Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/westmont/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:00 -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/20130522/entlife/705229989/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/entlife/705229989/ Thu, 16 May 2013 14:54:46 -0400 Want to taste some great ribs, as well as brisket and chicken, without having to do the work? Head to Westmont May 24 to 26 for the Red, White and Bar-B-Q barbecue competition. Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, the contest features 72 professional and 52 amateur barbecue teams vying for more than $10,000 in prizes. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229568/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229568/ Thu, 23 May 2013 00:19:21 -0400 A three-year contract finalized by Naperville Unit District 203 board members Wednesday amounts to an approximate 2 percent increase over the next three years for the district's 1,300 teachers. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130523/news/705239970/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130523/news/705239970/ Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:49 -0400 An annual fundraiser honoring the life of a 10-year-old murder victim returns to Naperville next month with a new theme and hopefully some "new excitement," organizers say. The 12th Annual Jeanine Nicarico Run for Reading is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at 5th Avenue Station, 200 E. Fifth Ave. For the first time, the fundraiser will take place at night, and participants are being asked to help illuminate the 5K course by wearing glow sticks. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229814/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229814/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:38 -0400 The Kane County state's attorney's office announced Wednesday that it will not seek to prosecute any West Aurora District 129 officials for not reporting suspected sexual abuse to state authorities. A former band director was sentenced to 12 years in prison last year after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two of his students. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229587/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229587/ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:02 -0400 The SEC filed a complaint May 16 in federal court alleging Charles J. Dushek of Warrenville, his son Charles S. Dushek of Wheaton and their firm, Capital Management Associates Inc., committed securities fraud and other violations that provided them $2 million in illicit profits. 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.