The Wheaton Park District has decided against spending $19 million to help redevelop the Wheaton Grand Theater.

As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

The Woodridge Memorial VFW Post 1578 is asking the public to honor veterans of the military by attending a Veterans Day service next week.

The Darien holiday tree lighting ceremony will take place as originally scheduled at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 following the Darien City Council’s decision Monday, Nov. 2, to spend $40,000 to bury electrical power lines near the site of the ceremony.

A chance encounter at a local store brought together a Villa Park breast cancer survivor and a family in the midst of a battle against the disease.

Yearbooks, letters to future generations, a cheerleader's uniform, newspaper articles, a cellphone; what do these things all have in common? They will all be buried Nov. 7, in a time capsule, along with pictures, DVDs and other items.

For years, the Monsignor Plunkett Monument at Immaculate Conception High School’s Lewis Stadium was missing its head: a large granite football.

No longer.

Citing an approval from the city attorney, the City Council granted Monday a conditional use for a vacant residential lot adjacent to 1015 S. Route 83 as additional parking for CE Rentals.

As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

If the state approves Community Consolidated School District 181’s request to designate two intersections as hazardous, school buses for children near those areas would be partially subsidized.
 

The Lemont Police Department will establish Occupant Protection Enforcement Zones to conduct seat belt checks Nov. 13, to Nov. 29. The enforcement zones will coincide with the national and state “Click It or Ticket” mobilization.

Because a proposed addition to The Birches in Clarendon Hills will not bring additional students into Hinsdale Township High School District 86, the developer will not have to provide impact fees to the district.
 

Flags are being flown at half mast throughout Valley View Community Unit School District 365-U in honor of Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, a 2006 graduate of Bolingbrook High School who was among 13 people killed yesterday at Fort Hood, Texas.