Joanne Von Alroth

Two businesses temporarily will lose their liquor licenses this month for serving liquor to minors, officials said. Mayor Betty Cheever said she will suspend the liquor license for White Hen...

Charlotte Meyers loves the new Westmont Public Library, which sits just across Cass Avenue from her apartment. But for Meyers, who moves slowly around her apartment with a cane, the...

Members have been named to the village's newly created tourism board. The new Downers Grove Visitors Bureau, which replaces the Visitors Advisory Board, will focus on ways to draw business...

For Republican Gayle Franzen, his successful campaign this fall for chairman of the DuPage County Board might be a mere skirmish before what could be the more challenging political battle...

A Bolingbrook man remained in DuPage County Jail on Thursday on charges that he broke into a Lisle woman's residence last weekend and stabbed her. Police said Herman L. Moore,...

Six area businesspeople and two residents have been named to the village's newly formed Economic Development Commission. The panel will focus on attracting new ventures to Downers Grove while keeping...

A plan to beef up paramedic service in Westmont and add a program to evaluate firefighters' physical fitness could be in place this year if trustees agree to foot the...

A local school will celebrate this year's annual drug awareness week with a march on Friday and a mass pledge to remain drug-free. Students at Miller Elementary School, 125 W....

Village trustees have approved the Police Department's entry into a special investigating team that will allow the department to draw on other police agencies' resources. As part of the Felony...

A 22-year-old woman was arrested last week after she allegedly tried to drive away with a squad car outside a tavern, police said. Police said they arrived at Slammers Sports...