• DUI charges filed in N. Aurora crash Sunday that seriously injured 1

  By Harry Hitzeman A 35-year-old man is charged with DUI and aggravated reckless driving after crashing into a utlility pole Sunday in North Aurora, critically injuring his passenger, a 39-year-old West Chicago man. Victor M. Alvarez is due in court on Feb. 21 and has had at least one previous DUI conviction, records show.
  Last Updated Feb 11, 2013 3:22 PM

• Jury awards $1 million to DuPage deputy

  Updated Feb 11, 2013 11:19 PM

  A federal jury awarded a $1 million settlement Monday to a DuPage County deputy who filed suit against the county and Sheriff John Zaruba. The jury agreed that politics played a part in the lack of promotions Susan Lakics received over the years.

• New Philharmonic gets three-concert reprieve

  Updated Feb 11, 2013 11:02 PM

  A 36-year-old professional orchestra that appeared to be playing its last note at the College of DuPage is getting an encore. College officials have agreed to give the New Philharmonic orchestra a 3-concert season in 2013-14 after receiving letters and emails from patrons upset that the 80-member ensemble might have given its final curtain call at a January concert. The orchestra had been performing at the college's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn until this season, when a $35 million renovation project began that forced the orchestra to schedule concerts off-campus.

• West Chicago police investigate car burglaries

  Posted Feb 11, 2013 4:33 PM

  West Chicago police are warning residents about a spike in car burglaries in the past week. The burglaries primarily took place during late night and early morning hours in residential parts of downtown, generally between Washington and National Streets and Arbor Avenue and Route 59. All of the burglarized vehicles had been left unlocked, police said Monday.

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