The 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch around the Suburban Life coverage area.

As the 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

A man who shot a pregnant woman in 2022 in Willowbrook has been sentenced to 48 years in prison.

A Willowbrook man is being detained following accusations of attempted sexual assault in Hinsdale and of grabbing women in Downers Grove and Darien.

York junior Caroline Coan, who won the Class 2A state championship for the school's first tennis state title to cap off a 31-2 season, is the Suburban Life Girls Tennis Player of the Year. Read more about her in this Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

With the holiday shopping season approaching, Oswego-based environmental Diane Osgood, will talk about how consumers can use their purchasing power to reduce waste and support the environment.

DuPage County plans to shift funds to support food pantries that have become a lifeline for people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy groceries

Hinsdale Central sophomore Michael Jorski, who was fifth at the Class 3A state meet, won the West Suburban Silver championship, was second at regionals and tied for third at sectionals, is the Suburban Life Boys Golfer of the Year. Read more about him in this Q&A with Josh Welge.

Pace’s 2026 budget is supported by $18.9 million in new funding from state legislation and includes significant service and program investments without increasing fares

A $30 scratch-off lottery ticket purchased in Villa Park provided a life-changing $3 million win for a lucky Illinois lottery player.

Downers Grove South senior Miah Wanserski, who became the program's first conference champion this fall, also won the regional meet, took fourth at sectionals and capped it off by finishing second at the Class 2A state meet, is the Suburban Life Girls Golfer of the Year.

Get a sneak peak at Morton Arboretum's "Illumination: Tree Lights" holiday light show at IllumiBrew on Friday, Nov. 14.

Buoyed by a raucous Kane County crowd, Republican candidates in the Illinois gubernatorial primary race debated taxes, crime and electability Monday.

Here's a look at the countywide races in DuPage County

The stable of DuPage Democrats running for county board seats or countywide office far outnumber those on the Republican side.

Westmont’s next recycling event will be held on Nov. 22

The West Suburban Food Pantry is facing new challenges as the need for food continues to increase

Let’s take a closer look at what we can do to promote pollinators in our yards that can be done without spending a lot of time or money.

Two years ago this month, the Graue Mill dam was removed and, with it, the constant din of rushing water. The move led to a newly revitalized stretch of Salt Creek

Recycle holiday lights in Wheaton through the end of January

 Metra will be operating its popular Holiday Trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December.

An Aurora middle school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a former student who is underage, DuPage County authorities said Saturday.

One person was killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on westbound I-290 in Elmhurst, authorities said.

An Army reservist and Elmhurst University student developed an AI tool to help veterans learn more about their benefits.

After spending much of his life in the military as the son of a veteran, Downers Grove resident Donnie Fields has held various civilian job helping vets

Joliet police detective Jeremy Eaton addresses mental health in veterans through five different outlets.

Navy veteran Marylee Leu is serving her community after working as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman both home and abroad

Downers Grove veteran Jason Wales joined the Army after 9/11 and had a military career that included serving as an air traffic controller in Iraq

Check out the photos from our Thank You Veterans special section in DuPage County for 2025.

Why smash pumpkins? Because it’s fun. Why else smash pumpkins? Because recycling pumpkins into smushed, nutrient-rich compost for soil and gardening prevents build-up in landfills creating more of a trick than a treat for the environment.

The Soweto Gospel Choir, a 20-member South African ensemble, will perform at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn Nov. 8.

Roadside safety checks results released for October.

The new Crisis Recovery Center in DuPage County has gotten off to a strong start after opening in nearly two months ago

The League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn will host a community panel, “Combatting Poverty fom 7 to 8:15 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Glen Ellyn Police Station Community Room, 535 Duane St.

Lisa Rasin's dedication to the Downers Grove community was recognized recently when she received the Montrew Dunham Award

Like it or not, there are a few gardening chores left before shutting down for the year and starting to plan next year.

A Villa Park teenager accused of punching a Villa Park police officer in the face after leading police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said

Kane, DuPage and McHenry county mayors “remain very concerned that not having equity in voting on the new NITA board will set them up to be absolutely steamrolled,” state Sen. Don DeWitte said.

An Addison man has been charged with felonies after authorities said he fired multiple gunshots at police, striking one officer in a protective vest during a four-hour standoff at his home Thursday.

Illinois State Police Troop 3 will conduct roadside safety checks in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties during November.

With videos circulating of masked ICE agents using tear gas and chemical agents to disperse protesters, condemned by immigrant advocates as increasingly aggressive tactics, the Illinois General Assembly sent to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk a bill supporters say protects due process.

Downers Grove resident James Schiffer has run haunted front yard in Downers Grove for the past 14 years

The Halloween Lights Trolley Tours run Thursday and Friday in Naperville, while the Great Midwest Train Show is Sunday in Wheaton.

DuPage County Board members not receptive to clerk’s request for additional funding

From Capitol News Illinois: The plan calls for raising the existing Regional Transportation Authority sales tax by 0.25 percentage points, to 1% in Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage and Will counties and 1.25% in Cook County

A man fired multiple gunshots at police officers, striking one in a protective vest, during an hourslong standoff Thursday at an Addison home, authorities said.

Illinois State Police will conduct Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties.

Aqua America, the company which owns area water supplier Aqua Illinois, has been sold. It supplies water in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Will counties, among others.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has taken another step toward replacing a charming but rickety bridge that once led to a religious retreat house.

Search our table to see what designation your DuPage County school received on the 2025 school report card.