Here's a look back at some of the biggest news stories in 2019 in the Fox Valley: The death of AJ Freund The body of missing Crystal Lake 5-year-old AJ Freund was recovered from a field near Woodstock April 24, less than a week after his parents rep...

It was a year in DuPage County where controversy always loomed and nothing was as simple as it seemed. We debated the legalized sale of pot and the appropriate location for a drug and alcohol treatment center. We dealt with social issues, from rac...

The general public will be able to start buying pot on Wednesday, six months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois. Here is a primer on what you need to know ... Where and when can I start...

The new year will bring new charges for some owners of electric vehicles, as an increasing number of states seek to plug in to fresh revenue sources to offset forgone gas taxes. In Hawaii, the charge will be $50. In Kansas, $100. In Alabama and Ohi...

It wouldn't be wrong to say that every arrest, every criminal charge and every conviction involved some poor choices along the way. But a handful of suburban cases that caught our eyes in 2019 saw the decision making reach a new level of bad. From t...

As we look forward with optimism for the year ahead, it's fitting that we also look back, with no shortage of sadness, at those we lost in 2019. It was a year in which we lost prominent politicians, clerics and businessmen. They range from a lifelon...

Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make DuPage County become a better place. Many were trailblazers. People like Roselle's Joe Devlin, who helped bring Lake Mi...