The Villa Park police department's canine unit could be up and barking by January 2008. Trustees on Monday unanimously voted to spend $11,665 toward the purchase of a dog and training of a current officer with Northern Michigan K-9 Inc. A larger por...

Police seeking info Aurora police are seeking information on a weekend incident in which a man was critically injured after he apparently fell from a moving train, officials say. Police were called to the 600 block of N. McClure Road around 8:40 a.m...

Ever wonder how Judson College came to be Judson University? Plans for the change have been in the works for five or six years, according to Judson President Jerry Cain. The thought came from some outside sources. The international community, it se...

Basketball 3-on-3 tourney: Prospect High School Athletic Boosters will sponsor its annual preseason 3-on-3 basketball tournament Oct. 14 at Prospect High School, 801 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect. The tournament is open to boys and girls in fo...

Baseball Tryouts: The 14U Arlington Hammerheads, a team that has played in the MSBL for five seasons, will hold individual tryouts for the 2008 baseball season. Players must be born after April 30, 1993. Games start early in April and run through Ju...

Rivalries between two DuPage Democratic groups have spilled out from behind closed doors to the public realm. Political leaders Rob Bisceglie and Bob Peickert are vying to become chairman of the Democratic Party of DuPage County. Chairman Gayl Ferra...

Carol Stream • The Carol Stream Fire Protection District will host a short ceremony beginning at 8:45 a.m. today outside its headquarters at 365 N. Kuhn Road. Fire officials will be sounding a bell at the time each of the buildings was hit. The publ...