A Glen Ellyn man has been ordered to perform 20 hours of community service work following an incident last spring, in which his former girlfriend snapped his photograph as he allegedly tried to enter her family's home in Naperville.

Dear Bill Bliley and all non-bikers: Thank you for watching out for out fragile bodies while you are taking your time on your way home at night.

More help is on the way for local veterans going through tough times. And it can't come too soon.

On Sept. 11, Rotary Club of Wheaton President Jeff Pringle will compete in the Lake Geneva Half Extreme triathlon to raise funds for literacy.

Last Fling: End the summer on a high note at Naperville's Last Fling, 5 to 11 p.m. Sept.

Three suburban individuals has been charged with theft in connection with the thefts of exotic birds -- worth more than $5,000 -- from three suburban pet shops earlier this week.

Reservations are being taken for the Black and White Masquerade Ball at Francesca's Passaggio on South Route 59.

Police in west suburban Wheaton may have a break in their search for a group of people suspected of carrying out a string of thefts at pet stores.

For the fourth time in little more than two years, thieves have plundered a pet store on Naperville's far west side, this time stealing a rare Australian cockatoo valued at $3,300. Surveillance camera images released by the owners of the Petland store at 720 S. Route 59 show two men and two women who are suspected of making off Tuesday night with ...

That's what Judy Goltz found out during the past five years or so. She learned that some local listings provided in the AT&T phone books delivered to her Naperville home were no longer in the directories.

Starting Tuesday, Sept. 7, Wheaton Public Library will have a new set of operating hours and once again will be open on Fridays.

A Naperville man has been ordered to perform 200 hours of community service work for driving while drunk and then beating a man and a woman outside a condominium complex.

The Wheaton Marine who died last week in Afghanistan will be laid to rest Saturday.

A note to all Wheaton bikers: I was sitting at a red light at Danada Drive and Naperville Road, getting ready to make a left turn onto Naperville.

A Chicago man is free on bail and awaiting trial for allegedly having used counterfeit money last winter to obtain goods and services from at least five businesses on Naperville's far west side.

DuPage County Sheriff John E. Zaruba has announced his annual Back to School Safety Strategy and Traffic Safety Campaign.

The First Division Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton is inviting the public to hear B.G. Burkett, co-author of "Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of its Heroes and its History." The free program will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

The DuPage Center for Independent Living in Glen Ellyn will host its fifth annual Stroll & Roll fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept.

How far would you drive to see a veterinarian who a friend recommends highly and without reservation? Would you drive from Indiana or Wisconsin to a suburb in Illinois? That's exactly what many clients do who take their cats to College Station Cat Clinic in Wheaton, according to the owners of the facility.

A dorm building at Wheaton College was put on lockdown Aug. 26 after bullets were found outside the building.