Carol Stream
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‘People are in danger’: Wheaton residents urge action to install traffic light at risky crossingSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Residents of Marian Park apartments in Wheaton are demanding a traffic light on Roosevelt Road after 28 years of accidents, including three fatalities and 11 pedestrian injuries.
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Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance systemSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Automated license plate readers — increasingly synonymous with Flock, though there are other brands on the market — photograph the license plates and other identifiers of passing vehicles. Police officers are then able to search and share the data for investigations. But a growing number of cops throughout the Chicago area and across the country have been accused of searching those databases for personal reasons. Civil liberties activists too are alarmed that law enforcement departments could use the cameras to work with immigration officials or surveil ordinary citizens.
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‘Safe, stigma-free alternative’: DuPage County Crisis Recovery Center marks anniversarySep 13, 2026 9:43 am - In its first year of operations, DuPage County’s Crisis Recovery Center has completed more than 2,200 onsite assessments, providing mental health and addiction recovery services to thousands of residents and easing the strain on area emergency rooms.
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Cross country: St. Charles North edges Hersey on tiebreakerSep 12, 2026 3:54 pm - The 51st annual Harvey Braus Invitational was as close a finish for the team title as you can get in boys cross country Saturday morning at Lake Park. Led by undefeated i...
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Downers Grove North gets bragging rights against Glenbard WestSep 11, 2026 10:53 pm - Preparation for an ordinary high school football game typically begins on Saturday morning. Teams review the previous evening’s film, clean up mistakes and take a peek at...
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St. Charles East defeats Glenbard North in overtime for key DuKane Conference victorySep 11, 2026 10:34 pm - While St. Charles East’s football team had opened the season with back-to-back victories, it did not possess the type of statement win looked upon as a program turning po...
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Tough schedule, St. Rita’s quick start gets best of St. FrancisSep 11, 2026 10:14 pm - St. Rita jumped out to a quick lead, got a couple of goalline stands from the defense, and beat St. Francis 28-12 on Friday on the South Side.
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DoodleBug Workshop expands services with adult day program in WheatonSep 11, 2026 8:44 pm - DoodleBug Workshop held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 3 at 314 S. Main St. in Wheaton to celebrate its expansion of services and space. The organization nearly doubled its space to accommodate a new adult day program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Carol Stream police say ICE agents appeared during traffic stopSep 11, 2026 10:30 am - Carol Stream police were in the middle of a traffic stop Thursday morning when federal immigration agents arrived and told them they planned to arrest the woman they’d just pulled over, per a news release from the west suburban police department.
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U-46 breaks ground on new Elgin elementary schoolSep 11, 2026 9:30 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to mark the start of construction on a new elementary school on Elgin’s northeast side.