• Driver pleads not guilty to DUI in crash that killed Warrenville student

  By Josh Stockinger A Warrenville man is facing a mandatory prison term if convicted of aggravated DUI in a crash that killed Wheaton Warrenville South High School senior Stephanie Pickett, prosecutors said Monday. Karlos Leath, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge at his first appearance in front of DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell.
  Last Updated May 20, 2013 12:39 PM

• 'Flood journey' continues for those displaced from Lisle apartments

  Updated May 20, 2013 5:34 AM

  The “flood journey” that began April 18 drags on for many who make their home at the Towers at Four Lakes in Lisle. None of the apartments in the eight-story towers took on water, but the parking decks and lower levels did. System failures and power outages are keeping residents from their units until June 15. “I am choosing to stay at the towers because I love where I live and I just want to go home,” said Debra Schulz. “But this is such a long period of time just to get back into our homes.”

• COD paves new way to earn bachelor's degree

  Updated May 20, 2013 4:20 PM

  Nine students will walk across the stage Sunday at Lewis University's commencement ceremony to receive bachelor's degrees in criminal justice. Yet, these students never took classes at the school's campus in Romeoville. Through a so-called 3+1 program partnership between Lewis and College of DuPage, the students earned their four-year degrees from Lewis by taking all their classes at COD's campus in Glen Ellyn.

• Images:The Week in Pictures

  Posted May 19, 2013 8:58 PM

  This edition of The Week in Pictures features things found in the air, including ducks, robins, owls, mosquitos, and rockets.

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