DuPage County

IC Catholic Prep, after a dramatic semifinal win over rival Montini, knocked off two-time defending champion Washington 46-17 in the Class 2A final for the first state dual team championship in program history.

Hinsdale South junior Callie Carr capped off a 39-0 season Saturday with her first state championship, while Montini senior Kat Bell and Glenbard East junior Nadiia Shymkiv took second in their respective brackets.

UW-Stevens Point commit Bobby Grganto was dominant inside with 20 points, Jack Crowley hit two big threes during a second half run and Downers Grove North locked down defensively to pull away and beat West Aurora 52-45 to win the Class 4A Downers Grove South Regional title.

Wheaton Warrenville South rallied from a 17-2 deficit to beat York in overtime in the Proviso West Regional final, Glenbard East won its first regional since 2020, four area girls advanced to the state wrestling semis and Montini and IC Catholic advanced to the dual team semis.

Montini cut the nets down for the fourth straight season following a 64-43 victory over IC Catholic Prep as they claimed another regional championship at its home gym on Friday night in Lombard.

Top-seeded Glenbard West (26-5) survived a scare from No. 9 Addison Trail, outlasting the Blazers, 74-73 in double-overtime to capture a Class 4A regional basketball title Friday night in Addison.

Benet and Oswego East combined for just three field goals in the fourth quarter as the Redwings claimed a 49-40 win to collect a regional title on the Wolves' home court.

Hinsdale South junior Callie Carr has made state the last two years, and came a win short of medaling last season. Now she returns to Bloomington this weekend with a 35-0 record, and titles hopes. "I need more."

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is skipping a potential third term as the county’s top cop and setting his sights instead on the governor’s mansion.

Missouri commit Nikki Kerstein turned in a masterful effort with 24 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals, leading Montini past DePaul Prep 48-31 to the 21st sectional title in program history.

Makenna Yeager scored 22 points, helping lead Glenbard West to a 46-39 win over Batavia in the Class 4A St. Charles East Sectional final for the Hilltoppers' first sectional title since 1999.

Two nights after a scoreless game, Waubonsie Valley sophomore Maya Pereda scored a career-high 12 points with the game's two biggest shots, and the Warriors – after leading by 17 – held off a furious Benet rally for a 66-61 win in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional final.

Brightening midwinter will be concerts spanning diverse styles, along with a Market Craft Fair and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra appearing in the western suburbs.

The SEASPAR-Kiwanis Aktion Club will hold spaghetti dinner fundraiser on March 3

Local home construction businesses are bracing for a fair bit of uncertainty as proposed tariffs on a wide range of building materials are leaving many unknowns.

The People’s Resource Center recently opened a a two-building campus in Wheaton

Andrew Hill scored 35 points to lead IC Catholic Prep to a record 25th win and a regional final, and York and Glenbard West were among the other teams to advance to Friday regional finals.

The West Suburban Community Pantry has appointed Linda Crouchelli its director of development and marketing.

Maura Grogan scored 17 points and Mary Kate Hilgart 13, and IC Catholic Prep rolled past Westmont 49-32 to advance to Thursday's Class 2A Lisle Sectional final.

Nazareth's 'special' season that included a 23-game winning streak dating back to December nearly ended in the program's fourth straight sectional final, but Kenwood came back in the fourth quarter to beat the Roadrunners 72-71 in Tuesday's sectional semifinal.

Wheaton College has become embroiled in the national debate about the actions of President Donald Trump.

Benet used a fourth quarter surge to finish off Downers Grove North in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional on Tuesday.

Lyons junior Emma O'Brien, after a scoreless first half, caught fire in the third quarter with 18 of her 20 points, but the Lions could not overcome a cold start in a 65-52 loss to young in the Class 4A Lyons Sectional semifinal.

IC Catholic continued its impressive postseason run Tuesday night by beating Niles Notre Dame, 49-27, at the Class 2A Wheeling Dual Team Sectional and qualifying to the IHSA dual team state tournament.

