Briefs: Church meets meals goal

Church meets meals goal

Roughly 4,000 volunteers successfully packaged 1 million meals in five days this week at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Naperville to feed people in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan in Africa. The effort was part of the Feed My Starving Children campaign. Church officials originally thought the effort would take two weeks.

Speed sign aimed at safety

Responding to concerns from residents, Roselle and Schaumburg Township purchased a speed monitoring sign to try to reduce the speed of traffic approaching Turner Park on Roselle Road at Devon Avenue, just south of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway. The public is invited to an unveiling of the sign at 4 p.m. Monday. The sign, which is expected to stay at the intersection permanently, should "ensure the safety of children and families crossing Roselle Road," Schaumburg Township Supervisor Mary Wroblewski said.

Police looking for driver

Aurora police are searching for information on the driver of a vehicle that hit a 6-year-old boy and left the scene Thursday night. The boy, Christian Sanchez, of the 400 block of North Union Street, suffered a broken leg. He was apparently playing on the sidewalk adjacent to the family's home when a black SUV, possibly an older Chevrolet Blazer, backed into the boy and then left south on Union Street, police said. The boy was taken to Provena Mercy Hospital by paramedics. Anyone with information is asked to call (630) 801-6549.

Metra station graffiti gone

A racial slur spray-painted onto a utility pole at the Schaumburg Metra station weeks ago has been removed. Roselle commuter Robert Frolick had contacted officials about having the graffiti removed, but the delay in doing so apparently stemmed from the fact that Metra and the villages of Schaumburg and Roselle all share responsibility for the station. The graffiti was in a parking area on the Roselle side, whose maintenance is handled by Metra. A Roselle official said Metra sent a crew to clean up the graffiti.