DuPage County briefs
Reagan lane closures today
Illinois tollway officials say repairs will be made to the eastbound Reagan Memorial Tollway from Finley Road to the Meyers Road Toll Plaza causing lane closures between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. today. Crews will remove segments of failing pavement and replace them with asphalt. A work zone speed limit of 45 mph will be in place during the project. In the spring, permanent repairs will be made as part of the tollway's widening and repaving project along I-88 from North Aurora to Oak Brook.
Three arrested in burglary
Two men and a woman were charged with burglary after police said they stole a flat-screen TV and other electronics from an Arlington Heights apartment. The men - Kevin Woods, 21, of Elk Grove Village, and Vernon Thompson, 24, of Glen Ellyn - broke into a friend's apartment in the 2200 block of South Goebbert Road about 11 p.m. Saturday while Gina Gerardi, 22, of Glen Ellyn waited outside in a getaway car, police said. Around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, police in Glendale Heights pulled the trio over with the stolen merchandise still in the car, authorities said. Gerardi posted her $1,000 cash bond and was released from jail on Monday. Woods and Thompson were unable to post bond, police said.
IMSA team tops in contest
A team of students from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora earned the highest ranking possible at the 11th annual High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling, which attracts teams from all over the world. The team - comprised of Jessica Durden of Lake Barrington, Bohao Liu of Schaumburg and Ilya Nepomnyashchiy and Justin Troyka, both of Carol Stream - was one of only four out of 270 competing squads to receive a "national outstanding" ranking. A second IMSA team received the "regional outstanding" commendation. The contest gives participating teams 36 hours to solve a mathematical modeling problem.
Free job fair slated
The Quad County Urban League and UPS are sponsoring a free employment seminar and job fair from 10 a.m. until noon today at the league's Dunham Vocational and Education Center, 1685 North Farnsworth in Aurora. For details, visit www.qcul.org or call (630) 851-2203.