

One person died in a Cornerstone Lakes subdivision structure fire Saturday in West Chicago, police said.

Volunteers are continuing work to restore the Geneva Grotto, an altar in the woods, created when the Kane County Government Center was a seminary.

A massage therapist at a Geneva spa was charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault and six counts of criminal sexual abuse, according to police and court records.

Kline Creek Farm hosted a maple sugaring educational program in West Chicago on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago offers its Farm Life in Winter program Thursdays through Mondays.

Ginelle Hennessey is training Jäger, a 7-month old German shepherd, to be a search-and-rescue dog for the Wonder Lake Fire Protection District. Hennessey purchased Jaeger and is paying for his training out of pocket.

The table was piled high with food – cans of black beans, a gallon of milk, a bag of rice, a carton of eggs, a fresh cantaloupe, a bag of pancake mix.

Since May 2021, Project DASH – of DoorDash – made 40,000 free deliveries of food throughout the region to Northern Illinois Food Bank clients.

Anyone who likes hostas, the country’s most popular perennial, can take part in garden visits, seminars, displays, conversations with fellow hosta lovers, and other events in celebration of their favorite plant.

For April 10, 2022: A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges.

Glenbard South won its second straight game to start the season, 56-0 over West Chicago, to set up a showdown with South Elgin next week that could decide the Upstate Eight Conference championship.

LaDonus Rogers scored 15 of his 22 points in the third quarter as Glenbard East ran away from West Chicago.

Millions more are spent with no officially reported purpose at all, a Shaw Media review of tax increment financing records over the last 10 years has found