Paul Brachle responded with disbelief when he was told he'd been chosen as Darien's Citizen of the Year.

Lewis University , Romeoville announced its dean's list honorees for the fall semester.

Chicago Dessert Restaurant Examiner rates this: Inside provides a really vivid Mexican feel! Riya Aarini Mi Hacienda literally means "my ranch." And what a ranch it certainly is not ! Inside Mi Hacienda is a colorful, Mexican-inspired atmosphere that likens to anything but an outdoorsy ranch.

Getting an entire town on the same page is no easy task. But the Darien Library will settle for getting Darienites on the same book.

Cass Junior High students sold candy canes and jingle bells and raised $700 for the Hinsdale Humane Society.

More than a dozen Darienites addressed the Board of Education about a variety of budget cuts at Tuesday night's public hearing regarding the 2010-2011 proposed budget.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

A Starry Night winter ball will be held Jan. 30 at the Westin Hotel, Lombard. The event includes dinner, silent and live auctions.

Kathy McAlaine, Hinsdale, writer: "I think it's pretty negative -- not too professional, not too helpful." Noreen Lassandrello, Hinsdale, homemaker: "I think there's a lot of misinformation in the TV commercials that doesn't help the process.

Panama's national police force says three guerrillas from a Colombian rebel group have been killed in a confrontation along the sparsely populated frontier between the two countries.

A Lisle village official and former Character Counts Coalition board member has been charged with retail theft, authorities said.

Chicago Dessert Restaurant Examiner rates this: Flan from Maria Pistolas Riya Aarini In a tiny nook on 75th Street in Darien, an authentic Mexican restaurant beckons you to hunt them down .

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Woodridge Community Pantry will host its annual Cabaret April 25 and is seeking sponsorships and silent auction items.

The 91 pieces chosen to create the exhibit at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook are as varied as memories themselves.

With the prospect of bringing in millions of dollars in federal funding to state schools, several area districts have signed on to participate in Illinois' Race to the Top competition.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Jim Schneider had just one reservation about accepting the invitation to direct a show at Theatre of Western Springs.

The Darien Democratic Town Committee unanimously elected a new 24-member slate. The new committee, which is comprised of 14 returning members and 10 newcomers, will begin serving a two-year term in March.

Fire damaged the garage of a home in unincorporated Downers Grove Jan. 12. According to a report from the Darien-Woodridge Fire District, the owner of the home at 5859 Belmont Road, dialed 911 at about 7:09 p.m. when he noticed smoke coming from his garage.