Wheaton News

The American Legion Post 76 will host Wheaton's annual Memorial Day Parade through downtown Wheaton on Monday, May 27.

Probably the big event for the closing weekend is today, and it's downtown. Let's start with that one.

Faces of the First: The First Division Museum at Cantigny exhibit details U.S. Army's famed 1st Infantry Division, May 25-Sept. 2. At 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, introduces State Representative Darlene Senger during the pension reform press conference at the DuPage County Boardroom on Friday, January 4, 2013, in Wheaton IL.

As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar.

The owners of a Lisle-based investment advisory firm have been accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of running a fraudulent "cherry-picking" scheme.

One drink could be the standard for drunken drivingat least for some people if the National Transporation Safety Board has its way.

"We are human beings. We are able to walk upright on two feet. We need a footpath," the Naperville naturalist wrote in a 1963 letter to the editor.

The City of Wheaton will host a final opportunity for input on the downtown streetscape and strategic plans at a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 at the DuPage County Historical Museum auditorium, 102 E. Wesley St.

The woman was running northbound on the path about 75 ft. south of Roosevelt Road when she encountered the man.

A second Jersey Mike's Subs has opened at 111 E. Ogden Ave. in Naperville. To celebrate the grand opening of the new location, fundraisers are being held this week, which will benefit several Naperville Schools.

As of Wednesday, May 22, I will no longer be the Local Editor for Wheaton Patch, as I take on the opportunity to work as Field Editor for a group of Patch sites in Chicago's near-west suburbs.

The Wheaton facility will be located next to the Main Street Marketplace and comprise 81,543 square feet.

WHEATON, Ill. A poorly secured cell phone in a west suburban hospital washroom that a man had allegedly set up to secretly videotape women in the toilet area was discovered by a woman when the phone fell to the washroom floor on Friday.

April 28: Marcus Conner, 39, of the 2000 block of Wheatfield, Romeoville, was charged at 12:11 a.m. with DUI while driving his 2005 Chevrolet on Clarendon Hills Road at southbound I-55, police said.

SATURDAY, MAY 11 DUI, Underage Drinking Police charged Chase R. Howard, 20, of the 24W700 block of Merrill Drive, Wheaton, with driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Edward Hines Lumber sawed some lumber Wednesday in lieu of a ribbon cutting to celebrate its grand opening at 703 W. Wesley St.

Wheaton City Manager Donald Rose has appointed William Schultz as the new Chief of the Wheaton Fire Department .

The Taste of Wheaton, hosted by the Wheaton Park District and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, will take place May 30-June 2, 2013 in downtown Wheaton.

SUNDAY, MAY 12 DUI, Speeding Fernando Munoz, 21, of the 800 block of Brentwood Drive, West Chicago, was charged at 4:30 a.m. with DUI, speeding and driving an uninsured motor vehicle at Roosevelt Road and Parkside.