To get mobile alerts for news happening in your town on your mobile phone, text the town name in all capital letters to 31286.

Arlington Heights – ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ARLINGTON or AH

Barrington – BARRINGTON or BTON

Bolingbrook – BOLINGBROOK, BOLING or BBROOK

Crystal Lake – CRYSTAL LAKE, CRYSTAL or CLAKE

Deerfield – DEERFIELD or DFIELD

Des Plaines – DES PLAINES, DESPLAINES or DPLAINES

Downers Grove – DOWNERS GROVE, DOWNERS or DG

Elgin – ELGIN

Elmhurst – ELMHURST or EHURST

Evanston – EVANSTON

Glen Ellyn – GLEN ELLYN, GLENELLYN or GELLYN

Glenview – GLENVIEW or GVIEW

Grayslake – GRAYSLAKE, GRAYS or GLAKE

Gurnee – GURNEE

Highland Park – HIGHLAND PARK, HIGHLAND or HPARK

Hinsdale – HINSDALE or HDALE

Joliet – JOLIET

Libertyville – LIBERTYVILLE or LVILLE

Naperville – NAPERVILLE, NAPER or NVILLE

Northbrook – NORTHBROOK or NBROOK

Oak Park – OAK PARK, OAKPARK or OP

Orland Park – ORLAND PARK, ORLANDPARK or ORLAND

Plainfield – PLAINFIELD or PFIELD

Schaumburg – SCHAUMBURG, SCHAUM or SBURG

Tinley Park – TINLEY PARK, TINLEY or TP

Wheaton – WHEATON

Wilmette – WILMETTE or WMETTE

Winnetka – WINNETKA or WINN

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. What are mobile alerts? Mobile alerts are text messages you receive on your mobile phone or PDA.

2. How many alerts will I get? The number of alerts you will receive depends on how much news there is in a day.

3. Do alerts cost me anything? We do not charge you for our alerts. However, your carrier may charge you to send and receive text messages. Contact your carrier for more details: Message and data rates may apply.

4. If I sign up for one alert, do I get them all? No, you must sign up for each alert individually.

5. How do I stop the alerts? To stop receiving alerts, you may either reply “end” or “stop” to a message you receive.