Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/downersgrove/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:11 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199885/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199885/ Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:09 -0400 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. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179914/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179914/ Fri, 17 May 2013 00:19:06 -0400 Adjunct professors at the College of DuPage are set to receive salary increases as part of a two-year contract extension approved Thursday by the college's board of trustees. College officials offered the contract extension to adjuncts as a package along with a plan to create a new "lecturer" position that would allow some adjuncts to receive health care benefits under the new federal health care law. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209831/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209831/ Mon, 20 May 2013 12:39:41 -0400 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. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209922/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209922/ Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:43 -0400 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." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199774/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199774/ Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:58 -0400 This edition of The Week in Pictures features things found in the air, including ducks, robins, owls, mosquitos, and rockets. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169744/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169744/ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:26:24 -0400 Dozens of home and business owners visited FEMA'S Disaster Recovery Center on Thursday during its first day of operation at the Lisle Police Department. Those affected by last month's floods can get help to apply for federal assistance in the form of FEMA grants and low-interest loans to cover uninsured costs ranging from repairs to alternative housing. "We want to talk to people who are insured and those who aren't because we've got programs to fill in some of the holes of insurance," FEMA spokesman Mike McCormick said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159803/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159803/ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:48:43 -0400 If a nuclear engineer who is believed to have fled the country is found by authorities, he will have a prison cell waiting for him. A DuPage County judge on Wednesday sentenced Michael Buhrman to 40 years in prison for his armed carjacking of a woman's vehicle in the parking lot of a Woodridge store. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159689/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159689/ Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:05 -0400 The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening a disaster recovery center in Lisle so DuPage County property owners dealing with flood damage can have another way to apply for federal assistance.