“Honestly, if I hadn’t come out yet, I wouldn’t after this — I just wouldn’t do it,” said 17-year-old Violet Mitchell, after the “anti-LGBTQ” behavior of some residents in Downers Grove prompted the ...

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Due to the new coronavirus crisis, the Downers Grove Public Library will only offer curbside pickup starting Monday. The library has set up three parking spots on Curtiss Street ...

A west suburban library that became a battleground for national culture wars is on the defensive again. Two years after the Downers Grove library was forced to cancel a planned drag queen bingo over ...

The Downers Grove Public Library canceled its upcoming Drag Queen Bingo program that was slated for Oct. 11 due to threats, the library said in a news release Monday. “Providing an inclusive, ...

Earlier this month, the Downers Grove Public Library canceled a drag queen bingo event planned for October after receiving multiple threats, including a threatening letter that contained a bullet, ...

A planned drag-themed bingo event for teens at the Downers Grove Public Library has been canceled because of threats now being investigated by local police, officials announced Monday. "Providing an ...

Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story, we reported that the Downers Grove Public Library board did not address the safety issues presented at a board meeting Wednesday night. The board ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — The Downers Grove ...

A series of threats prompted the Downers Grove Public Library to cancel a drag queen bingo event scheduled for October. Those threats obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show that one caller promised a ...