Saying thanks on 9/11 To show appreciation for all that police, fire and military do every day, Frato's Culinary Kitchen in Schaumburg is offering a free one-pound pizza slice to all active and retired first responders and service members on Saturda...

“Where were you when the world stopped turning?” The titular lyrics of country singer Alan Jackson's emotional ballad, released in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks serve as the foundation around which this year's remembrance ceremon...

This weekend Yorkville Hometown Days Festival: 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2; 5-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4; and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at Beecher Community Park, 908 Game Farm Road, Yorkville. Barbe...

Where there's a will, there's a way. That seems to be the mantra of village officials in Schaumburg in bringing back the area's largest Labor Day festival: Septemberfest. With state restrictions lifted in May, organizers worked tirelessly to mount t...

Five businesswomen from four communities are hosting a Tuesday prayer vigil for slain Chicago police officer Ella French and others to inspire prayer and hope and to honor the fallen. Sylvia Masters of Carol Stream's Mapleberry Pancake House, Marie ...

While adults in a Roselle neighborhood were hosting a block party for charity, one mother said it was the kids who stole the show. Kari Curry organized the Aug. 7 event at Woodworth Place to bring the neighborhood together and to give back to one of...

Almost two years after prohibiting marijuana sales in Roselle, the village board has repealed the ban and is paving the way for dispensaries and cultivation sites. The village board on Monday voted to end the ban put in place in December 2019 and al...

A Roselle man has been charged with two counts of child pornography. Marshaun C. McClinton, 23, of the 1000 block of Rodenburg Road, was arrested Thursday morning at his home by DuPage County sheriff's deputies. He is held on $100,000 bail at the Du...