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A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train in suburban Downers Grove Sunday morning. According to Downers Grove police, officers were called to the train tracks near Washington Street at ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WGN) — A person is dead after they were hit by a train in Downers Grove early Sunday morning, according to the Downers Grove Police Department (DGPD). DGPD said officers responded ...

The three-tower site in Downers Grove, Ill., formerly used by Chicago’s 1000 WMVP(AM), “ESPN 1000,” was dismantled Monday. Drone footage captured by reader Lucas Pacheco in the late morning shows the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WGN) – A man was shot ...

Businesses in Downers Grove and Woodridge were targeted during a string of overnight break-ins early Sunday morning, authorities said. Four Downers Grove businesses in two locations were hit, police ...

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the Downers Grove First United Methodist Church’s Mission, Justice and Community Work Area invites the public to join in sharing pizza, sides, ...

Downers Grove officials have tabled a controversial proposal to change the leadership structure for the village’s politically embattled library. A nonbinding referendum asking whether to replace the ...

A west suburban library that became a battleground for national culture wars is on the defensive again. Two years after the Downers Grove library was forced to cancel a planned drag queen bingo over ...

A family-owned pizza spot in Downers Grove is packing them in with their neopolitan pizzas. Lantern Pizza has been voted Suburban Life's Reader's Choice finest pizza for the second year in a row.

Lantern Pizza lights up Downers Grove with award-winning pies A family-owned pizza spot in Downers Grove is packing them in with their neopolitan pizzas. Lantern Pizza has been voted Suburban Life's ...