Three Chicago juveniles were charged Sunday with stealing from three Oak Brook businesses, prosecutors said

Lemont High School honored its February students of the month at the district’s board of education meeting on Feb. 17

A judge was deemed biased by a Will County Board member whom he found guilty of unlawfully accessing the email account of a political opponent on the board.  

A Naperville man was charged with two felonies after Yorkville police recovered a loaded handgun and cocaine from his vehicle early Sunday morning.

The candidates challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat differ with him about the top issue facing constituents.

DuPage County Undersheriff Eddie Moore pledged Sunday to continue his campaign for sheriff, despite an investigation into reports he struck someone with his car last month and left the scene without contacting police

A single-family home in Chicago that sold for $2.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in DuPage / Cook County over the past week.

Sophia Towne scored 17 points and hit four of Nazareth's eight threes, the Roadrunners blew open the game with a 16-0 run and beat Loyola in a matchup of the state's top two teams 55-23 in the Class 4A final for Nazareth's second state championship in the largest-ever 4A margin.

An Aurora man has been charged by the Illinois Attorney General with 72 counts related to alleged gunrunning in Kane and DuPage counties, including unlawful sale and delivery.

Hunter Stepanich made a game-winning three-point play with 5.4 seconds remaining to help York secure its first sectional title since 1982 with a 37-36 win over Glenbard East.

St. Francis overcame a halftime deficit to beat Wheaton Academy 69-62 to win the Class 3A Hinsdale Sectional on Friday.

BYU recruit Stella Sakalas scored 30 points, 19 coming in the first half, and Nazareth pulled away to beat Belleville East 54-36 in Friday's Class 4A state semifinal.

Endeavor Health is seeking more dogs for its animal-assisted therapy program at Edward Hospital and Elmhurst Memorial Hospital

arasota, Florida leaders have chosen DuPage County Forest Preserve District Executive Director Karie Friling as their new city manager.

The Outreach House, a local nonprofit, expanded its service on March 1 to broaden its reach beyond York Township

DuPage County Undersheriff Eddie Moore has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into whether he struck someone with his car last month in the parking lot of an Oak Brook restaurant

A Will County Board member on trial for computer tampering said she “just didn’t think” to ask a political opponent if they shared the same email account password.

Sophia Towne was once a cross country runner, and it shows. Playing with boundless energy, the Nazareth junior guard is the point of the team's tough matchup zone, and catalyst to the offense. Towne and Nazareth, back at state, play Belleville East in a state semifinal Friday.

The 28th annual Elmhurst St. Patrick's Day Parade is at noon Saturday, March 7 in downtown Elmhurst.

DuPage County is offering college and occupational training scholarships for low-income individuals with high academic potential

Villa Park-based District 45 is asking voters in this month’s primary election to approve an operating tax rate increase that would raise an additional $4.3 million a year

Hunter Stepanich scored all 11 of his points in the second half, helping York surge ahead of Glenbard North for a 58-44 victory to advance to the sectional finals and break the program record for wins in a season.

The DuPage Regional Office of Education (ROE) will host its first education-focused job fair to connect job seekers with career opportunities in DuPage County schools

Elmhurst University has received a gift of $265,000 that will benefit the university’s jazz festival and two scholarship programs for students who participate in the Elmhurst University Jazz Band

Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans plans to grow with a four-story apartment building in downtown Wheaton for veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

Jacob Marynowski finished with 28 points, and Norman Loechel had three clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help Glenbard East's boys basketball team stave off Wheaton Warrenville South in a 68-61 victory.

Colin Stack had dunks for the first two baskets of Tuesday's game, and it set the tone in No. 1-ranked Benet's dominating 67-30 win over 13th-seeded Yorkville in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal.

A man accused of stabbing a pregnant Downers Grove woman to death in January pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven counts of first-degree murder

After more than 15 years of service to the Elmhurst community and a career of three decades in local government, Elmhurst city manager James Grabowski has announced his retirement, effective this summer

Wheaton's Community Relations Commission is seeking nominations for the city's 2026 Good Citizens Awards through March 31.

Finances and elections are among the top issues in the Democratic primary for DuPage County clerk.

Nazareth held Illinois State recruit Danyella Mporokoso to nine points and Waubonsie Valley to a season-low total as a team, and the Roadrunners used a 17-3 run in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 54-42 win in Monday's Class 4A Lyons Supersectional.

A late 10-0 run helped Trinity pull away from Glenbard South and earn a spot in this weekend's Class 3A State Finals.

DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek made it clear Monday that federal immigration agents are not welcome at polling places

One of the three recent St. Viator High School graduates accused of sexually assaulting a classmate at a graduation party in June will remain behind bars until at least March 16, when a court hearing is scheduled for his potential release

A Glendale Heights man stabbed a housemate in the stomach Saturday afternoon shortly after being released from custody on charges he assaulted another of the home’s residents, authorities said Sunday

A single-family home in Chicago that sold for $4.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in DuPage / Cook County over the past week.

Glenbard East's Nadiia Shymkiv won in overtime to claim the 105-pound championship during the IHSA state girls wrestling finals at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. Defending Hinsdale South champion Callie Carr medaled in third at 155.

Senior guard Gabe Sanders scored nine of his team-high 18 points in the first quarter, and 13th-seeded Yorkville – the lowest seed remaining in Class 4A – never trailed after the game's first point in beating Downers Grove South 57-40 for its first regional title in 21 years.

Glenbard North connected on 10 3-pointers in the first half, jumped out to a 15-point first-quarter lead and never looked back in beating Wheaton North 77-58 in the Class 4A regional final at St. Charles North.

David Showman put up 33 points, leading fifth-seeded Wheaton Warrenville South to a win over Batavia and a regional championship Friday.

The Glenbard East boys basketball team is celebrating its second straight Class 4A regional championship after a 61-40 win over Lake Park on Friday in Lombard.

Joseph Lubbe had a game-high 19 points for York, but it was the defensive end where the Dukes willed past Gkenbard West in the Class 4A Glenbard West Regional championship on Friday.

Defending state champion Benet rolled out to a dominant 24-point halftime lead and went on to beat regional host West Aurora 67-25 in Friday's Class 4A West Aurora Regional final.

When the final buzzer sounded, Lemont had secured its second consecutive triumph holding its opponent under 30 points, as smothering defense for all 32 minutes propelled Lemont to a 42-29 victory over Glenbard South on Friday night in the Class 3A Fenton Regional final.

Downers Grove South High School is seeking nominations for its Class of 2026 Distinguished Alumni

Callie Carr had a 72-match win streak snapped at sectionals in a match she led in the third period – but now the Hinsdale South senior is taking aim at a repeat state title. That, and York junior Charlie Dolan makes history as Dukes' first state qualifier in the state preview.

Rheayanna Ferguson and Jamie Mizwicki each scored 10 points as Glenbard South beat Aurora Central Catholic in the Class 3A De La Salle Sectional final, and Trinity beat Fenwick on a 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left for its first sectional title since 2016.

Waubonsie Valley scored the first 12 points of the fourth quarter and held Benet scoreless for nearly the first seven minutes of the fourth to beat the Redwings in a sectional final for the third straight year, 45-37 in the Class 4A East Aurora Sectional final.

Nazareth turned in yet another sparkling defensive effort in a 53-26 victory over Downers Grove North at the Class 4A Hinsdale Central Sectional on Thursday.