Power is back on in about 300 Glen Ellyn structures as of this morning after an underground gasline fire Tuesday afternoon.

This month Michael Scalzo saw two misdeeds near his Wheaton apartment. After the first, the discovery of an abandoned newborn, he said he wished there was something he could do to help. The second time, when he saw a fight brewing, he acted.

Since late March, Glen Ellyn native Katie Visco has been making her way across the country on foot — on running shoes, more specifically. This week the aspiring Trans-American runner is arriving in the western suburbs.

A car crash in West Chicago closed down two lanes of traffic on eastbound Route 64 (North Avenue) for part of the afternoon Monday and seriously injured one person, according to police.

A Wheaton man who last week poured his heart out over an abandoned newborn found near his home was stabbed to death Friday night.

Superintendent Mike Meissen of Glenbard High School District 87 will update the community on the district’s progress for the 2008-09 school year at his year-end report Monday, June 22.

For the Rev. Tom White, retirement is only a state of mind. White, the former pastor at Wheaton’s St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic church, is still an active priest, 50 years after his ordination and four years after his retirement.

Despite poor economic and the worse weather conditions, organizers say Saturday’s Reid’s Ride for Research was a success this year.

Visitors to Cosley Zoo are going to get a bit more elbow room. On Monday the Wheaton City Council approved a plan to expand the parking lot at the free zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., by 26 spaces.

Since 2001 parents in Illinois have had the option to leave newborns with emergency and health officials — safely and discreetly. But in the eight years since the so-called “safe haven” law was passed, more babies in the state have been abandoned than turned in, including in one instance in Wheaton last week.

A 24-year-old Wheaton woman was charged with endangering the health or life of a child after police say they found her newborn baby boy abandoned in a yard on Friday morning.

A Lombard man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing purses from two elderly Glen Ellyn women.

One of the first things Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley did Thursday, June 11, was to e-mail long-time friend Kirk Dillard to congratulate him on his plans to run for governor in 2010.

This year the village of Glen Ellyn turns 175 years old, and the Glen Ellyn News is publishing a special commemorative section to honor our town. But we need your help.

One out of every four motor vehicle crashes is the result of driver distractions ad inattentive driving, according to DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba.