For members of the Addison Center for the Arts, every day is a reason to celebrate creativity. So when Illinois Arts Week comes around, they organize something extraordinary. In honor of the week dedicated to arts, which continues through Saturday, ...

The best of the bunch 1. Naperville Central vs. Naperville North at North Central College: Big stadium, big crowd, big game. 2. Neuqua Valley at St. Charles East: Wildcats' UEC title chances are on the line. 3. York at Glenbard West: Can Hillt...

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...

Educators at some area high schools want to help students at risk of failing before they fall too far behind in school. Glenbard High School District 87 has been working with the DuPage County Regional Office of Education, Downers Grove District 99 ...

Price range: $235,000 to $280,000 Age of homes: 50 years old Schools: Fullerton Elementary and Indian Trail Junior High schools in Addison Elementary District 4 and Addison Trail High School in DuPage High School District 88 Parks: Addison Park Dist...

So-called state "pork" will help Villa Park beef up patrols with a new police dog. The village will restart its canine unit, aided by $15,000 in state grant money. "You mean the 'pork money'," Village Manager Robert Niemann said when asked about th...

The new library coming to Addison will be built on more than just the foundation, which is slated to be poured this week. It will also be built on the wishes of local residents. During the Addison Public Library's groundbreaking last spring, residen...

The Randhurst Shopping Center has been such an integral part of the Northwest suburbs for decades. Here's hoping that plans to build it anew as Randhurst Village are successful. It's been sad to watch the mall in a slow but steady decline; plans to ...

Classrooms always have that new-school smell at the start of fall session. Chalkboards are pristine, floors are brilliantly shiny and rows of hallways await the arrival of new art. None of that rare spotlessness happens by chance. Maintenance and co...