Elmhurst
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Naperville’s O’Reilly shows off a big leg at NorthwesternAug 31, 2025 10:00 am - Northwestern University freshman soccer player Aaron O’Reilly, a Naperville Central graduate, registered a goal and an assist in his first two collegiate games, earning Big Ten Conference honors.
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Oakbrook Terrace apartment fire leaves two units uninhabitableAug 29, 2025 10:21 am - No injuries were reported in an early Friday morning apartment fire in Oakbrook Terrace that rendered two units uninhabitable.
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Musicals and dramas add up to a well-rounded career for St. Charles actor/musician making Drury Lane debutAug 27, 2025 10:47 am - St. Charles native and musical theater veteran Ian Paul Custer makes his Drury Lane Theatre debut as the sketchy Captain Lesgate in the Oakbrook Terrace theater’s revival of the suspense thriller “Dial M for Murder.”
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Dining out: Piccolo Buco opens in Naperville, secret menu at Portillo’s, Labor Day brunches and moreAug 27, 2025 6:26 am - Cooper’s Hawk has opened its second suburban location of Piccolo Buco, Portillo’s has some new secret menu items, and several suburban restaurants are extending weekend brunch to Monday for Labor Day.
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Home & garden calendar, Aug. 31 to Sept. 6Aug 26, 2025 10:03 pm - Upcoming garden club meetings, plant sales, and garden shows in the Chicago area.
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DuPage County clerk a no-show for budget presentationAug 26, 2025 6:57 pm - The DuPage County Clerk’s Office was a no-show for a scheduled budget presentation at the county board’s finance committee meeting Tuesday — one day after a judge ruled the clerk must follow the county’s accounting procedures.
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DuPage County will spend up to $147K to retain Springfield lobbyistsAug 26, 2025 6:55 pm - DuPage County will spend up to $147,000 to have a pair of lobbying firms represent their interests in Springfield for another year.
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Prosecutors: Woman drove 109 mph trying to flee policeAug 26, 2025 6:55 pm - A woman accused of fleeing Villa Park police in a stolen vehicle Tuesday told officers she “knows how DuPage County is” and would rather be in Chicago, prosecutors said.
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Spotlight: World premieres at American Blues, Northlight theatersAug 26, 2025 2:23 pm - American Blues Theater premieres the new play by artistic associate and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz, Drury Lane Theatre revives the 1950s suspense thriller “Dial M for Murder,” and Northlight Theatre premieres “The First Lady of Television.”
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Best Bets: Elmhurst History Museum opens exhibition on Chicago’s World’s FairAug 26, 2025 1:37 pm - “World of Tomorrow” opens at the Elmhurst History Museum, Rosemont’s Rockin’ in the Park hosts its last concert of the summer, and Highwood celebrates country music and Southern fare at the Nashwood Music and Food Fest.