Naperville News

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison, after being convicted of burglarizing a room at an independent senior living retirement community on Naperville's far northwest side, where he worked as a housekeeper.

The storefront next door to it, then the home of Wilma's Cafe, was ruined by fire 15 years ago.

Submitted by the Naperville Park District Governor Pat Quinn announced on July 7 the awarding of $7 million for the FY 2014 Park and Recreation Construction grants in Naperville, Aurora and West Chicago, which included a $2.5 million grant for the Naperville Park District for development of the District's planned Activity Center.

A day after President Obama asked Congress to quickly pass a $3.7 billion spending measure to address the influx of migrant children arriving at the country's southwest border, local advocates gathered at a church in Naperville to reiterate the need to speed up efforts to reform the nation's immigration laws.

With an undergraduate degree from University of Illinois at Chicago and a graduate degree from Northwestern University, Shepard takes it upon himself to educate his clients to ensure that they are knowledgeable consumers.

A charcoal grill caused a blaze at a Naperville town home Sunday, fire officials said.

The Village of Bolingbrook issued a response to residents late last week, following a June 30 storm that produced several tornadoes in northern Illinois - including an EF-1 twister that touched down in nearby Romeoville and Plainfield.

Elected officials in both cities have taken steps to recognize the Indian populations within their borders, with Naperville Mayor George Pradel creating a volunteer Indian community outreach manager position last fall and the Aurora City Council under Mayor Tom Weisner taking steps to establish the Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board ... (more)

Submitted by the Forest Preserve District of Will County: The Forest Preserve District of Will County will get its fifth dog park, and the City of Joliet its first, when Rock Run Preserve - McClintock Road Access opens on July 19 during a special celebration.

Based on her own extensive experience being treated for and attempting to prevent cancer, Sheila Tucker strongly urges people to learn their family history, make time to see their doctor, stay on schedule with mammograms and other screenings, and take advantage of genetic testing.

Naperville police officers, paramedics and workers in the emergency room of Edward Hospital got a bit of a gift during the Naperville Exchange Club's Ribfest 2014 last weekend.

A 25-year-old man with a significant criminal record remained Tuesday in DuPage County Jail, after being arrested and charged in the Fourth of July burglary of a house on Naperville's north side.

Naperville police are seeking the public's help in solving an attempted break-in late last month at a home near the city's East Highlands neighborhood.

Smash Mouth and Vertical Horizon will be the Main Stage headline acts on Aug. 31 at Last Fling in Naperville.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Naperville Heritage Society Board of Directors and the Naper Settlement Museum Board announced the appointment of Macarena Tamayo-Calabrese as the Heritage Society and Naper Settlement's second full-time president and CEO in its 45-year history.

The Naperville Park District will get a $2.5 million state grant to help pay for the creation of the new recreation center to be built on the city's north side.

A Group Mission Trips work camp crew - left to right, Cameron Little of Verona, Va., 14-year-old Riley Swanson, of Nashville, and adult chaperones Wendy Ley, of Naperville, and Matt Smiley, of Danville - checks to see if two wooden posts are plumb, as the homeowner, Howard Webb, looks on.

The Knoch Knolls Homeowners Association staged its 11th annual Fourth of July parade Friday, drawing about 250 people to an event that's become an annual mid-summer event to attend in south Naperville.

Until Sept. 1, Naperville police officers will be on a quest. Instead of chasing down people for doing something wrong, the police will be "rewarding" bicyclists demonstrating good safety practices.

William Carrerro and Paul Mitchell haul away a bag containing a large advertising balloon that had been displayed near the main stage of Ribfest in Naperville.