Dupage County News

Patch looks back at the week of Feb. 6 to Feb. 10 in DuPage County court:A Clarendon Hills - A former Clarendon Hills Police Department officer accused of stealing guns from the department in 2007 appears headed for a possible plea agreement with prosecutors.A Court records show Daniel Ryan is scheduled for a plea and sentencing during March 2 ... (more)

Illinois Issues has a great story on the upheaval the Democrats' redistricting has wrought upon Illinois this election season - pitting Republican incumbents against each other in the Republican-leaning collar counties and suburban districts, exactly what the Democrats hoped would happen.

2.A Hinsdale Trustees Reject Graue Mill Anti-Flood Funding Request :A The Graue Mill Home Owners Association asked for $60,000 in village funds to help secure a FEMA grant that would cover 75 percent of a nearly $2 million improvement project.

Daniel C. Clark, 32, of Chicago, is charged with one count each of aggravated DUI involving death and aggravated DUI involving great bodily harm in a crash that killed a person who was sitting in an Illinois State Police car on the Eisenhower Expressway.

A DuPage County Judge this morning set bond at $1 million for Daniel C. Clark, who prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol concentration of more than three times the legal limit when he crashed into a state trooper's squad early Saturday, killing the man who was staying warm inside.

A Chicago man who rear-ended a state police squad car early Saturday, killing a 42-year-old West suburban man warming up inside and injuring the state trooper, has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence, a DuPage County state's attorney's office news release said.

A 21-year-old Lemont man has been sentenced to 30 days in DuPage County Jail, following his arrest late last year in a heroin-related case in Naperville.

Addison - A man was killed and a state trooper injured early Saturday when another vehicle struck the Illinois State Police car they were sitting in on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Addison.

A grand jury on Thursday indicted two men previously charged with robbing a Naperville pizza place - as well as a third man - on multiple counts of armed robbery and kidnapping related to crimes stretching back more than a year.

Four candidates will make their pitch next week for why they should be appointed to fill former DuPage County Board member Brien Sheahan's seat until after the fall election.

Four-year-old Richie Lopez reacts to bubbles floating through the air during his session of therapy for his autism, Thursday at the Easter Seals Jayne Shover Center in Elgin.

A young Naperville-area man remained Friday night in DuPage County Jail on $25,000 bail, accused of punching another youth and knocking out one of his teeth during a robbery attempt last summer on the city's far south side.

A judge on Friday agreed to reduce the bail of a Carl Sandburg High School teacher and coach accused of sexually abusing a student.

Police arrested three Wheaton men late Wednesday night for a car burglary in the 1700 block of Roosevelt Road, according to a press release from the Wheaton Police Department.

Diary entries describing a 1997 murder in DuPage County tie a former Joliet man arrested last month to the long-unsolved slaying, prosecutors said Friday.

After another dry spell, wintry weather is back in Darien. A winter weather advisory is in effect for DuPage County until 6 p.m. Friday, the National Weather Service said.

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced that Kevin L. Murch, Partner, Ice Miller LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress' webcast entitled: "Legal Series: Data Privacy and Social Media Live Webcast" This event is scheduled on March 12, 2012 from 12:00 PM to ... (more)

Construction to widen and resurface 75th St. starts next week, though drivers won't have to deal with lane closures or heavy construction just yet.A The project will get off to a slow start, according to Kent Kuper, principal civil engineer for theA DuPage County Division of Transportation.

The weatherman is calling for snow today, Friday. So what? After all, it is February.

For at least three years, the College of DuPage and Glen Ellyn have bickered over who has jurisdiction over the college's 273-acre campus.