If you aren’t familiar with this story, it’s a surprising and sad one. 27 year-old Daniel Olaska is charged with stabbing second-grade teacher Shaun Wild to death inside Frankie’s Blue Room in downtown Naperville. It is reported that Wild had tried to calm a tense confrontation between Olaska and one of Wild’s friends. This just…
Food pantries in DuPage County serve thousands of area families every year; there are nearly fifty pantries serving the county. If you are looking for food assistance or wanting to make a donation to a local pantry, the list below is a great starting-point. Whenever possible, we have linked the food pantry named to their…
It’s the day after Christmas and you have presents to return or exchange. These are the local retail stores you do NOT want to go to on December 26th to make a gift return or gift exchange. #3 – Kohl’s Kohl’s is a great store, but there will be so many people rushing in to…
Highlands Elementary School in Naperville will be holding an infant and preschool fall clothing resale fundraiser on Thursday, September 15th and Friday, September 16th. Items for sale include infant through six year-old sized clothing, coats, shoes, and Halloween costumes. Hours: Thursday, Sep. 15 – 9:00AM-2:00PM and 6:30PM-8:30PM Friday, Sep 16 – 9:00AM-1:00PM (many items half…
Too often, we think we have to go downtown Chicago to visit an excellent museum, but this is absolutely not the case. Conveniently located near downtown Elmhurst, is the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art. What is Lapidary Art you ask? Lapidary is the art of cutting and polishing stone.
Granted, I do not fully understand the way gasoline is priced, but let’s face it, gas prices go up – period. I’m not talking about inflation, or the fact that most goods and services will naturally increase in price over extended time periods. This isn’t like that. Gas prices are far more artificially-influenced.
Get over to groupon.com by this Friday, November 2nd, and pick up a groupon to the DuPage County Children’s Museum in downtown Naperville. For just $17 you get admission for four to the museum (a 55% savings off the regular admission price). Pick up a couple of extras as gifts (makes a great stocking-stuffer). You…
It’s not every day that a seemingly ordinary traffic stop leads to a major multi-million dollar drug bust, but that’s exactly what happened when police caught up with Herasmo Herrera last September. A Villa Park man nabbed in a $3 million cocaine bust will serve at least eight years in prison for possessing about 70…
With the first day of school mere weeks away, the endless summer days, are in fact, coming to an end (and kids everywhere groan). Below is a list of school starting dates coming in the next few weeks. These are organized by school district. Please be sure to verify the dates and time details with…
Today through Thursday, Ten Thousand Villages store in Glen Ellyn is sponsoring four local organizations. 15% of all store sales between the hours of 5PM and 8PM will be donated. Get some of your Christmas shopping done and help local organizations in the process.
