DuPage County
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Daredevil motorcyclist gets 4 years for Westmont chaseJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - A Plainfield motorcyclist who lured police into chasing him and then posted videos of the pursuits online was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. DuPage County Jud...
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Dawn Patrol: Hit-and-run hurts motorcyclist in Pingree Grove; Kennedy bluesJun 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Motorcyclist hurt in head-on collision in Pingree Grove An 18-year-old Bartlett woman is being investigated for hit-and-run and driving under the influence after st...
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Prosecutors: Naperville man lied when he admitted hit-and-runJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - More than three years after 20-year-old Melissa Lech of Joliet died in a hit-and-run crash, David H. McCarthy IV showed up unannounced at the home of Lech's sister to ma...
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West Chicago dad pleads guilty to aggravated assaultJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - A West Chicago man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated assault related to his Jan. 9 arrest for recklessly taking two juveniles off a school bus. Jimmy Palmer, 53, of ...
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Suburban Special Olympians going for gold at USA GamesJun 12, 2014 1:00 am - You won't see them interviewed by Bob Costas live from an NBC studio, catch highlights of their exploits on ESPN, or even find their results on your favorite sports site...
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Elgin woman gets 5 years for $483,000 theftJun 12, 2014 1:00 am - Cheryl Quinn used her former employer's bank account information 82 times between August 2008 and June 2012 to pay for extravagant purchases on her personal credit card,...
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Composting gains steam in suburban schools, homesJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - On an ordinary afternoon at Kaufman Dining Hall at North Central College in Naperville, hundreds of students will do something quietly extraordinary: They'll scrape unea...
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Naperville's Route 59 and Diehl reopenedJun 11, 2014 1:01 am - The intersection of Rt. 59 and Diehl Road was closed for more than eight hours Wednesday as crews cleaned up an earlier accident. Naperville officials reopened the area ...
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Dawn Patrol: Metea mourns teacher; Dist. 34 kindergarten unconstitutional?Jun 10, 2014 5:01 am - Metea Valley mourns young teacher, coach Metea Valley High School in Aurora mourns the loss of science teacher and coach Michael Riley Wegrzyn, who died Friday afte...
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Warrenville man's plea, sentencing put on holdJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - A 24-year-old Warrenville man who was expected to plead guilty Tuesday and accept a 6-year prison term on charges of selling cocaine to undercover agents was not ready t...