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Due to low Metra commuters, Harry’s Cafe will be closing permanently on August 7 after 42 years at Naperville’s 5th Avenue Train Station.

City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance establishing zoning for recreational cannabis stores and set a workshop for affordable housing.

Anderson’s Bookshop is having a virtual launch event for the book on August 11th for the new book “The Living Dead” featuring a discussion with its co-author, Daniel Kraus.

Former Naperville Riverwalk builders, Hal Dickson and Chuck Papanos, have died. Both spent decades working on the riverwalk.

Short-term rentals like Airbnb and Vrbo could be checking out of Naperville for up to six months, after the topic was discussed at a city council meeting.

Elzbieta Plackowska, a 48-year-old former Naperville woman who was found guilty of stabbing her 7-year-old son Justin and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting had her conviction affirmed by an appellate court this week.

The Naperville Park District Police Department is celebrating 50 years. The Park Police were officially formed on April 30, 1970.

A Boston Terrier puppy was stolen from a Naperville Petland. The Naperville Crime Stoppers are looking for information about those who may be responsible.

District 203 shared their updated return to school plan, Return to Learn 2.0. The first day of school is September 1 and all students will start remotely.

Indian Prairie School District 204 had a special board meeting tonight where district staff unveiled their remote learning plan for the fall.

Kaitlyn Zhou was awarded a in the UN Refugee Agency’s art contest, the theme: everyone counts in the fight against coronavirus, including refugees.