Articles filed under Counties
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State law aims to boost spending to help veterans, but counties say hold onAug 27, 2022 1:00 am - A state law passed earlier this year could beef up funding for most county Veterans Affairs Commissions tasked with helping veterans. Suburban veteran aid leaders say t...
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Kane sheriff's gun buyback event so successful a second session planned for Sunday was canceledAug 26, 2022 11:00 pm - The first community gun back buyback program hosted by the Kane County Sheriff's Office in more than 20 years generated so much interest Saturday that a second planned s...
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'A legacy project': DuPage Care Center to undergo $31.5 million renovationAug 26, 2022 5:15 am - The DuPage Care Center has a long history in Wheaton, but it's showing its age. The nursing stations are cramped. The fire system hasn't been upgraded in more than 20 ye...
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Antioch police released bodycam video of officers saving an overdose victim. Here's why.Aug 26, 2022 5:00 am - When his officers responded to three more overdoses last weekend — the 15th, 16th and 17th of the year and all three involving teenagers who, fortunately, survived — Ant...
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Kane County deputy gets pretrial diversion on cocaine chargeAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - In December 2019, officer was charged with cocaine possession
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Prosecutor asks judge to bar police from giving Daily Herald records in Elmhurst murder caseAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's Note: Susan Sarkauskas is the reporter who filed the Freedom of Information Act Request. The Daily Herald is asking a DuPage County judge for help obtaini...
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Carol Stream man sent to prison after extorting lewd images from teenAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - A 23-year-old Carol Stream man has been sentenced to four years in prison for extorting lewd images from a teenager in Kane County. According to a news release issued Fr...
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DuPage County spends $220,000 to enlist state, federal lobbyistsAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - DuPage County Board members have renewed contracts with three lobbying firms to push their agenda at the state and federal level. The board has agreed to pay the group o...
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Kane County officials say they can't afford to make justice system reformsAug 25, 2022 5:00 am - Having decided not to ask voters if they would support justice system reforms with a new sales tax, Kane County Board members will instead ask the chief judge and state'...
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Four charged with stealing $400,000 from video gambling machines in suburbs, elsewhereAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - An earlier version gave an incorrect town for The Winner's Circle. Three people accused of stealing about $400,000 from video gambling machines all across northern ...