After the Thanksgiving turkey is eaten and the dishes done, are you the kind of person who puts Christmas lights up right away? If so, snap a photo and send it to us. Suburban Life newspapers are having a contest to see the best home holiday decorations. Take a picture and e-mail it to bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com with the subject line “Holiday Lights” by Dec. 9. We'll run the best ones the week of Christmas. Click through for more details.
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Santa Claus was almost homeless for this year’s holiday season in St. Charles.
Baby squirrels may have been a reason for last year’s split between the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and a charitable group that raises money to fund the rehabilitation of wild animals.
The Forest Preserve has filed suit against the DuPage Wildlife Foundation, claiming the organization is holding on to charity money that should belong to the district’s Willowbrook Wildlife Center.
If the season the Morton West High School football team had in 1969 happened today, filmmakers would be lining up around the block for the rights to make a movie about it.
The Fishel Park band shell, slated for an emergency closure by the Downers Grove Park District, will be removed in the next few weeks.
Once you've got your fill of turkey this holiday, make sure to try out a couple of these local restaurants near you. And let us know what you think.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
This summer, Illinois lawmakers legalized video gambling in bars and restaurants to raise funds for capital projects. Since then, more than a dozen communities in the western suburbs have banned the machines, and several more are poised to outlaw them before the end of this year. As many more towns weigh a gambling ban, however, the overall amount of revenue video gambling is projected to raise for the state — estimated at more than 25 percent of the $31 billion capital projects bill — has been put into doubt.
There’s biology, algebra and English — all staples in the diet of a well-rounded high school education.
Two people were killed in a house fire in unincorporated DuPage County Monday.
