2 shot near Glen Ellyn refusing to cooperate with sheriff’s officers
Two people shot Tuesday morning in DuPage County near Glen Ellyn have refused to cooperate with investigators. About 10:50 a.m., DuPage County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Route 53 and...
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Former Wheaton College employee gets 4 years in prison for child porn
A former Wheaton College employee has been sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession of child pornography, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office...
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$100K bail for DuPage County probation officer charged with sexual misconduct
Bail was set at $100,000 on Friday for a DuPage County probation officer accused of sexual misconduct. Christian Nunez, 32, of Naperville, is charged with felony counts of custodial sexual misconduct...
View ArticleDuPage County releases name in fatal shooting case near Roselle, nothing else
DuPage County officials have released the name of a person found shot last week in an unincorporated area of the county near Roselle, but aren’t saying much else. As of Wednesday, officials would only...
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Man pleads guilty to stabbing couple in bed during Naperville home invasion
A Naperville man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a husband and wife while they slept during a 2015 home invasion in the west suburb. Zachary Machnikowski, 21, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of...
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Suspect in fatal shooting near Roselle arrested in Maryland, charged with murder
The suspect in a fatal shooting last month in unincorporated DuPage County was arrested in Maryland. DuPage County Sheriff’s Office investigators traveled to Maryland in mid-June to meet with local...
View ArticleEffort to consolidate local governments is finally making headway
It’s property tax time and that’s always a good time to highlight efforts at government streamlining. My tax bill hit home about a week ago. I took a deep breath, braced myself and opened it. It wasn’t...
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Man pleads guilty to attacking mom with hatchet last Mother’s Day weekend
A west suburban man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking his elderly mother with a hatchet on Mother’s Day weekend last year. John Flick, 58, appeared before DuPage County Judge Liam Brennan to enter a...
View ArticleFrost advisory issued for north and west Chicago suburbs
Gardeners in northern Illinois, beware — a frost warning will be in effect for the west and north suburbs as temperatures dip to the low to mid 30s overnight Saturday. The warning will last from 3 a.m....
View ArticleFirst West Nile virus death reported in DuPage County
A senior citizen in DuPage County has died from a West Nile infection, marking the west suburban area’s first fatality from the virus in 2018. The resident, who was over 65 years old, was infected by...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Shut medical equipment sterilization plant until air around it safe
People in DuPage County deserve to breathe easy. The Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook that has been emitting a cancer-causing chemical should be shut down until it can be proven it is absolutely...
View ArticleFaced with tight budgets, more Illinois counties merge clerk, recorder offices
Some Illinois government officials are facing tough budgets and flat revenues, and they know turning to taxpayers for more won’t work. So what do they do? In many counties, the answer has been:...
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ENDORSEMENT: Seth Lewis for Illinois Senate in the 23rd District
Experience in politics is valuable, but not everything. There is often greater value, as it should be, in a candidate’s professional experience in the private sector. With that in mind, we endorse...
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Man pleads guilty to giving fatal dose of methadone to Spanish exchange student
A Downers Grove man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing a 15-year-old Spanish foreign exchange student and supplying her with a fatal dose of methadone in 2016. Francis Emanuele, 38, pleaded...
View ArticleAnti-government voices go silent when pollution hits home
Where are all the anti-government Republicans in Willowbrook and DuPage County? Why aren’t they defending Sterigenics? Sterigenics is a worldwide leader in the sterilization of medical equipment. The...
View ArticlePerson killed in house fire in unincorporated DuPage County
A person was found dead inside of a home that caught fire Monday afternoon in unincorporated DuPage County. Fire crews and officers responded about 4:25 p.m. to the blaze in the 1N200 block of Darling...
View ArticleConviction upheld for man who left threatening messages for Jeanne Ives
An appellate court upheld the conviction of a 55-year-old man who was found guilty of leaving threatening messages in 2013 for state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton. Stephen Bona, formerly of Chicago, was...
View Article‘I’m gonna hurt kids at school’ – boy charged with threatening middle school...
A student at Edison Middle School was charged with making threats against the school Tuesday in west suburban Wheaton. The boy, whose exact age was unknown, appeared in juvenile court Thursday morning...
View ArticleDon’t make good officers pay for wrongdoing of other cops
In Letters to the Editor a few days back, a reader suggested that the Frateneral Order of Police and retired Chicago police officers be forced to pay for financial settlements related to police...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Careful plan needed to safeguard Chicago elections
The Chicago Board of Elections badly needs a plan. In a report released Tuesday, the city inspector general said the elections board won’t be able to guarantee accurate voting results after an attack...
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A net gain for Illinois Conservation Police: Jed Whitchurch becomes captain
Well, there was the shark-fin case. On Friday, Jed Whitchurch became a captain of the Illinois Conservation Police. He will oversee four sergeants, two investigators, 23 Conservation Police officers...
View ArticleMan charged with yelling racial slurs at Lyft driver in Bloomingdale
A man has been charged with yelling racial slurs and threatening a female Lyft driver in northwest suburban Bloomingdale. Steven McCuiston, 59, was charged with a count of felony hate crime and a count...
View ArticleMan dies after Willowbrook shooting; persons of interest released
A man died after he and another person were shot Thursday morning at a home in unincorporated DuPage County. About 10:30 a.m., deputies discovered that 41-year-old Vincent L. Louden and the other...
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2 men charged with selling stolen guns in west suburbs
Two west suburban men have been indicted on gun trafficking charges for allegedly selling stolen weapons in Cook and DuPage counties. Felony gunrunning charges were filed in DuPage County Circuit Court...
View ArticleChicago man flees courtroom before jury can deliver verdict
A no-bond warrant is out for the arrest of a Chicago man accused of fleeing the DuPage County Courthouse while a jury was deliberating his case. Kary Bush, 37, was in court for a 2018 aggravated...
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