Joanne Von Alroth

A new ordinance might cut down on village court costs while nipping public drinking and teen smoking in the bud, village officials say. The ordinance would make violation of two...

A three-way pact preserving Lyman Woods as a permanent natural area could be completed as early as May, officials said this week. The plan, however, is virtually indistinguishable from one...

The village could be reimbursed for up to half the cost of training firefighters if the Downers Grove Fire Department joins a statewide training program, fire officials say. Under the...

About a year ago, a student at the Westmont Technological School told a staff member that he wanted to be a firefighter. An admirable goal, Charles Maher thought. But how...

Breaking a decades-old policy, trustees have agreed to allow a property owner to secede from the village and change his address from Westmont to Downers Grove. Village Board members unanimously...

Residents with private wells might soon be allowed to use well water to avoid sprinkling restrictions, village officials said. Under a plan proposed by Jeff Livergood, senior director of public...

The Downers Grove and Westmont Fire Departments are proposing a mutual-aid pact that could lower homeowners insurance costs in both villages. The proposal is similar to a 5-year-old program between...

Merchants and restaurateurs who sell liquor might have to pay the village more for the privilege this year, officials said. A plan to boost the price of the annual liquor...

In what promises to be a prelude to a beefed-up effort against drunken drivers in one of the hottest nightspot corridors in the western suburbs, bars and restaurants along 22nd...

Although Uncle Sam doesn't consider it an official highway anymore, Willowbrook and Burr Ridge officials said this week that they will throw a real shindig honoring the once-great Route 66....