Cookie Store Craze, Triple Lotto Win: Good News, Illinois

ILLINOIS — This week, we turned back the clocks for then end of Daylight Saving Time, which brought sunset an hour early. Despite the darker days, there were several uplifting stories throughout our Illinois Patch towns. In this good news roundup, we celebrate a local cookie store that sold out on its first day, a trio of local lotto winners and other stories made to make you smile.

'Felt Like A Celebrity': Steve Buresh's Cookie Store Sells Out On Opening Day

It takes only one minute to walk between the new Steve Buresh's Cookie Store and Steve Buresh's Cheesecake Store, off 143rd Street.

3 Lucky Southsiders Win $1.4M In Lucky Day Lotto

Three lifelong friends near Midway Airport went in a Lucky Day Lotto ticket winning $1.4 million in the Oct. 4 midday pull.

Northbrook Veterans To Be Honored At All-School Assembly

Northbrook Junior High will host American Legion Post 791 on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Joliet's Arts Community Unveils Amazing New Project: 7 Photos

Mayor Terry D'Arcy joined the Joliet City Center Partnership for Wednesday's Music Box Project that celebrates the new public arts program.

Marist Book Club Officially Opens Little Free Library For Community

The library provides access to books for students and the community and encourages reading at home.

Want to celebrate someone or something that made you smile? Have a Good News, Illinois, story of your own you'd like us to feature? Email lisa.farver@patch.com.