“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...