Naperville News

Ty Pennington will join grilling and outdoor living authority Sears at Ribfest on June 30.

The last cars of the Advance Flyer train were shattered by the impact of the Exposition Flyer.

The map at the top of this page shows the locations and details on police reports provided by theA Lake in the Hills Police Department A and theA Algonquin Police Department A over the past week.

Grinnell College baseball player Mike Nodzenski '12 has received several honors over his career, and now he has collected one of the biggest.

Broadwind Energy Inc., a U.S. provider of steel towers for wind turbines, fell after the U.S. Commerce Department proposed duties of as much as 26 percent on competing products imported from China.

A convicted burglar who was released from prison less than six weeks ago has been arrested again, this time for allegedly breaking into at least three vehicles over the Memorial Day weekend on Naperville's near north side.

An Aurora man arrested last week for allegedly peeping into bedroom windows has now been charged with possessing child pornography, police said Wednesday.

Off-duty deputies from DuPage County Sheriff John E. Zaruba's office will participate Friday in the annual "Cop on Top" fundraiser for Special Olympics.

Wheatland Township is getting on board with a program that provides transportation to local seniors.

Sunday, May 27 Drunken driving Andrew Vega, 21, of the 1300 block of Webster Street in Naperville, was charged with drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident and driving without insurance after an incident at 5:10 a.m. on Route 34 at Route 31, Oswego police said.

Katie Sexton of Maple Park sits with her 10-month-old daughter, Bridget Erickson.

The last month has been a whirlwind for Lauren Armendariz and Andrew Hansen. The couple became engaged on May 5, which was exciting news in itself.

Randy Suchy, a former Marine, drowned while trying to save a 12-year-old boy caught in the Geneva dam in the Fox River.

Sections of Naperville's Metra commuter parking lots will be temporarily closed for weekend maintenance throughout the month of June to accommodate construction work that is part of the city's Municipal Parking Lot Improvement Project.

Good news for all you animal lovers out there. Windy the wonder dog, the stray mutt with the 5-pound tumor who eluded capture for six months before getting rescued by Aurora Animal Control in January, now has a permanent home - thanks in large part to the folks at ADOPT Pet Shelter in Naperville.

ChildServ invites the public June 20 to Ruffled Feathers Gold Court in Lemont for a golf outing to benefit its programs for children and their families.

A 46-year-old Wheaton woman appeared in DuPage County court Tuesday morning to schedule the setting of her trial for prostitution charges .

Wheaton police reported the following license arrests: Police arrested a Warrenville man for driving on a suspended license Tuesday, May 22.

From the Exchange Club of Naperville The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2012 Ribfest Committee are pleased to announce the appearance of moe.

Welcome to Job Central, our weekly column listing local job advertisements and descriptions.