Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 22:04:53 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130525/news/705259777/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130525/news/705259777/ Sat, 25 May 2013 20:40:48 -0400 A home-construction worker was hurt Saturday in an explosion and fire at a Carpentersville house, authorities said. The 10:45 a.m. blaze likely was related to the construction in the bathroom of the house on the 1100 block of Denver Drive, said Lt. Chris Bolliger of the Carpentersville Fire Protection District. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130525/news/705259892/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130525/news/705259892/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:28:16 -0400 A fire that began Friday evening in the attic of a home in the 200 block of West Lake Shore Drive, Tower Lakes, resulted in no injuries but caused about $200,000 in damage, according to a news release from the Wauconda Fire District http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249645/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249645/ Fri, 24 May 2013 20:03:58 -0400 All residents of a Glen Ellyn home escaped safely Friday morning after a small fire broke out in a bedroom closet, authorities said. Firefighting crews responded to the structure fire on the 0 to 100 block of Sheffield Court at 7:26 a.m., according to the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219544/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219544/ Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:01 -0400 One super speller from DuPage County will be heading to Washington D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals May 28-30. Richard Moraga, a Wood Dale resident in eighth grade at St. Pius X School in Lombard, was honored Thursday for winning the DuPage County spelling bee and earning a chance to compete nationally. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249824/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249824/ Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:17 -0400 Des Plaines police are looking for a man who pretended to be a city cop and pulled over, handcuffed and robbed a 17-year-old girl on her way to Maine East High School in broad daylight.