Matthew Nickerson

Six police officers who supported the attempt of a Villa Park man to get a lenient sentence for a battery conviction have come under fire from Police Chief Michael Toomey...

A 65-year-old woman was killed by a Metra commuter train Monday after she walked around crossing gates and onto the Burlington Northern tracks near Main Street. Downers Grove police Lt....

A mile-long stretch of South Bartlett Road that has been closed since spring is due to open in late August, an engineer on the Du Page County paving project said...

Plans have been approved for a McDonald's restaurant that neighbors have said would produce too much traffic in their subdivision, thus threatening the safety of their children. Despite the protests...

Du Page County flood victims delivered a clear message to county government this week, saying the county should solve flooding problems by using existing government funds. About 140 residents attended...

A proposal to open a McDonald's on Illinois Highway 59 has prompted area residents to charge that the restaurant would create problems ranging from attracting street gangs to threatening the...

The city's collected leftovers, including 100 bicycles, 25 car stereos and some assorted bolts of cloth, will go up for auction Saturday. The town's police department is holding the annual...

The village's Independence Day fireworks celebration will go off with a bigger bang than previously planned as a result of a decision by trustees to spend more money on the...

On a Sunday in late June, about 2,000 members of the Jain religion will parade 17 hand-carved marble statues through the streets of Bartlett. The line of floats and costumed...

Some fireworks over fireworks have erupted. Trustee Tom Floyd said he would like to see the community celebrate the 4th of July in a manner more befitting the municipality's status...