Suburban school districts using outside venues for high school graduations say the costs - which vary dramatically among districts - are worth the comfort and ease they provide families. School districts paid from $3,500 to $78,000 for ceremonies he...

A new Southern flavor is coming to the Western suburbs as Chuy's Tex-Mex is set to open Tuesday in Warrenville. The Austin, Texas-based chain is starting its expansion into the Chicago area with its Warrenville restaurant at 28250 Diehl Road, near t...

Aaron Williams is on a quest to level up local music. His objectives: Bring bands together. Bring fans together. And have fun. Five years into his pet project, Williams, the Glen Ellyn native and founder of the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival, is ...

A national newspaper that shall remain nameless carried a story last month about pet obesity. Tim Froehling of Palatine was a bit exasperated by it. The story quoted a veterinary research associate at an animal hospital who had noticed pets have bee...

The clock is now ticking on a proposal to remove land from a special taxing district for the Monarch Landing property that spans the Naperville-Warrenville border. Monarch Landing's owner - Naperville Senior Care LLC - wants to sell roughly 24 acres...

As Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials consider what to do with the Jefferson Early Childhood Center, one thing is clear: finding consensus could prove difficult. That's because officials have floated seven scenarios, and one school boar...

A homeowner who has lived for decades next to Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve has agreed to sell his land to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Forest preserve commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday to pay Joseph Cejka $360,000 to...

The Aurora Public Library's ninth annual Teen Talent Show and Competition, presented by the library's Teen Committee, is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at Copley Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd., in downtown Aurora. The show is free and open to the pub...