Joanne Von Alroth

Police arrested a 32-year-old Glen Ellyn man after he was accused of beating a convenience-store employee and stealing his car. Michael J. Latham of 145 Surrey Drive was charged with...

Five teens have been arrested on charges that they stole more than $13,500 worth of household items from a Darien residence this summer, police said Monday. Seventeen-year-old Benjamin Queen of...

The village is considering whether to make liquor-sales training mandatory. Officials said 11 of the 60 liquor-license holders failed controlled-buy sweeps--in which a police-sponsored minor tries to buy liquor at...

The first solid-waste transfer station in DuPage County could be erected in Westmont if village officials allow it. Officials at BFI Inc. have asked the village to annex their 5-acre...

Owners of large pets whose animals run away or escape a fenced yard could face penalties. Under a new proposal, pets such as dogs--and horses and ponies, for that matter--in...

Downers Grove will continue and might even expand its park-and-ride service for commuters at the edge of the village, commissioners said. Officials said Monday that they would agree to a...

More than 30,000 people turned out for opening-day festivities at the 42nd annual DuPage County Fair, officials said Wednesday night. Although exact figures were unavailable, the crowds "certainly looked comparable...

A popular community policing center in a local apartment complex will expand this summer, officials have announced. The community policing program resource center at the Autumn Grove apartment complex will...

A 95-unit housing development could be erected along 63rd Street near a shopping center. The Courtyards of Westmont, a 10-acre development, would include 23 townhouses and two three-story, 36-unit condominium...

The Southeast DuPage Communications group has received an FCC frequency for its own tactical radio channel after trying for nearly a year to acquire one. The group is a partnership...