“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 officials have tabled a controversial proposal to change the leadership structure for the village’s politically embattled library. A nonbinding referendum asking whether to replace 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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
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 ...