A pedestrian was fatally struck Tuesday morning by an inbound Metra train in Downers Grove. authorities said.

A motion was granted Monday to deny pre-trial release for a Burr Ridge man accused of attacking his mother, Virna Rodriguez, with a hammer in the family home Feb. 22.

A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday afternoon by a Metra train in Downers Grove, authorities said.

A motion was granted Sunday to detain pre-trial a Chicago woman accused of stealing merchandise from the Oak Brook Lululemon store and then leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

Here is the boys basketball postseason schedule for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Brody Kelly erased the bittersweet experience of last year's narrow defeat with an emphatic win in the Class 2A 175-pound final, leading IC Catholic Prep's three state champs while Montini won two titles and Lemont's Judah Heeg sprung a stunning upset in the 190-pound final.

Led by all-around champion Genevieve Herion, who won beam and was second on vault, Downers Grove co-op wrapped up its second state gymnastics title in three years on Saturday. Uneven bars champ Nora Terhaar’s winning mark helped Prairie Ridge edge Lincoln-Way co-op for second.

A motion was granted Saturday to detain three Cook County residents accused of stealing a high-end SUV earlier this month and leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

Muddassir Siddiqi will take the helm of the College of DuPage as the eighth president in school history, a role that has him returning to Illinois.

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man accused of possessing more than 100 grams of illegal narcotics and leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

Can Hinsdale Central survive a CPS gauntlet and win a sectional on its home floor? Will Glenbard West paint Champaign green and white again? How much will Benet's home court help in sectionals? And what about Class 3A and 2A? Here are boys basketball playoff storylines to watch.

Glenbard West seniors Makenna Yeager and Julia Benjamin combined for 29 points and led the Hilltoppers to a 47-36 victory over Wheaton Warrenville South to claim their first regional championship since 2006 on Friday night.

Montini and IC Catholic Prep each had four wrestlers win Class 2A semifinal matches Friday at the IHSA state wrestling tournament and will wrestle for state championships Saturday night. Lemont's Judah Heeg also advanced to the championship match.

IC Catholic Prep captured its third regional championship in four years with a 45-21 win against Timothy Christian on Friday in the Class 2A IC Catholic Prep Regional final in Elmhurst.

Downers Grove co-op's Genevieve Herion added to her long list of accomplishments while putting the Trostangs in wonderful position to win a state championship. The senior won the all-around Friday, and her team scored a school-record 148.45 points at the state meet.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for robbing a 7-Eleven store in Elmhurst.

Moments after doing a presentation, the president of Advocate Samaritan Hospital was in surgery where colleagues were saving his life

Ady Fanta hit two big 3-pointers midway through the fourth quarter, allowing Downers Grove North to gain separation in an eventual 39-31 win over Plainfield North in the Class 4A Plainfield North Regional final.

Lyons girls basketball won a regional title for its program record 31st win, Nazareth, Montini and Glenbard South all rolled to regional titles and IC Catholic Prep and Montini advanced multiple wrestlers to Friday's state semifinals.

Benet's Ava Mersinger and Ava Thomas limited Naperville North star guard Natalie Frempong to six points, and the top-seeded Redwings overwhelmed the Huskies 64-13 for Benet's 11th straight regional title.

A motion was granted Thursday to revoke pre-trial release for a Bloomingdale man newly charged with possessing a stolen car, prosecutors said.

From a stage musical to a Neil Simon comedy, to toys and kits for sale, to an internationally flavored restaurant week and Celtic melodies, fun awaits across the suburbs.

A motion to deny pre-trial release for a two-time convicted felon who was allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun was granted Wednesday, prosecutors said.

Jaxon Lane has already checked off one item of unfinished business in his athletic calendar this school year. Two more to go. The Montini senior, who lost in the blood round at state last year, is one of 10 Broncos' qualifiers at this weekend's state meet in Champaign.

Here are the Suburban Life-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

A West Chicago man will serve 10 years in jail after his involvement in fatal accident