Dupage County News

For the jurors seated in Judge George Bakalis' DuPage County courtroom, October was a month of true horror.

Triple murderer Brian Dugan displays more severe psychopathic traits than all but a half-percent of the population, a defense psychologist testified Thursday.

Referring to a famous fictional villain, Brian Dugan told a psychologist he couldn't stop himself from kidnapping and murdering Jeanine Nicarico, even though he knew his actions were wrong.

Wheaton - "A good sociopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings." a ' Robert Hare, "Without Conscience" DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Michael Wolfe read the passage in court Tuesday as forensic psychologist Dr.

Grant Eckhoff believes he can save taxpayers millions of dollars by consolidating DuPage County's fire districts and departments.

GENEVA – There were few candidate additions as the one-week filing period for the February Primary Election came to a close Monday.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 4:16 pm US/Central SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Former Illinois Attorney General has filed paperwork to run for governor in 2010.

With the primary less than three months away, more than three dozen residents rallied supporters and launched bids for elective office in DuPage County by the 5 p.m. filing deadline Monday.

Judge OKs testimony on Dugan brain 'deficiencies' October 31, 2009 A forensic psychologist may testify that triple-murderer Brian Dugan is a psychopath who has brain "deficiencies," a DuPage County judge ruled Friday.

A Thursday afternoon drug-related kidnapping that erupted into an early Friday police chase on the South Side has ended in the arrests of four men Saturday morning.

Invoices for a health care forum organized by the DuPage County Board's three Democratic members were rejected today by the board's finance committee.

In Dupage County it was a C-S-I Halloween. The Sheriff's office is going high-tech to make sure your kids' treats aren't trouble in pretty wrapping.

A drug-related kidnapping on Chicago's South Side erupted into a police chase that ended early today in the northwest suburbs.

Four people suspected of kidnapping a man on Thursday afternoon are in custody early this morning after several police agencies were involved in a pursuit along the Eisenhower Expressway that ended in DuPage County.

The DuPage County Health department received its second shipment of the H1N1 vaccine Wednesday afternoon, accepting another 6,000 doses of the inhalable mist form.

An Illinois legal-reform group released a study Wednesday suggesting Cook County is squandering millions of dollars annually with a lax approach to fighting frivolous lawsuits.

Cedric Flax bet his freedom that a DuPage County jury would find his testimony more believable than the 26-year-old mother of two he was accused of kidnapping and raping - along with a cadre of police and medical officials siding with his accuser.

It didn't take long for the knives to come out in the Republican battle for Illinois governor.

This is no time to panic over the H1N1 flu shot. That's the message DuPage County Board members heard Tuesday from Maureen McHugh, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, when she came to update them on efforts to minimize the damage done locally by the novel flu virus.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 1:15 pm US/Central ELMHURST, Ill. A new west suburban resident will have to move again after it was discovered he is a child sex offender living near a dance school.