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Naperville Sun

Monday, June 30, 2025

Monument unveiled in Plainfield for slain boy whose death ‘touched many hearts and opened the eyes of the community’

Wadee Alfayoumi was killed at his home on Oct. 14, 2023, in what Will County prosecutors described as a hate-fueled crime.

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Gov. JB Pritzker is running for reelection. Who will he pick as his No. 2?

The job of Illinois lieutenant governor will become vacant with the current occupant, Juliana Stratton, running to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

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Down to Business: Naperville biz owner says he followed God’s advice and became a locksmith

Q&A with Mark Hankes, who has owned The Lock Pros in Naperville for 20 years.

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Bored with the same-old, same-old? New Naperville boutique store’s going for ‘unique and different’

Fred & George, a boutique store selling unique decor items, jewelry, furniture and other items, has opened in downtown Naperville.

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DuPage officials hoping user will emerge to renovate Oak Cottage in Naperville’s Greene Valley Forest Preserve

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is hoping a user will emerge for Oak Cottage in Naperville’s Greene Valley Forest Preserve.

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‘Sky is the limit’ for Waubonsie Valley’s Owen Roberts, the 2025 Naperville Sun Baseball Player of the Year

The Indiana State recruit went 8-2 with a 0.49 ERA and also hit .367.

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Introducing the 2025 Naperville Sun Baseball All-Area Team

Illinois State recruit Zach Bava is among Naperville North’s three players on the first team.

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Naperville News Digest: Riverview Farmstead needs volunteers for August workday; Broadway music to be performed at Naperville parks

Roundup of small news items for the Naperville area.

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The Way We Were: Edward Hospital in 1972 unrecognizable as the facility we know today

Edward Hospital in Naperville has grown into a huge complex from the modest, former sanitorium it started as in 1955.

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Naperville Police Arrests for June 21-24

Roundup of recent arrests made by the Naperville Police Department.