Community tree lightings, for many years a traditional way to kick off the holiday season, look different this year because of the pandemic. Some have adapted to be drive-through or socially distant events; others will be held virtually, and some ha...

Nonprofits like DoodleBug Workshop are struggling during the pandemic which is why financial support is so important at this time. Why are people celebrating in front of 314 S. Main St. in Wheaton? Compass Mortgage, headquartered in Warrenville, Ill...

DOWNERS GROVE - Professional Wealth Advisors LLC announced it has two new partners and members of its wealth management team. Wealth adviser Stewart Burchfield brings with him more than 20 years of financial services experience and is devoted to hel...

Free coffee! Yes, you read that correctly. Corner Bakery is offering a free coffee of any size to diners - with no strings attached - now through Dec. 31. The offer is good for in-cafe orders or pickup or delivery orders made online with the code FR...

Kara Murphy joins the Student Excellence Foundation as a board member following many years of service in the community. She is a member of the District 200 Enrollment Committee and was a PTA vice president and president at Hawthorne Elementary Schoo...

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...