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Naperville man fatally struck by car Tuesday night, police say

October 14, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

The pedestrian fatality occurred near Sherman and East Ogden Avenues.

The Walgreens store at 400 S. Main St. in downtown Naperville on Oct. 8, 2026. (Carolyn Stein/Naperville Sun)

Walgreens-anchored downtown Naperville property sells for $7.25 million; few short-term changes expected

October 14, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

A property anchored by a Walgreens drugstore in downtown Naperville and previously floated as an opportunity for new mixed-use retail and residential development has a new owner.

Edward Hospital, now called Endeavor Health Edward Hospital, in Naperville on June 27, 2016. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai)

1,000 nurses at Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville move to unionize

October 13, 2026 at 3:17 p.m.

Nurses at Endeavor Health Edward Hospital have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election – part of a broader effort by nurses across...

The outside of Cafe Purrfection at 1550 N. Route 59 in Naperville on Oct. 6, 2026. Cafe Purrfection is a new cat cafe that will open later this fall. (Carolyn Stein/Naperville Sun)

A new cat cafe is opening in Naperville later this fall

October 11, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

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.

Bar Louie at 2835 Showplace Drive in Naperville is one of more than two dozen restaurants participating in the inaugural Taste of Naperville. (Bar Louie)

Hungry for a deal? Taste of Naperville offers budget-friendly bites at local restaurants

October 12, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

Hungry for a deal? Taste of Naperville offers budget-friendly bites at local restaurants.

Members of The Actual Naperville Running Club gather for a "secret service-themed" run in Naperville on Aug. 29, 2026, where members were asked to dress in all black. The Actual Naperville Run Club was started to help people in their 20s find community in the suburbs. (The Actual Naperville Running Club)

This Naperville-based run club is giving 20-somethings a reason to stay in the suburbs

October 9, 2026 at 8:24 a.m.

The Actual Naperville Running Club has brought together dozens of people ages 18 to 28 living in Chicago's western suburbs.

Pulte Homes has withdrawn plans to build a new housing development on 32 acres of wooded land on 75th Street in unincorporated Naperville after facing opposition to the project. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Pulte pulls plug on controversial Naperville Ridge housing project

October 7, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Naperville City Council was to vote on Naperville Ridge Tuesday but Pulte Homes withdrew the project before the meeting's start.

The 310,000-square-foot IKEA store in Bolingbrook, seen here on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, will be closing in 2027 to make way for a new location in Naperville as part of the Block 59 development in Naperville, located off Route 59. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

IKEA to close its Bolingbrook store for new, smaller location in Naperville

October 6, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

IKEA is closing its Bolingbrook store and building a new one in Naperville’s Block 59 development.

Naperville's Transportation Advisory Board signed off on an updated bike and pedestrian improvement plan Thursday night. The plan now heads to the city council for a final vote. (Tess Kenny/Naperville Sun)

Naperville transportation panel OKs updated bike and pedestrian plan, heads to City Council

October 3, 2026 at 12:08 p.m.

Naperville’s Transportation Advisory Board approved an update to the city’s bicycle and pedestrian plan – the first update of its kind in decades.

This rendering shows two-story townhomes for the proposed housing development "Towns at Naper Commons." These townhomes are slated to be built on the site of a rejected data center in Naperville. (Pulte)

Townhome project slated for site of rejected data center heads to Planning and Zoning Commission

October 3, 2026 at 10:28 a.m.

A 262-unit townhouse/rowhouse development planned for the site of a rejected data center is set to go before the Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission.

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