Naperville News

Rounding out the talent booked for the 2014 Naperville Jaycees Last Fling, a host of locally known bands will perform at the Free Entertainment Stage.

Naperville police arrest more drunk drivers than their counterparts in nearly every other Illinois city, but some local officials would like to see them cut those numbers.

A drunken Naperville man who drove nearly 50 mph over the speed limit last summer in a residential area of the city and then resisted arrest has been sentenced in that case.

The West Aurora High School auditorium became a designated U.S. federal court room Friday, where 184 people officially became citizens in a naturalization ceremony.

Chuihuahuas are fiesty pets that are usually loyal to only one person. The breed is often misunderstood and many are ending up in shelters.

An innovation center that aims to provide entrepreneurs with space and manufacturing technology to launch their ideas is soon to have a home in DuPage County.

An area woman who spent 11 years as a fugitive after stealing from the Aurora hospital where she worked has been sentenced to jail.

BrightSide Theatre , in residence at North Central College in Naperville, announced its 2014-15 season Tuesday will feature a radio play, a comic mystery and a beloved musical.

A 17-year-old man from central Naperville has been sentenced to jail and placed on probation, for shooting a friend with a BB gun over the Fourth of July weekend in a city park.

Naperville decision-makers say they don't know which business wants to develop a research and office building on 13 acres at Warrenville Road and Lucent Lane, but they're OK with that -- so far.

Engaged couple Lucy Krol, a Hoffman Estates native, and Chad Vargo, from Pennsylvania, are in the midst of planning their May 2015 wedding.

It was a trip of a lifetime for Naperville area students who participated in the Illinois Ambassadors of Music summer Europe trip.

The move comes just over a week after a fatal crash in which a motorist accused of being intoxicated drove into a downtown quarry killing his two friends.

In honor of Harry Potter's birthday July 31, we bring you stories about and local guides to J.K. Rowling's magical world.

Kids attending schools throughout Naperville and Aurora are keeping warm during cold days and cool when classes resume in late summer, thanks to the efforts of a local mechanical engineer and his Naperville firm KJWW Engineering Consultants.

Our children come into the world hauling steamer trunks jammed with possibility.

Goro, 26, of the 1200 block of Lakewood Circle in Naperville, recently pleaded guilty to slapping a bar manager in the face and pushing a bouncer during an April 20 skirmish at Bar Louie, 22 E. Chicago Ave., in downtown Naperville.

Patrons from as far away as California and Georgia enjoyed craft beers from 100 brewers, and munched on gourmet grilled cheese, curry and pizza and burgers.

Roughly 1,000 volunteers from Calvary Church in Naperville will go into 16 sites around the community to perform cleanup projects Aug. 2 and 3. Aurora sites where the volunteers will serve include: Gates Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Bardwell Elementary, Beaupre Elementary, Hermes Elementary, Johnson Elementary, Krug Elementary, Mutual Ground, ... (more)

The fourth of six people who were arrested two years ago in an anti-prostitution effort conducted by Naperville police has been sentenced for his role in that matter.