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2 hrs ago | Naperville Sun

Taking a look at the mess in Springfield

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.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Springfield, IL, Pat Quinn, US Governors, Wheaton, IL, Naperville, IL

8 hrs ago | Patch.com

5 Charged With Underage Drinking in Separate Incidents: Police Blotter

Incident: CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY PERSON UNDER 21 Location: Madison St & Chicago Ave Date/Time: 5/19/13 12:29AM ARRESTEE: Polancich, Jack W, 20, 1636 Clyde Dr, Naperville CHARGES: Illegal Consumption of Alcohol by Person Under 21 ARRESTEE: Bartolotta, Matthew P, 20, 212 Settlers Ct, Naperville CHARGES: Illegal Consumption of Alcohol by Person ... (more)

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Pulaski, IL

12 hrs ago | Daily Herald

Glenbard students view mock DUI crash

The Carol Stream Police Department and Carol Stream Fire Protection District stage a mock DUI fatal car crash Wednesday at Glenbard North High School.

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Related Topix: Carol Stream, IL, Arts, Theater

Wed May 22, 2013

Naperville Sun

Project getting started along DuPage River

Area residents got a chance to hear about improvements to the West Branch of the DuPage River during a special meeting Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Warrenville, IL, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Benedictine University

Patch.com

Man Charged with Making Threat at Glenbard East High School

A 19-year-old Lombard man is accused of planning to commit an act of violence at Glenbard East High School, officials said.

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Related Topix: Lombard, IL

CBS Local

Former Glenbard East Student Accused Of Planning Columbine-Type Attack

A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard was in custody on Wednesday, accused of planning a "Columbine-style" attack on the school, with a list of people he wanted to target.

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Related Topix: Lombard, IL

Patch.com

Paulsen, Kesman to Return as Hinsdale Central Interim Principals

District 86 has confirmed the two new interim co-principals who will preside over the 2013-2014 school year while a replacement is sought for outgoing principal Michael McGrory, and it's the same two who presided over an identical situation three years ago.

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Related Topix: Central College

The Beacon-News

Watts' 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.

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Wheaton, IL, Aurora, IL, Elgin, IL

Tue May 21, 2013

Daily Herald

Bensenville purse snatcher sentenced

Jose Mendoza, 19, pleaded guilty to robbery in exchange for 30 months of probation and 180 days in jail.

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Related Topix: Bensenville, IL, Franklin Park, IL

Patch.com

Man Pleads Not Guilty of DUI in Crash That Killed WWS Senior

A Warrenville man has pleaded not guilty of an aggravated DUI charge after a crash that killed Wheaton Warrenville South High School senior Stephanie Pickett , the Daily Herald reported Monday .

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Related Topix: Warrenville, IL, Winfield, IL

Patch.com

City to Host Final Public Meeting on Downtown Plan

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.

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Related Topix: Wheaton, IL

Patch.com

Patron Threatens Employee When Asked to Leave: Police Blotter

FRIDAY, MAY 3 Patron Threatens Employee An employee asked a person who was illegally parked in a private lot of a business to leave on the 15W400 block of 59th Street.

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Related Topix: 9, Burr Ridge, IL, Willowbrook, IL

Daily Herald

DuPage reconsidering Islamic prayer center plan

DuPage County officials have been given another opportunity to consider a proposed Islamic prayer center near West Chicago.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, West Chicago, IL, Naperville, IL

Mon May 20, 2013

Patch.com

7 DUI Arrests, Possession of Cannabis, Aggravated Battery to Peace Officer: Police Blotter

Friday, May 17 Aggravated battery to peace officer Robert B. Hudetz, 50, was arrested at 12:01 a.m. in the 400 block of East Chicago Avenue, police said.

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Will County, IL, Aurora, IL

Naperville Sun

New approach sought for fight mosquitos

The Mosquito Abatement Task Force has agreed on several priorities in its effort to both combat the West Nile virus that claimed five lives last year, and also streamline and coordinate anti-mosquito efforts at the county level.

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Related Topix: Health, West Nile Virus

Naperville Sun

Woman gets jail, counseling for stealing puppy from Naperville Petland

A 21-year-old woman from Aurora has been sentenced to jail and ordered to undergo counseling, after being convicted of stealing a puppy last fall from a pet shop on Naperville's far west side.

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Aurora, IL

Daily Herald

Lake, Cook counties top state's endangered species list

An Osprey is one of the 112 endangered or threatened species in Cook County. Lake and Cook counties have more endangered and threatened species than any other county in the state.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Lake County, IL, Illinois, McHenry County, IL

Sun May 19, 2013

Chicago Sun-Times

Police, prosecutors differ on charging driver in...

A driver accused of swerving his SUV at a teenage demonstrator outside an Aurora Planned Parenthood clinic was charged with aggravated assault even though police said security cameras never showed him veering toward the protester.

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL

Daily Herald

Police say Schaumburg cop under investigation

A Schaumburg police officer who authorities said kept a revolver that a resident turned in to police has been placed on administrative leave as his conduct is investigated.

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Related Topix: Schaumburg, IL, Drugs

Patch.com

Convicted Woodridge Carjacker Gets 40 Years in Absentia

Former nuclear engineer Michael Buhrman, 32, of Coal City, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for the May 2012 aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm of a woman's car in a Kohl's parking lot in eastern Woodridge near the Darien border.

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Related Topix: Woodridge, IL, Darien, IL, Morris, IL