From ice fishing to snowshoeing to cross-country skiing, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County gives residents plenty of reasons to get outside and play this winter. "The forest preserves are beautiful in the winter, and we've got a lot of g...

Algonquin Santa Comes to Algonquin Commons: 1 to 4 p.m. every weekend Dec. 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18. Santa will be on the Santa Express trolley. Hop aboard and visit with the jolly elf while you travel around the mall. Bring your camera. Elves will give...

The annual Hanover Township Toy Drive and Sponsor-A-Family programs are underway and help is needed. From now until Friday, Dec. 16, donations of new, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at any township office, including 250 S. Route 59, in Bartlett;...

The annual holiday "Food for Fines" program will run through Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. It will also take place at the library's Hoffman Estates and Hanover Park branches. Library...

Robbers threaten store staff with needle, police say Two people robbed a Naperville CVS store Tuesday morning by threatening employees with a hypodermic needle they claimed was tainted with HIV and got away with medications, police said Wednesday. F...