Downers Grove News

Uncle Bub's in Westmont, IL. is celebrating their 12th Anniversary on Monday, November 9th. As a gesture of goodwill and in thanksgiving for those 12 years, several specials will be offered from 11- 8 including their famous pulled pork sandwiches for $1.12. Uncle Biub's goal was to offer an authentic alternative in the Western Suburbs. 12 years later, the family owned business is still delivering up authentic pit smoked BBQ, entering competitions, and was included as a filming location for the movie "Witless Protection." (Photo courtesy of www.unclebubs.com)

The Grove Players will present the first production of their 74th season, the musical "Man of LaMancha" by Dale Wasserman at 8 p.m. Nov.

A Berwyn man was arrested Nov. 5 in connection with a residential burglary in Downers Grove.

Downers Grove, IL A- November 6, 2009 A- Vein Clinics of America announced today its commitment of $150,000 to the American College of Phlebology Foundation over the next five years.

When artists imagine the dead, the undead, and the deadly, they are usually trying to terrify us.

Fire investigators say that food left cooking on the stove of a townhouse in unincorporated Downers Grove overnight led to a fire Wednesday morning that caused $5,000 in damage and sent sent two women to a hospital.

A 37-year-old Dixon man is in critical condition after a Sunday night crash in Sugar Grove.

Train enthusiasts young and old are sure to enjoy a whistle-stop tour of 2Toots Train Whistle Grill, a train-themed restaurant with two locations in the western suburbs.

The investigation is continuing into the shooting of two people in a house in an unincorporated area near Glen Ellyn last week.

Q. What can I do for my pet to ease the stress of Halloween? My poor dog gets as stressed out as he does from the fireworks on the 4th of July.

There was a time not long along when studies of folks eating meals away from home stood at nearly two out of every three.

Nothing says Halloween fun quite like a Village of Fear at the Naper Settlement Oct.

A Downers Grove man has been arrested by DuPage County Sheriff's Police in connection with residential burglaries that occurred in unincorporated Downers Grove during the past few weeks.

Dominic Messina didn't think twice when he saw a car sinking in a Lombard retention pond, its headlights still on.

A Lisle family's two dogs were able to escape a fire at their home Tuesday, a blaze that fire officials say was the result of unattended grease left on the kitchen stove.

Two people have been charged in connection with an early Monday morning shooting that injured a 26-year-old Lombard man.

If you are pregnant and want to learn the sex of your child an ultrasound or sonogram can assist you in your quest.

WOODSTOCK – A 26-year-old man accused of leaving a car accident that covered three small children with broken glass left something else behind – his license plate, police said.

A 26-year-old Downers Grove man is facing a felony count of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident in in McHenry Saturday night, authorities said.

At 17, Lauren Patten has the kind of resume many older actors would envy. The Downers Grove native, who appears in Chicago Children Theatre's current production of "The Hundred Dresses," has been doing TV commercials since preschool - and live theater for almost as long.