Movies
Co-adapted by Bret Easton Ellis from Michael Hornburg’s 2001 novel, “The Curse of Downers Grove” seems to be jumping on that 1990s teen slasher bandwagon two decades too late.
Aug. 20, 2015
Travel & Experiences
Don Parrish of Downers Grove, Ill., on Quinchao Island in Chile.
Dec. 16, 2016
Sports
Tom Schuler of Downers Grove, Ill., won the 30-mile men’s professional race as part of the 15th leg in the Wheat Thins Mayor’s Cup bicycling series.
Sept. 3, 1985
Books
Supplying characters with names defining their personalities all but vanished after the Victorian era, when most authors agreed to let behavior speak for itself.
Sept. 6, 1991
California
A persistent pest that saps the life out of eucalyptus trees is becoming a major problem in Ventura County as the drought continues, tree experts say.
March 31, 1990
Food
Food Recalls Announced: Armour Food Co. of Downers Grove, Ill., is voluntarily recalling 31,420 cans of boneless ham nationwide because some may contain small pieces of glass, the Agriculture Department said.
Sept. 17, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
The owners of Yoda - a cat with four ears - could use a couple extra hands to answer their telephones.
Aug. 25, 2008
In her review of my novel “Drowning” (Sept. 6), Elaine Kendall contended that only Victorian novelists would deliberately name their characters so as to encourage readers to draw some subtle or not-so-subtle connection between the name and the character’s personality, and that that habit now has been long out of fashion.
Nov. 3, 1991
Some 21 million Americans will relocate over the next four months, Allied Van Lines estimates.
June 1, 1997
Business
Special Devices Inc. in Moorpark, which designs pyrotechnic devices for the aerospace and automotive industries, has completed the divestiture of its subsidiary Scot Inc. to an investor group.
Oct. 10, 2000