• Auditor: College of DuPage needs to improve oversight, operations

  By Robert Sanchez Illinois’ top auditor suggests 19 ways College of DuPage should improve, in a report sparked by the buyout of then-President Robert Breuder.
  Last Updated Sep 28, 2016 6:48 PM

• Glendale Heights man charged in Warrenville bank robbery

  Updated Sep 28, 2016 4:17 PM

  A 40-year-old Glendale Heights man has been charged with the Monday armed robbery of a Warrenville bank.

• D’Oh! Attorney says police illegally searched phone of Naperville’s alleged ‘Simpsons’ graffit artist

  Updated Sep 28, 2016 5:23 PM

  Attorneys for the Naperville man accused of littering downtown Naperville with “Simpsons”-inspired graffiti art in the summer of 2013 say evidence in the case was collected illegally and his subsequent statements to police should be thrown out. Joseph D’Auben, 35, is charged with criminal defacement of property for his alleged graffiti spree.

• 4th and final suspect in 2014 Aurora shooting pleads guilty, gets 13 years

  Updated Sep 28, 2016 2:40 PM

  An Aurora man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to his role in a June 2014 shooting of a woman in her home.

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• Kane forest preserve may raise tax levy for first time in 5 years

  Posted Sep 28, 2016 5:20 AM

  Early signs point to a tax levy increase by the Kane County Forest Preserve District. It would be the first increase in five years.

• Warrenville celebrates flood-relief projects

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 5:33 PM

  Municipal and county officials are celebrating the completion of a series of projects to alleviate flooding in Warrenville.

• Coroner: Willowbrook student may have choked on food

  Updated Sep 27, 2016 9:19 AM

  A 15-year-old Willowbrook High School student who died last week may have choked on a piece of food, the DuPage County coroner’s office said Monday.

• Community colleges say they’re forced to rely more on federal grants

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 4:27 PM

  Elgin Community College President David Sam says with state funding for higher education in a flux, community colleges are relying more on federal grants than ever before.

• Ex-church deacon pleads not guilty to sexually abusing child

  Updated Sep 26, 2016 1:01 PM

  A 51-year-old Wheaton man pleaded not guilty Monday to 18 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

• Bloomingdale PTO treasurer pleads guilty to theft
• Oak Brook man 2nd in U.S. to undergo heart procedure
• Girls golf: Nay beats Beaudreau in playoff
• Naperville Olympian makes local appearance
• Bail set at $3.5 million in Glen Elyn kidnapping, armed robbery
• 4 candidates seek 2 seats in DuPage County Board Dist. 5
• Aurora man charged with 2013 arson of two cars
• Oak Brook attorney disbarred after fraud conviction
• Wheaton attorney facing theft charges is disbarred
• DuPage County auditor candidates spar over qualifications
• No official cause of death yet for Willowbrook High School student
• Trial set for ex-Wheaton College wrestler charged in deaths of wife, unborn son
• Third suspect arrested in Glen Ellyn kidnapping
• Franklin Partners buy Oak Brook building
• Fox Valley festivals celebrate all things apple
• Week 5: Scouting the West Suburban
• Meet the water strider — an insect that walks on water

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