Low-income people with disabilities will soon be able to join senior citizens in riding buses and trains in the Chicago area for free, but there is no indication how the program will be funded.

Bejing’s air pollution attracted worldwide attention during this summer’s Olympic Games, but the Chicago area is struggling with its own air-quality problems.

Glenbard North High School junior Nicholas Biebel has received a perfect score of 36 on his ACT college entrance exam.

Serenity House in Addison has been treating people with substance-abuse problems for more than 20 years. Now the program and others like it may have to cut services because of a slash in state funding.

Local artist Judith Barath will be showing her work at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook at an exhibition called “Oak Brook Celebrates: An Oak Brook Artist.”

The DuPage County Health Department is offering seven-week classes through the county to help residents quit smoking.

Corey Dale Krueger’s family was worried that the 20-year-old Glendale Heights man charged with shooting him while he was out walking his dog in the early morning hours a few days before Christmas last year was going to be found innocent of the crime.

Several DuPage County residents with potential exposure to rabies are undergoing preventive treatment measures, according to the county Health Department. Three bats have tested positive for rabies so far this year in DuPage County.

Local physicians who provide free medical care are now protected against lawsuits by a new state law.

A 32-year-old Cicero man has been charged with molesting a 13-year-old girl in DuPage County in 2005.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has the following events planned for this weekend.

A DuPage County judge dismissed charges against two anti-war protesters Wednesday after the prosecution's key witness failed to appear for trial.

DuPage County’s three newest judges were sworn in Thursday morning during at ceremony at the county courthouse in Wheaton.

A Glendale Heights father who is charged with setting his two young sons on fire in the bathroom of their home last year may be willing to plead guilty if prosecutors agree to a life sentence, according to news reports.

Lucy Pierri will always be remembered by friends and family as a woman who remained positive despite her cancer diagnosis, and fought for her family and the children she worked with at schools in Bloomingdale.