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Holiday light shows and shopping markets in Geneva, Aurora, Joliet, Lemont, Ottawa shine bright with festive fun this month.

The cause of a Thursday morning fire at the Four Lakes residential complex near Lisle remains under investigation, authorities said.

Whether you can get away for an afternoon or an entire weekend, here are some destinations to help get you started.

One of the longest-serving mayors in DuPage County won’t seek reelection, a village president has stepped down, and another incumbent is running against five challengers.

The Morton Arboretum in Lisle will host its breathtaking holiday light exhibit "Illumination" from Saturday, Nov. 16 through Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.

Democratic incumbent Candice Adams was leading comfortably late Tuesday in the race for DuPage County circuit court clerk against Republican Jeremy “Jaye” Wang.

DuPage County voters are choosing between two lawyers to serve as the county’s circuit court clerk.

Artist couple Fez and Heather BeGaetz are creating a larger-than-life white-tailed deer, dragonfly, sandhill crane, fox squirrel and brittle button snail for their arboretum exhibition, “Vivid Creatures: An encounter with colorful forest friends,” opening in May.

District 99 will hold an informational session about school board membership in October

Streator defeated Lisle 41-13 on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 at Doug Dieken Field in Streator.

Lisle faces Streator in Week 6 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor J.T. Pedelty will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Republican incumbent state Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton is being challenged again by her crosstown Democratic rival Jackie Williamson

The upcoming season of “Illumination” will feature a new tree-centric display in the arboretum’s Grand Garden and a new sensory-friendly night set for Dec. 3.

Downers Grove North High School senior Taylor Florey is battling bone cancer in her knee, and GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay her medical costs.

Communities across DuPage County will observe the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with remembrance ceremonies.

Seneca shut out Lisle 40-0 on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 at Seneca High School. Check out photos from freelance photographer Katy Arnold.

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday in a crash in Lisle

Vitas Matulyauskas has been fighting some relief from the “noise torture” emanating from the pickleball courts near his Lisle home and has asked village trustees to declare the pickleball courts at Abbeywood Park a “public nuisance.

The Morton Arboretum in Lisle is more than just trees. Check out the many gardens, trails, art exhibits and a new mini-golf course.

A Chicago man was arrested on charges alleging he shot a Naperville man and stole his cash while fighting with him over his settlement money.

More than two years after Lisle trustees backed a controversial plan to redevelop a vacant shopping center in the village’s downtown, the property remains untouched.

A 12-year-old bicyclist was injured when he was hit crossing Route 53 in Lisle Monday evening.

Morton Arboretum's research is part of a hypothesis that the excess amount of nitrogen and carbon contained in billions of dying cicadas creates a nutrient pulse, providing super-charged fertilizer to forest ecosystems.

There's no shortage of parades and festivities to attend to celebrate Independence Day in DuPage and western Cook counties.

Five weeks after their emergence, we find ourselves in the final two weeks of a once-in-seventeen-years-phenomenon in northern Illinois.

Morton Arboretum in Lisle gives Joliet a $216,519 grant to expand tree inventory.

Overnight lane closures and weekend-long full ramp closures and detours, are scheduled to begin for ramp repair and improvements at the Roosevelt Road Interchange on I-355 in Lombard.

The Class of 2024 graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

The last time the Benedictine University faced large-scale layoffs was before the pandemic, a university official said.

Sample a variety of wines in the Grand Garden from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 23.

Downers Grove North High School student Dezirae Whitfield placed first in esthetics at the Illinois SkillsUSA State Competition

Officials from the Morton Arboretum in Lisle covered trees on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in preparation for the emergence of cicadas. This year is remarkable because two broods are emerging simultaneously for the first time in 221 years.

Lislie defeated Streator 3-1 on Thursday April 25, 2024 at James Street Recreation Area in Streator.

Community High School District 99 has chosen a new English department chair

Seven District 99 musicians will attend a prestigious jazz band competition, festival in New York City

The Morton Arboretum in Lisle is more than just trees. Check out the many gardens, trails, art exhibits and a new mini-golf course coming in May.

Community High School District 99 received an award from Illinois Principals Association

Community High School District 99 encourages community members to take 5Essentials survey

Downers Grove North theater will present ‘The Little Mermaid’ at 7 p.m. March 14-16

A Lisle man has been arrested in a human-trafficking investigation downstate.

Community High School District 99 has named a new associate principal for athletics for Downers Grove North High School.

An Earlville man wanted for absconding while on parole on a three-year DUI sentence out of DeKalb County – and who also has a pending felony DUI case in Lee County – was arrested Sunday in Dixon in a stolen vehicle, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Community High School District 99 students can participate in the Attainable Futures Program

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster and Adam Forker, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, will host a substance abuse, mental health town hall Feb. 10 at Benedictine University.

Downers Grove South High School's winter dance will be held Feb. 24

Six schools districts will participate in the District 99 annual Realtor breakfast

A man’s body was found Thursday morning inside the Metra depot at the Lisle train station.

Several athletes and coaches will be inducted into the Downers Grove North and South high schools Athletic Hall of Fame

A Lisle man was charged with with aggravated discharge of a firearm and reckless conduct after allegedly shooting a handgun at an Elmhurst hotel, authorities said

Owner Joe Lottino is opening Crooked Arm in Lisle as an extension of J & B Music, a music lesson academy and instrument shop in Joliet, where his staff has educated and outfitted thousands of local budding musicians.