Marie Wilson
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Bands to battle for charity at Glenbard EastApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - Glenbard East students in rock bands, jazz combos, dance groups and an improv comedy troupe will perform during a battle of the bands Thursday to raise funds primarily f...
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Lombard budgets for emergency alert, social servicesApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - Lombard’s village president has known for at least a couple months his town’s budget would be balanced, with no cuts, layoffs, program eliminations or use of surplus fun...
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Czech museum honors slain Westmont womanApr 19, 2011 12:00 am - The bright green crime scene paint was far from faded in the parking lot behind the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum in Oak Brook, but members of the museum’s volunteer boar...
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Aurora debates butcher's request to set up shop, slaughter poultryApr 19, 2011 12:00 am - At first, Fermin Benitez's business plan reads like any other — hours of business, delivery methods, target market. But what sets his idea apart from any other Aurora sh...
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Secret Service agents visit Naperville to discuss JFK's deathApr 19, 2011 12:00 am - When conspiracy theories started to run rampant in the months and years after the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, the Secret Service agents who protec...
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Emergency radios still glitchy in Naperville, AuroraApr 17, 2011 1:00 am - New public safety radios in Aurora and Naperville malfunctioned almost 800 times between Dec. 1 and March 16, sometimes in dire police and fire situations when ineffecti...
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Aurora parking lot work ready to startApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - A paving project to turn the former site of the Aurora YWCA into a parking lot is ready to begin under a $319,675 contract approved this week by the city council. The pr...
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Paddle and Trail shop opening in AuroraApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Groundbreaking hasn’t yet taken place on downtown Aurora’s RiverEdge Park, but a business already is looking to open nearby to capitalize on the park’s goal of highlight...
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Medical examiner releases cause of Palatine fire victim’s deathApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - A woman found in the smoky basement of a Palatine home Friday died from carbon monoxide intoxication and inhalation of smoke and soot caused by the house fire, the Cook ...
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Conant wrestling coach loses life to cancerApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - Well-respected Conant High School wrestling coach Chris Hruska lost his battle with brain cancer last week. Hruska, 39, died April 2 in his home, just less than a year a...