Credit Patch

The first day of school is right around the corner. Families living in DuPage County with low and reduced incomes have an opportunity to get their children prepared for the school ye...

Credit Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

The new school year is right around the corner. As parents prepare for back to school and plan doctor visits they should know there is a vaccine that students entering sixth and ninth gra...

Credit Cough medicine (File Photo) Credit Corbis

The school desk. It’s the place where essays get written, books get placed and germs congregate. As Darien parents prepare to send the kids back to school with new clothes and a boa...

Credit Lauren Williamson

The Indian Prairie Public Library at 401 Plainfield Road in Darien invites teens in grades 10-12 to participate in a free, proctored practice Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) f...

Credit Patch

Hey, parents – if you haven’t done so already, it’s time to get your kids registered for school, pay the fees and do some last-minute back-to-school shopping. And kids, it’s time to ...

Credit Patch

It always feels good to bring along a little piece of home when you head back to school.  Whether you’re an eager freshman or a wizened senior, let Darien Patch help you stay in touc...

Credit Darien Police Department

One half of a married couple from west-central Illinois accused of shooting heroin in a Darien gas station bathroom on Christmas Eve has pleaded guilty. Andrew Burr, of Walnut, plead...

Credit Joe O'Donnell

It’s hard to believe that the start of the District 86 2012-13 school year is only about five weeks away. But given the current midsummer states of Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South hig...