The Glen Ellyn Food Pantry could use a good matchmaker. The food pantry was just building momentum in its fundraising for a new facility when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March. That momentum stopped cold, and while it has warmed up again, the fo...

The new Essential Needs Fund for Students and Families in Crisis established by the Student Excellence Foundation will help provide multiple resources for students and their families. Historically in Wheaton-Warrenville Unit District 200, 27% of stu...

Under normal circumstances College of DuPage College Theater Professor Amelia Barrett would be spending fall semester in the classroom, at the McAninch Art Centers' Belushi Performance Hall and at the costume shop preparing for College Theater's ann...

Bucking a regional trend of school districts reverting to remote instruction, Elgin Area School District U-46 began in-person classes Tuesday for 4,400 students in prekindergarten through second grade. That's slightly more than half the students in ...

Glenbard High School District 87 moved to entirely remote learning Monday as COVID-19 case rates are climbing steeply in DuPage County, while other school systems are warning the surge threatens to halt in-person classes. The district temporarily su...

Democrats hoping to make historic gains across once reliably Republican DuPage County hold solid leads or remain within striking distance of defeating GOP opponents for county board, forest preserve and countywide seats. Democratic candidates were e...

The Senate District 25 race that was too close to call Tuesday seemingly has been decided in favor of Democrat Karina Villa, of West Chicago, with all precincts in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Kendall counties now reporting. Villa garnered 57,287 votes w...

In House District 42, freshman state Rep. Amy Grant fended off a challenge by Democratic challenger Ken Mejia-Beal of Lisle Tuesday, despite a controversy about comments made by the Wheaton Republican during the campaign. With all precincts reportin...

Democrat Maura Hirschauer, of Batavia, won against Republican North Aurora Trustee Laura Curtis in the 49th District. Hirschauer earned 27,372 votes to Curtis' 23,592 votes, unofficial totals show. Incumbent state Rep. Karina Villa ran in the Senate...

In state House District 41, Democrat Janet Yang Rohr, a Naperville Unit District 203 school board member, beat established incumbent Grant Wehrli, a Naperville Republican. Yang Rohr received 29,114 votes to Wehrli's 27,616, leaving a much wider marg...