College of DuPage has announced 130 incoming students as Scholars Award recipients for fall 2014. The awards fall into three categories: Presidential, a 64-semester hour full tuition scholarship; Board of Trustees, $2,500 per year; and Dean's, $1...

If the weather starts to cooperate, organizers say the first phase of a nearly $2.5 million sensory playground and garden project in Wheaton will be complete and ready for visitors in just a few months. Sarah O'Donnell, director of development for W...

Investigators are working to determine what sparked an early morning fire Sunday that left a downtown Naperville restaurant uninhabitable and caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to its building. No one was injured in the fire, which was reported ...

The search for a new superintendent in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 has been narrowed to about four candidates, school board President Barbara Intihar says. Since Brian Harris stepped down from the position in late May, the board has conduc...

Dozens of July 4 parades are stepping off this weekend, but a special one took place Thursday morning in front of the Jefferson Early Childhood Center in Wheaton. Accompanied by their teachers and dressed in patriotic colors, a group of 3- to 5-year...

Teachers can learn how to incorporate native landscaping into their classrooms at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's Earth Partnership for Schools summer institute from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 21-25 and Nov. 15 at Fullersburg Woods Nature...

Zakery Kates, owner of Naperville-based Simple Edge web marketing firm, admits he has a "volunteer problem." He serves on a number of boards and volunteers at countless events, especially for Kids Matter and the Naperville Jaycees. He's also a membe...