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Police hunting robber

Glendale Heights police are searching for a robber who escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday from a 7-Eleven store at 1397 Glen Ellyn Road, authorities said Friday. Police said the man, wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt under a black leather jacket, entered the store about 3 a.m. and implied he had a weapon in his pocket. He ordered the clerk to open the cash drawer and then grabbed the money. He fled north on foot and appeared to enter a vehicle about a half-block away at Armitage and Davine. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call Detective Mike Huff at (630) 909-5455. Callers may remain anonymous.

Free bus rides available

Riders of Pace Route 714 will get complimentary rides from Jan. 20 through Jan. 30. The rides are sponsored by a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to DuPage County and promoted by the College of DuPage Connector Team. Pace Route 714, the College of DuPage-Naperville-Wheaton connector, visits Edward Hospital, the downtown Naperville Metra station, the IIT Rice Campus, the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and the Wheaton Metra station. For details, visit www.pacebus.com.

Give back and get back

Donate five items for Naperville's Loaves & Fishes Community Pantry and the Downtown Naperville Alliance will give you a reusable Downtown Naperville shopping bag and special sale offers in January. Needed items include canned fruit, granola bars, cleaning supplies and toiletry items. For updates on items of greatest need, see loaves-fishes.org and click donate. Drop-off locations include Naperville Park District, 320 W. Jackson Ave.; Barnes & Noble, 246 S. Washington St.; The Gap & Gap Kids, 223 S. Main St.; Roseland Draperies & Interiors, 204 S. Washington St.; The Canterbury Shoppe, 175 W. Jackson Ave.; and Kasie's Beads & Creating Your Style, 116 S. Webster St.