Chuck Fieldman

Several area schools fared very well in the recently-released annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report of the top elementary schools in Illinois.

The Salvation Army has opened a new Family Store in Darien, about two weeks after it had to close its previous location in the city.

It seems fitting that the Hinsdale Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team had to defeat Bryan Middle School of Elmhurst to win the West Suburban Middle School Athletic Conference championship.

A holiday tradition in the west suburbs has returned with the Clarendon Hills Lions Club's annual Christmas tree sale.

Just four months after swearing in a new fire chief, Clarendon Hills officials will again be searching for someone to fill that position.

A longtime Hinsdale resident is helping to create a bigger buzz about the Oak Brook Park District's bee apiary at the Dean Nature Sanctuary.

The Clarendon Hills 55th Street Tax Increment Financing district has been approved by the Village Board after being scaled back in response to objections from affected school districts.

A bald eagle that was spotted standing on the street last week in Hinsdale was suspected of having bird flu and euthanized.

The Indian Head Park Village Board recognized Detective Corporal John Kissane of the village's police department along with the La Grange Park Police

A new business is planned to open in March in downtown La Grange just in time to cool people off in advance of summer.