Today, there's a wheelchair ramp and a blue cooler outside the Zegarski family's Naperville home.

Many Naperville Central students see a bright future after touring the building for the first time Tuesday evening.

Is Route 59 becoming the new Indy 500? Last Friday, two Plainfield men were arrested and face charges of street racing after being clocked at 106 mph.

A recent candidate for the office of Lisle Township clerk is free on bail, after allegedly striking a Naperville police officer who had been called on to settle a neighborhood parking dispute.

Three men have been arrested for their roles in what is believed to be a massive indoor marijuana-growing operation in Naperville and Bolingbrook.

My homeowners association includes many great neighbors. By working hard on property maintenance, they do their part to keep the value of all of our homes up, even in a down economy.

Mr. and Mrs. Kim Jackson of Seneca are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their son, Matthew Robert Jackson, to Natalie Elizabeth Stone of Hayward, Wis.

Many working parents have wanted to be a fly on the wall at their child's day care.

We have come a long way in the animal welfare movement. Even though we have much more work to do, some numbers have shown a positive trend.

On Monday morning, Jill Bushman's fourth graders were writing goals for the year in their Oak Park Elementary classroom when an announcement intruded.

A 20-year-old Naperville man has been arrested on felony charges of possession of child pornography, nearly three months to the day after his father was arrested on identical charges.

A North Central College alumnus, Kevin Manno, will host a new show this fall on MTV.

In nearly two decades of listening to excuses, private investigator Bill Beitler can easily recall the strangest reason a parent gave for why she knowingly enrolled her son in an out-of-district public school.

Heat and a threat of rain may have kept festivalgoers away for the first two days, but Saturday and Sunday made up for it at South Elgin's annual RiverFest Express, organizers said.

Here's to lazy summer days. Really, the last lazy day, if you're starting school this week.

Rain flooded it the first time this year, but the Naperville Sunrise Rotary is giving a Dinky Triathlon a second chance.

It's hard to have a nice dinner with someone and not leave the table as friends.

I haven't been called in to the principal's office for some years now, but unless my memory is playing tricks, it wasn't as scary as I recalled.

Devin DeLegge put the finishing touches on his red, white and blue masterpiece. And while the work of art may never make it to a gallery wall, the child's creation is sure to make someone's day.

After a Naperville City Council meeting in June, I wrote that the subject of term limits evokes powerful passions on all sides of the discussion.