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Trump, pensions, jobs all issues in today’s suburban elections
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders never got a chance to go head to head in the race for the White House, but southwest suburban Bolingbrook voters will get to weigh in on a battle between champions of...
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Judge vacates Naperville man’s 1997 murder conviction
A DuPage County judge has vacated the 1997 murder and arson convictions of a west suburban man in the death of his mother-in-law. William Amor, 60, remains held at the Taylorville Correctional Center...
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Morton man gets $30k bond for threatening DuPage County officials
A downstate man was arrested Friday and charged with sending death threats to several DuPage County officials. About 4:45 a.m. Friday, 44-year-old James Brasfield sent an email containing a death...
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Prosecutor: DuPage deputy was justified in fatal shooting of teen
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin has determined that a deputy was justified in fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy in west suburban Villa Park more than three months ago. About 11:30 p.m....
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Student killed by hammer at Wheaton College track meet
A student volunteer at a Wheaton College track and field meet was fatally injured Saturday afternoon during the hammer throw event. About 4:15 p.m., Ethan Roser, a 19-year-old freshman transfer student...
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Gymnastics coach held in Prairie Path attack, linked to others
A 31-year-old Winfield man and Bartlett gymnastics coach is being held on $200,000 bail in DuPage County jail after confessing Tuesday to attacking a woman on the Illinois Prairie Path near Wheaton. He...
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Flood-control facilities activated in DuPage County
All major flood-control facilities in DuPage County have been activated following the weekend’s heavy rainfall. DuPage County saw between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain since Saturday afternoon, with an...
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Chasing walleye, seeking crappie: Heidecke with John Mannerino
MORRIS, Ill. — That’s Heidecke. Even hokey slogans hold some kernel of truth. Heidecke Lake, a former cooling lake, can be maddeningly frustrating and memory-making, sometimes in the same hour. As John...
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Boy charged with unincorporated Downers Grove shooting
A boy faces multiple felony charges stemming from a shooting last week near west suburban Downers Grove. The boy, whose name and age were not released, turned himself in to authorities Friday after a...
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DuPage County Clerk employee charged with stealing bail money
A former employee of the DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court was charged Tuesday with stealing $375 from the clerk’s office. Ronald Marcelin, a 30-year-old North Aurora resident, stole $375 worth...
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Court upholds Summit woman’s 9-year sentence for drug-induced homicide
The DuPage County state’s attorney’s office announced Monday that an appellate court upheld the 9-year-sentence handed down to a Summit woman who sold a fatal dose of heroin to another woman in 2014....
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Flood emergency in parts of Lake County; high water halts Metra trains
The National Weather Service Wednesday morning issued an flash flood emergency warning until 11 a.m. for Waukegan, Gurnee and North Chicago in Lake County, urging people to immediately move to higher...
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Man loses appeal of third felony conviction, life sentence upheld
A west suburban man lost an appeal Wednesday to overturn his third felony conviction, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Luis Moreta, 46, was sentenced March 30, 2015, to a term of...
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First West Nile case in DuPage County is third of season in Illinois
The first reported human case of West Nile in DuPage County this summer is a west suburban man, who would be the third case this year in Illinois. The DuPage County Health Department announced Thursday...
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One year later, detectives still seek parents of ‘Baby Hope’
One year after a baby was found dead inside a backpack in west suburban Wheaton, investigators have released images of what the child’s parents might look like. The unidentified child, called “Baby...
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Brothers charged with turning in forged community service records
Two west suburban brothers have been charged with submitting falsified documents to DuPage County officials this month to claim they had completed their community service. Brett Cronan, 21; and his...
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DOUBEK: Your tax bill says dozens of small governments must go
Illinois has nearly 7,000 units of government, more than any other state and about 1,800 more than Texas, which is much more populous. “That’s a lot of hands in the pockets of our taxpayers and our...
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Former Wheaton College prof. gets another 3 years for child porn
A former Wheaton College professor who was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2014 and served three and a half years in prison has now been sentenced to three more years for a probation...
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Woman struck in head at Wells Fargo office wins $4.5 million judgment
A woman who was struck in the head by a metal door closer at a west suburban Wells Fargo office has won a $4.5 million judgment, the largest ever for a personal injury case case in DuPage County. Amy...
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Wheaton woman is DuPage County’s 5th West Nile case in 2017
DuPage County reported its fifth human case of West Nile virus this year. A Wheaton woman in her 80s was diagnosed with the mosquito-born virus, according to the DuPage County Health Department. “The...
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