“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 ...

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 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 ...

Calling it the “capstone of a career well spent,” Downers Grove Public Library Director Julie Milavec recently was named the Illinois Library Association Librarian of the Year. Milavec first became ...

A dramatic, cool-toned photograph of a floating dancer overlooks the newly renovated Delta Gamma library, filling the space with color and movement. The artwork was deliberately hand-picked by DG ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Downers Grove officials have tabled a controversial proposal to change the leadership structure for the village’s politically ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- The Downers Grove Public Library, which was once at the center of a drag show controversy, now hosts the traveling Legacy Wall highlighting LGBTQ+ figures through history.

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 ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (CBS) -- A planned drag event for teens in Downers Grove has been canceled, but the controversy is far from over. As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reported, there was a packed house as ...

When the Downers Grove Public Library decided to cancel a drag queen bingo event designed for teens, it did so because the library had received threats that made going forward with the event unsafe, ...