Joanne Von Alroth

The village will examine ways to make railroad crossings safer, including installing signals that will warn motorists and pedestrians of two trains crossing at the same time. After viewing "Paths...

Longtime Village Board member Edwin Burke will not be slated on the village's powerful Community Party ticket this spring. Burke, a board member since 1987, came in fourth when the...

A 21-year-old local man remained in DuPage County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed his sister. Christopher Rail, of 551 Gregory Drive, was charged with...

Residents will have the chance to be ecologically correct with their live Christmas trees this year. Those who place trees without ornaments at the curb between Jan. 1 and Jan....

Residents who want to serve on the Downers Grove Park District Board can file candidacy petitions next month. Commission seats currently held by William Sherman and Jerry Yoksoulian will be...

Junior high school students who want to show their artistic flair could have their work exhibited on every vehicle in the village, officials said. Westmont officials are asking 6th-, 7th-...

Four local establishments will have their liquor licenses briefly suspended after they were caught selling liquor to minors, officials said. Mayor Betty Cheever, who also acts as the liquor commissioner,...

An arbitrator's decision to give Downers Grove firefighters and paramedics hefty double-digit pay raises will put the village more than $500,000 over budget during the next year, officials said. After...

Residents of a senior citizen housing center are fighting the threatened closure of a drugstore. About 125 seniors from Oak Tree Towers, 1120 Warren Ave., signed and presented a petition...

A DuPage County man was arrested at his wedding reception after he apparently injured his mother and attacked police. James V. Bailey Jr., 40, of 7 S 035 Suffield Court,...