A 32-acre tract of land being sold to developer Pulte Homes by the DuPage Water Commission could be annexed into Naperville or Woodridge or built out in unincorporated DuPage County, officials say.

Here’s our guide to July 4 fireworks displays in the Chicago area, with shows from almost a hundred communities.

Northwest Indiana fireworks stores do boffo business around the Fourth of July as laws bar the sale of them in Illinois. The parking lot at Krazy Kaplans in Hammond was filled with Illinois license plates on Tuesday.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.

A former lawmaker and deputy governor, Christian Mitchell now oversees civic engagement at the University of Chicago. Current Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton is running for US Senate.

Roundup of small news items for the Naperville area.

A stove fire Monday morning left four apartments uninhabitable and caused $100,000 in damage to a complex in the 1600 block of Country Lakes Drive, the Naperville Fire Department said.

Roundup of recent arrests made by the Naperville Police Department.

Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list.