When local governments talk about sending officials on trips to out-of-town conferences or for research, suburban taxpayers may reflexively think "junket" and reach for their wallets. That's because there have been an alarming number of examples in ...

Smoking and public parks don't go together in places such as Buffalo Grove, Elmhurst, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Gurnee, Schaumburg and Vernon Hills, and that soon may be the case in Naperville, too. In bans enacted as long ago as the mid-1990s...

The latest police videos going viral have nothing to do with a controversial arrest, high-speed chase or out-of-control citizen. These videos - dozens of them popping up online from departments like those in New York City, Fort Worth, Texas, and Anc...

After a 14-year hiatus, Elk Grove Village police will once again provide a school resource officer to serve Mead Junior High and the village's two elementary schools within Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54. Meanwhile, Schaumburg police cou...

This weekend DuPage County Fair: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 27-29, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Animal and 4-H exhibits, student art contest, Latting Rodeo on Saturday and a demolition derby sho...

The latest police videos going viral have nothing to do with a controversial arrest, high-speed chase or out-of-control citizen. These videos - dozens of them popping up online from New York City to Fort Worth, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska - feature c...

College of DuPage engineering students Herven Barham of Aurora and Tanmay Chaklasiya of Hanover Park are exploring their field, gaining invaluable skills and experience this summer through internships with Eaton Automotive in Marshall, Mich. During ...

Schaumburg Summer Theatre presents the epic musical "Ragtime" for five performances beginning Friday, July 27, at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg. Based on the award-winning novel by E.L. Doctorow, "Ragtim...