Katie Linnig clutched the prized sectional plaque in her arms, waiting for pictures to be taken amid a wild Willowbrook celebration. This was a moment worth capturing. When Linnig, Willowbrook's senior setter, dropped in a dump shot in a seam in Whe...

The DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission this week narrowly approved its own electoral boundaries for the next decade. But the forest preserve needs state law changed for the new map to take effect. County board members recently completed the on...

'Tis the season Now that Halloween is over, it's straight into the holiday season. And Starbucks is obliging with its new drink - the Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte - available Thursday, Nov. 4. Like a sugar cookie in liquid form, the nondairy i...

West Chicago has overturned its 2010 ban on video gambling. With a 9-to-5 vote on Monday, the city council passed two ordinances: One regulates video gambling within West Chicago, while the other amends city liquor codes for the licensing of video g...

Miniature golf is normally an outdoor activity where families and friends spend 18 holes tracking their swing count and maybe grab ice cream or a hot dog as a snack. Puttshack, which opens at Oakbrook Center on Wednesday, Nov. 3, has transformed the...

Continuing their postseason tradition, senior Lily Huntzinger and her Wheaton Warrenville South girls volleyball teammates had pink hair for Monday's Class 4A Bartlett sectional semifinal against Glenbard West. "It's just been pink or purple ...

DuPage County authorities on Monday identified the victims of a fiery, two-vehicle crash in Lisle early Saturday morning that killed three. Andrew Purtill, 46, of Aurora, Geovanny Alvarez, 22, of Naperville and Graciela Leanos, 21, of Shorewood all ...

Former Winfield Township Trustee Gerald E. "Jerry" Ruzicka, who died at age 81, is remembered for looking out for taxpayers' interests. The longtime Warrenville resident's death on Oct. 11 was heart-related, according to family members. Ruzicka suc...

After losing its three-point lead and facing the reality of a tie game at 22 in a winner-take-all third set, Willowbrook coach Irene Mason called her final timeout. The Warriors, who entered Monday's Class 4A Bartlett sectional semifinal against Dow...

By the time Glenbard North junior Grace Schager finishes her prep running career, she'll have a long list achievements under her belt, so many that she'll have to be considered one of the top Panther runners ever. Earlier this year Schager set the s...