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KidsMatter reviewing child protection practices after board member arrested on child porn charges

May 20, 2022 at 2:31 p.m.

A Naperville-based nonprofit says it will review its child protection practices after a board member was charged with child pornography. Erich Kroll, 48, vice president of the fundraising board for...

Outdoor seating at The Lantern tavern on Chicago Avenue in downtown Naperville will get a makeover with matching tables, chairs and black fencing now that it has received a permit from the city to serve alcohol on the public right-of-way. Outdoor dining and drinking has been allowed on a temporary basis the previous two summers to help businesses attract customers during the pandemic.

Downtown Naperville tavern doing an outdoor seating makeover at Chicago Avenue and Washington Street

May 20, 2022 at 2:22 p.m.

Naperville's oldest tavern will spruce up its outdoor seating area this year with black square tables, black and gray mesh chairs and a black fence. For the last two years,...

VP of Naperville-based nonprofit KidsMatter arrested on child pornography charges

May 19, 2022 at 10:45 a.m.

A Naperville-based nonprofit that works with children removed its vice president after the agency learned the 48-year-old banker was charged with five counts of child pornography. KidsMatter CEO Nina Menis...

Commission being renamed Special Events and Community Arts to reflect new public art program

May 19, 2022 at 9:25 a.m.

The grant program that promotes special events and cultural amenities in Naperville is being revamped to add public arts. Naperville City Council members set in motion this week a plan...

Division over Naperville mayoral appointments leads to call for updating city’s code of conduct

May 20, 2022 at 9:43 a.m.

Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico is asking the city manager to work with him on crafting a code of conduct based on best practices from other cities that would govern behavior...

Preschoolers play inside their classrooms at the Carroll Center on March 8, 2022 in Oak Park.

Naperville teacher says state wrong not to include day care children in COVID-19 paycheck protections

May 18, 2022 at 8:18 p.m.

A Naperville teacher says school staff paycheck protections for COVID-19 adopted by the state this year don't extend far enough to include families with kids in day care. Signed by...

Naperville teen describes title as youngest American woman to climb Everest as ‘surreal’

May 17, 2022 at 2:42 p.m.

Mount Everest might be 29,032 feet above sea level compared to Lucy Westlake's hometown of Naperville at 702 feet. But according to the new youngest American woman to climb the...

Adcock out, Coyne in on Naperville mayor’s nomination list to city boards, commissions

May 13, 2022 at 6:07 p.m.

Shannon Adcock's name is absent from Mayor Steve Chirico's list of nominees to various city boards and commissions that will come up for a vote by the Naperville City Council...

Naperville police begin training to use body cameras that record audio, video of every active call

May 13, 2022 at 2:23 p.m.

Some Naperville officers will be sporting new body-worn cameras as early as Tuesday, according to the police chief. Chief Jason Arres said the equipment to outfit all 177 of the...

Election judges try out voting equipment in April during a public testing of the new ballot system at the DuPage County Board of Elections office in Wheaton. The same system will allow DuPage voters to cast their ballots at any precinct in the county on Election Day.

New system allows DuPage voters to cast their ballots at any polling place in the county on Election Day

May 12, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

DuPage will be the first county in Illinois to give voters the option of casting their ballots at any of its 263 polling places on Election Day, instead of limiting...

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