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‘Somebody had to do it:’ Civil rights pioneer speaks about desegregating schoolJan 19, 2026 1:38 pm - Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins, an American civil rights pioneer who was one of the first black students admitted to an all-white school in North Carolina in 1957, was the special guest Monday at the DuPage County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast.
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Woman pleads guilty to abducting grandchild from Aurora homeJan 17, 2026 2:55 pm - A woman has pleaded guilty to abducting her grandchild in a case where the child’s father and uncle are accused of taking the boy from a house in Aurora.
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Four arrested fleeing from police in unrelated incidentsJan 16, 2026 9:32 pm - In line with DuPage County’s efforts to charge anyone accused of attempting to flee from police, officers with the Addison, Bensenville, Elmhurst and Glen Ellyn Police D...
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‘He did so much for the community’: Warrenville mourns beloved public servantJan 16, 2026 5:57 pm - Warrenville officials and residents are mourning the Tuesday death of a beloved community service and animal control officer.
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DuPage board members press for answers about county clerk investigationJan 16, 2026 2:41 pm - Some DuPage County Board members are questioning why a state investigation regarding bidding by the county clerk is taking so long and suggested that concluding the probe might help resolve the ongoing dispute.
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Interstate shootings drop to 6-year low, state police sayJan 15, 2026 8:39 pm - Shootings on interstate highways in Illinois in 2025 were the lowest since 2019, according to state police.
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Campaign launched to provide information on battery disposal sites, safetyJan 15, 2026 5:51 pm - In light of a new Illinois law expanding access to safely dispose of batteries, the National Waste & Recycling Foundation has launched a battery safety campaign to make it as easy as possible to find disposal sites.
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Man accused of driving stolen truck to Target, stealing itemsJan 15, 2026 5:06 pm - A man on electronic monitoring in a burglary case has now been charged with illegally possessing two guns and a stolen motor vehicle, plus driving the vehicle to a Target store and stealing items.
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How DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center is designed for climate-friendly ‘net-zero’ statusJan 14, 2026 6:00 am - The DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center has set a new bar for the county forest preserve system. The visitor center and animal hospital is the district's first “net-zero” designed building.
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New DuPage wildlife hospital shows care for creatures great and small in ‘real time’Jan 14, 2026 6:00 am - A new visitor center exhibit hall is now open at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center as part of a yearslong transformation of Glen Ellyn campus. A series of large windows will let you observe incoming patient exams, procedures in a surgical suite, hand feedings and how orphans are being reared until they’re old enough to hack it out on their own.