Dupage County News

A Winfield man must register as a convicted sex offender for the rest of his life after a state task force that secretly monitors child pornography sites on the Internet snared him in its web.

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Associated Press - July 4, 2008 9:04 PM ET WHEATON, Ill. - A DuPage County judge has ruled that an 82-minute DVD of a police interview with a Sandwich man accused of murdering a pizza-delivery driver can be ...

A DuPage County judge ruled Thursday that Villa Park Trustee Tom Cullerton should appear on the November ballot as a Democratic candidate for state Senate.

A Plainfield man has been sentenced to 60 days in the DuPage County Jail for stealing a $1,500 Pomeranian puppy and blowing marijuana smoke into its face until it passed out.

A Plainfield man who stole a $1,500 Pomeranian puppy and blew marijuana smoke into its face until it passed out was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in the DuPage County Jail.

Two young men from Bolingbrook have been charged with running a prostitution scheme from a Downers Grove hotel.

Daniel Rappe, a former correctional officer in the DuPage County Sheriff's Department who was twice convicted on child molestation charges, had ducked registering as a sex offender for seven years by creating a ...

To deter drunken drivers from getting behind the wheel this holiday weekend, DuPage County authorities Tuesday warned that they have seized 417 vehicles so far this year, most after alcohol-related stops.

Bail was set Tuesday at $1 million for a Burbank man who DuPage County prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit in a fatal crash last week on the Stevenson Expressway.

When Gov. George Ryan took the extraordinary step of emptying Illinois' Death Row over fears that an innocent person could be executed, he urged lawmakers to reform the death penalty.

A political consultant convicted of submitting forged signatures on nominating petitions avoided a jail term Friday when a DuPage County judge instead sentenced him to probation and community service work.

Naperville continues to give generously to Relay for Life, despite thunderstorms closing the most recent event early and the economy putting a damper on the size of donations.

A former bookkeeper for a Darien-based elementary school district pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the west suburban district.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill . -- A mosquito sample collected in Jackson County has tested positive for the West Nile virus -- the first in Southern Illinois this year -- according to the Illinois Department of Public ...

The Internal Revenue Service has filed tax evasion charges against a suburban Chicago psychic jailed in connection with an alleged Tarot card scam.

The restaurant and bar at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton has temporarily closed after at least 12 customers and 20 food service staff members became sick with vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps, according ...

Calling it an experimental position, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has hired its own prosecutor.

Bill Simmons retired Friday after 40 years in law enforcement, but he remembers clearly the day he was hired by the DuPage County sheriff's department.

Dawid Pietrek was a young Polish immigrant who died an American hero. Dawid Pietrek The 24-year-old DuPage County man was killed Saturday with three other Marines while returning to their base when their Humvee ...