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Fullersburg Woods joins National Register of Historic Places

Fullersburg Woods joins National Register of Historic Places

Fullersburg Woods oozes history. The U.S. Department of the Interior agrees, adding nearly 177 acres of the forest preserve in Oak Brook to the National Register of Historic Places.

 
Mobile museum rolls through suburbs teaching lessons of Civil Rights Movement, Holocaust

Mobile museum rolls through suburbs teaching lessons of Civil Rights Movement, Holocaust

A bus parked in the lot by the Palatine Park District Community Center is taking visitors on a virtual trip through history, teaching lessons about the civil rights movement and the Holocaust that resonate in today’s society.

 
Counting down to prep football: 10 senior recruits to watch this season

Counting down to prep football: 10 senior recruits to watch this season

Our annual countdown to prep football season begins with 10 of the area’s top senior recruits.

 
Cook County projects $550 million budget deficit for 2027

Cook County projects $550 million budget deficit for 2027

Cook County faces a $550 million budget shortfall next year that will require “careful planning and difficult decisions,” county officials said this week in a preliminary budget forecast.

 

Des Plaines Alderman Thomas Merlin to meet with 5th Ward residents

Des Plaines Alderman Thomas Merlin of the 5th Ward and other city leaders will meet with residents June 29.

 
Teen charged with stealing from Oak Brook store, fleeing police at high speed

Teen charged with stealing from Oak Brook store, fleeing police at high speed

A 17-year-old teen is being detained pretrial, accused of stealing more than $1,000 of items from an Oakbrook Center store, then fleeing police at high speeds.

 
Baseball: Cook County All-Area captain Thomsen’s blistering season goes down as best in St. Viator history

Baseball: Cook County All-Area captain Thomsen’s blistering season goes down as best in St. Viator history

Hitters hit. And no one has hit like St. Viator’s Brandon Thomsen in a long time. Thomsen hit .525 this season with 54 hits. He also had 10 homers and 50 RBI. He scored 3...

 
Baseball: DuPage County All-Area captain Crocker does it all during Willowbrook’s record-breaking season

Baseball: DuPage County All-Area captain Crocker does it all during Willowbrook’s record-breaking season

From his early days attending the Little Kids Camp, Jory Crocker grew up aspiring to become a baseball player at Willowbrook High School. During his senior season nearly ...

 
Baseball: Fox Valley All-Area captain Barkho leaves mark as two-way star, vocal leader at South Elgin

Baseball: Fox Valley All-Area captain Barkho leaves mark as two-way star, vocal leader at South Elgin

Whether he is on the mound or at shortstop, Zacharia Barkho enjoys being in the middle of the action on a baseball field. “I love being in control of a game,” said Barkho...

 
Developer eyes former BP campus in Naperville after previous rejection of data center proposal

Developer eyes former BP campus in Naperville after previous rejection of data center proposal

Six months after the Naperville City Council pulled the plug on plans for a data center along Warrenville Road, the same developer is eyeing the nearby former BP campus, officials have confirmed.

 
Former Naperville Central tennis ace set to make history with the Illini

Former Naperville Central tennis ace set to make history with the Illini

Naperville Central High School graduate Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson was hired Wednesday as the new head coach of the University of Illinois women’s tennis program.

 
A ‘quintessential American town’: New Glen Ellyn volunteer organization plans July 4th celebration, new drone show

A ‘quintessential American town’: New Glen Ellyn volunteer organization plans July 4th celebration, new drone show

Glen Ellyn is one of those towns that does Fourth of July right. A new, entirely volunteer group is organizing an amped-up celebration for America’s 250th year.

 

Naperville ups sales tax incentive for Block 59, adds $1.85 million to deal

Naperville City Council members Tuesday approved adding $1.85 million in special sales tax revenue to help lure a furniture and home goods retailer to the Block 59 development.

 

Comments sought on Kane County judicial vacancy applicants

Public comment is sought regarding six people being considered for appointment to a resident circuit judge vacancy in the 4th subcircuit in the 16th Judicial Circuit in Kane County.

 

Name the new elk at Aurora zoo

Aurora is asking the public to name a new elk born June 6 at the Phillips Park Zoo.

 
Softball: DuPage County All-Area captain Miller delivers when lights are brightest for DVC champ Naperville Central

Softball: DuPage County All-Area captain Miller delivers when lights are brightest for DVC champ Naperville Central

The Naperville Central softball team had itself a highly notable 2026 season. Longtime coach Andy Nussbaum’s squad went 25-10, won the DuPage Valley Conference title with...

 
Softball: Fox Valley All-Area captain Sujack blasts her way into IHSA record books

Softball: Fox Valley All-Area captain Sujack blasts her way into IHSA record books

From, 1959 to 1961, there was a television program called “Homerun Derby” that pitted top Major League Baseball sluggers against each other in 9-inning home run contests....

 
Bartlett board reviews designs for Lake Street gateway project

Bartlett board reviews designs for Lake Street gateway project

Bartlett village board members provided input Tuesday on three visions for redevelopment of the town’s northeastern gateway on Lake Street, which will help shape a fourth plan for unveiling at a public open house July 22.

 
‘That underground feel’: Bewitching Brews sells teas, herbs from lower level spot in Geneva

‘That underground feel’: Bewitching Brews sells teas, herbs from lower level spot in Geneva

Bewitching Brews, a tea and herb shop on Third Street in Geneva, chose its lower level location specifically for its “underground feel.”

 
‘Heading in the right direction’: Des Plaines council sets new 4-year strategic plan

‘Heading in the right direction’: Des Plaines council sets new 4-year strategic plan

Des Plaines’ latest strategic plan gives residents and city employees a new vision for the city and a new mission statement, both of which can be summed up in just six words: to be a caring, welcoming community.

 

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