Winfield News

Winfield police are hunting for a man who robbed the Winfield Community Bank at 27W111 Geneva Road just after 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is in for upgrades next year, but the taxpayers aren't expected to feel the expense.

In last week's column I started to tell the story of my eighth grade reunion. Today, I bring my readers back to John's Buffet, a tavern in Winfield, Ill., where 63-year old people are remembering incidents that happened 50 years ago.Several members of the class, as requested, brought "trivia questions" about their days at St.

GENEVA – Andrew Woods loves the Swedish Days Parade. After all, it gives him an opportunity each year to don his chain mail and ride in a miniature mock Viking ship through downtown Geneva to the cheers of the thousands that line the parade route.

A Florida man is recovering from stab wounds he sustained during an altercation at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, authorities said Friday.

Crescent Street in Wheaton is the place for tragic firsts this summer. Wheaton resident Micheal Scalzo, 40, of 804 Crescent St., was stabbed to death June 19 in the first homicide Wheaton has seen in eight years, according to police Chief Mark Field.

Rare is the new-home builder these days who does not offer a "flex room" -- a room that can serve more than one purpose or can evolve as the buyer's needs change.

The Planter's Palette in Winfield will host a benefit garden walk from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28.

Kevin O'Donnell of St. Charles was listening to music at Lincoln Park when reporter Brenda Schory asked him nine questions for The Chronicle.

Geckos and other reptiles will be available for purchase at the Lake County Reptile Show.

A 24-year-old Wheaton mother accused of abandoning her newborn son is scheduled appear in bond court this morning on the corresponding charges.

ST. CHARLES – One person was killed after a car crashed into a tree in the 3100 block of Royal Fox Drive early Sunday morning.

Police are questioning a woman they believe may be the mother of a baby boy found abandoned Friday in a yard in Wheaton.

Donald "Butch" Kribbs of Hoffman Estates receives his combat medic badge more than 40 years after serving in the Vietnam War.

Declaring the beginning of "a new era," Winfield leaders Friday announced the hiring of Curt Barrett as the next village manager.

It all began last March when I heard an unfamiliar voice on my answering machine.

Merit Homes has opened its Carrington model at The Enclave at The Reserve at the Merit Club in Libertyville .

Annabelle Garrett, 10, center, peeks out of a Ghille suit, which is from Scotland and was used by snipers in WWII.

Who knew fake blood attracts bugs, or that dance routines are harder on a hill? When local theater groups take their performances outside, they often find a host of challenges that don't come up when their venues have four walls and a roof.

Costs to cover under- or uninsured patients at Edward Hospital in Naperville increased by nearly 50 percent last year.