DuPage County
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Queen Bee District 16, teachers approve 4-year pactJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - Teachers in Queen Bee Elementary District 16 will begin the 2016-17 school year with a new four-year contract after school board members approved the deal Thursday night...
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Stop pensions for DuPage county boardJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - Recently, the Illinois General Assembly unanimously passed Senate Bill 2701 that would prohibit newly elected county board members from receiving pensions through the Il...
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Glen Ellyn man accused of trying to kill 61-year-old fatherJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Glen Ellyn man with a violent history is being held on $1 million bail, charged with the attempted murder of his father. Charles Mitchell, of the 600 block...
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Oak Brook family suing school district over cheating scandalJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - Butler Elementary District 53 school officials hope a mid-July court date sparks movement in a months-old cheating scandal that has plagued the district and an Oak Brook...
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Sex offender gets 10 years in prison for fighting with arresting agents in NapervilleJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - A 47-year-old Crest Hill man is off to prison for fighting with a U.S. marshal. David Kapus, a convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty in DuPage County to disarming a pol...
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DuPage County sees spike in heroin, fentanyl deathsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - A spike in drug-related deaths has DuPage County officials again warning about the dangers of heroin and, increasingly, fentanyl. Fentanyl is a painkiller that can be 10...
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Three men charged in armed robbery of taxi driver in WheatonJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Bail has been set at $300,000 for each of the three men accused in the Monday afternoon armed robbery of a 60-year-old taxi driver in Wheaton. Authorities said the drive...
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DuPage County rejects self-storage facility plan near NapervilleJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - The DuPage County Board on Tuesday soundly rejected a plan to build a self-storage facility along 75th Street after neighbors and the city of Naperville opposed the proj...
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Roselle man pleads guilty to child porn chargesJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - A Roselle man accused of storing thousands of images of child pornography pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of possessing child porn. Prosecutors said Robert Schmidt,...
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Convalescent center named in honor of retired DuPage judgeJun 14, 2016 1:00 am - The DuPage County Convalescent Center in Wheaton soon will bear the name of a retired judge who recently pledged to donate $2 million to the facility. County board membe...