Wheaton News

A jury has found a Willow Springs man guilty of conspiring to kill a Darien family.

TUESDAY, MAY 14 DUI Drugs Joseph M. Deir, of the 800 block of Franklin Street, Westmont, was arrested at 11:48 p.m. at the intersection of Ogden and Williams.

A few roads in two Wheaton neighborhoods will be closed this weekend for the Wiesbrook School Tiger Trot and the Briar Glen 3K Bulldog Run/Walk, on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

The following is a release from the City of Wheaton: From May 15 to Sept. 15, residents with odd-numbered street addresses can water their lawns on odd-numbered days, and those with even-numbered addresses are limited to even-numbered days.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 Cannabis, Drug Paraphernalia Police charged Uriel A. Ambrosio, 21, of the 1700 block of Woodcutter Lane in Wheaton with possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license suspended.

By Amie Schaenzer , Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch A look at income levels in suburban towns with Metra stops provides a glimpse at the disparity in wealth throughout the area, according to an interactive map posted on Crain's Chicago Business Journal.

Northside Park in Wheaton will be closed until Thursday, May 16, while contractors work to replace the entrance circle on North West Street.

An inmate was found guilty Tuesday of trying to hire a "hitman" to kill the judge and prosecutor who put him behind bars in 2010.

Possession of Cannabis Vanessa B. Fragoso, 20, of the first block of Oxford Lane, Glendale Heights, was charged at 2:45 p.m. with possession of cannabis 30 grams and under at Glenbard West High School on the 600 block of Crescent Boulevard.

Johnny Borizov, 31, of Willow Springs, who is accused of the murders and solicitation of the murders of Jeffrey Kramer, 50; his wife, Lori Kramer, 48; and their son, Michael, 20, in 2010, listens as prosecutors prepare to give closing arguments during his trial at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Ill., on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

With caps, gowns, grad parties and college preparations on your mind, sometimes the details of the graduation ceremony itself can get lost or confused in the shuffle.

A man who grew up in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn is now a standby star for the lead role of Elder Cunningham in the musical, The Book of Mormon at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, according to a recent feature in the Daily Herald .

SATURDAY, MAY 11 Warrant Arrest Police served James Hicks, 55, of the 1300 block of Kingsberry Lane, Hanover Park, with a Wheaton police arrest warrant for criminal trespass to real property.

The roots of Chicago's Union League Club date back to the Civil War, when an elite group of northerners formed the Union League of America as a defense against radical Confederate sympathizers in the north.

William and Georgia Hansen of Elburn announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay, to Mitchell Herwaldt, son of Rick and Toni Herwaldt of Wheaton, Ill.

A 49-year-old Wheaton man was recently arrested after an undercover operation connected him to child porn, police said.

A 49-year-old Wheaton man has been charged with aggravated child pornography following an undercover operation conducted by Wheaton police and the DuPage County Sexual Predator Electronic Exploitation Division.

Broker associates at RE/MAX Suburban in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton were honored recently for their sales successes in 2012.

Two former administrators charged with scamming the DuPage County Forest Preserve District out of more than $150,000 avoided suspicion for years, officials say, until their loyalty to a vendor seeking a computer contract triggered an internal investigation so secret that only three district officials knew about it.

Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's west Chicago region: LEMONT- Lemont Police: Middle School Girl Charged with Writing Oakwood Bomb Threat - Lemont Police Chief Kevin Shaughnessy said the girl was charged with disorderly conduct after admitted to writing a threatening message on the school's exterior wall Sunday.