Cafe Purrfection is planning to open in Naperville in mid-November, bringing cats and coffee to a strip mall near the intersection of McDowell Road and North Route 59.

The men in the old "Saturday Night Live" skit would not have believed the news Friday. No, it can’t be true, Bill Swerski’s Superfans would’ve said. Mike Ditka can’t be gone.

Nobody embodied Bears football more than Mike Ditka, who became the face of the franchise as both a Hall of Fame tight end and a Super Bowl-winning coach.

For roughly one week, Naperville diners can savor a little bit of everything the city has to offer with the inaugural Taste of Naperville.

Naperville leaders denied a data center proposed for the northwest corner of Naperville and Warrenville roads, but a subdivision of 262 townhouses at the same site could be on its way toward approval.

Democrat Yeena Yoo is challenging incumbent Gwen Henry, a Republican, for DuPage County treasurer.

Roundup of recent arrests made by the Naperville Police Department.