Carol Stream News

Carol Stream Park District officials are expected to discuss a possible $30 million to $40 million referendum proposal Monday that would allow them to build a recreation center and indoor pool, as well as an off-leash dog park and trail improvements.

Grant Eckhoff believes he can save taxpayers millions of dollars by consolidating DuPage County's fire districts and departments.

Tim Mays, left, a sophomore from Anna studying English, and Brian Griffin, a junior from Jonesboro studying information systems technology from, both veterans, discuss the new Illinois veterana s cash, scratch-off tickets.

The Will County Board's first of two public hearings on the controversial legalization of video poker machines drew little interest on Oct.

If TLC would have been around 20 years ago and Jim Rodgers agreed to allow his private life to be on television, there would have been quite a following for this emotional roller coaster.

On Oct. 8 Glenbard North High School held its second EKG screening for students.

Emma Knox of Carol Stream , child caregiver My bedroom is blue. My dining room is mint green and white.

Just a handful of people attended the Will County Board's first public hearing on the legalization of video poker machines.

Proposed service cuts on Pace bus routes would put an undue burden on DuPage County riders, residents and public officials said at a hearing Tuesday night.

A change to the Carol Stream fire code which eases restrictions on smoking in structures outside bars and restaurants received support from a somewhat unlikely source Monday: firefighter and village Trustee Greg Schwarze.

The American Postal Workers Union has launched a public campaign to fight the consolidation of mail processing services they claim will delay mail delivery to suburbs with 600 ZIP codes.

A Carol Stream family obtained a protective order against their mentally challenged son after he kicked the family puppy Lexi to death.

There is the 30- to 45-minute delay to warm trucks, scrape ice and load salt before snow plows, all stored outdoors, can be dispatched to clear village streets in the winter.

A Carol Stream man with apparent mental health issues remained in custody Monday after he was accused of killing his family's new puppy.

Two bills that would roll back the recent Cook County sales-tax increase and make it easier for the Cook County Board to override a veto will move on to consideration by the Illinois General Assembly after winning committee support Wednesday.

Glen Ellyn School District 41 offered counseling Thursday to students who saw a body hanging from a tree along their morning bus route.

Radio-television students brought home the gold this weekend, along with silver and bronze, from two regional award ceremonies.

A 28-year-old Carol Stream man has been charged burglarizing two Wheaton apartments.

Make no mistake, Donna Rozycki has political dreams and aspirations. Maybe she'll run for a spot on the Bloomingdale Township board.

Carol Stream officials are considering several new taxes - including the first property tax in the village's 50-year history - as possible ways to increase revenue after the Fiscal Year 2009 budget came in needing more than $1 million in cuts.