DuPage County Archives - Chronicle Media

‘Magical’ Allstate CTA Holiday Train returns
December 7, 2022

‘It is magical’ Allstate CTA Holiday Train returns ‘The love and the hope that you guys share in the holiday season is perfect for these kiddos’ The Allstate CTA Holiday Train…
Christkindlmarkets welcoming in the holiday season in Chicago and Aurora
November 25, 2022

Christkindlmarket has returned to the Chicago area providing a memory making experience for many people who have made the market a holiday tradition. The Daley Center Plaza in downtown…
Holiday season in Aurora starts with Winter Lights
November 17, 2022

The city of Aurora’s official kick-off to the holiday season begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 with the Winter Lights event in downtown Aurora. The parade steps off at 6:30…
Cantigny Greenhouse to hold annual holiday poinsettia event
November 11, 2022

The Cantigny horticulture department will host its annual Shades of Crimson Poinsettia Display and Sale on Thursday, Nov. 17. Hours are 12 to 6 p.m. for this popular holiday event at…
Morton Arboretum opens The Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden
September 26, 2022

Sunny skies with 78 degrees provided banner weather for a garden party at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle Sept. 16. The Friday afternoon party was The Grand Garden ribbon cutting at The…
Cook County judge awards $363 million in Sterigenics case
September 20, 2022

A Cook County jury this week awarded 70-year-old Sue Kamuda with a $363 million verdict after she sued medical supply sterilization company Sterigenics, alleging the company exposed…

Growing Up X Exhibition opens at the Illinois State Museum

January 27, 2023

The Illinois State Museum (ISM) shines a spotlight on Generation X with the opening of its new exhibition, Growing Up X, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at its downtown location. The exhibition…

State commits $13 million for pre-apprenticeship program expansion

January 27, 2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded $13 million to 30 recipients to expand the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship…

Wide-ranging health care law includes popular, but controversial measures

January 26, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…

Pritzker names new director of Department of Natural Resources

January 26, 2023

Natalie Phelps Finnie has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced. Phelps Finnie, a lifelong southern Illinoisan, has served…

Giannoulias makes modernization push as secretary of state

January 24, 2023

SPRINGFIELD – For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing…

R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Illinois fifth in national farm bill funding

January 24, 2023

In this week’s wintery mix of farm and rural news we celebrate Illinois farmers’ nation-leading 2022 soybean crop, and take a look at how Illinois figures into farm bill spending….

After 10 years, Jane Byrne Interchange project completed

‘Magical’ Allstate CTA Holiday Train returns

Christkindlmarkets welcoming in the holiday season in Chicago and Aurora

Holiday season in Aurora starts with Winter Lights

Cantigny Greenhouse to hold annual holiday poinsettia event

Morton Arboretum opens The Gerard T. Donnelly Grand Garden

Cook County judge awards $363 million in Sterigenics case

STATE NEWS