• Could roadwork stop Friday if Illinois doesn't pass a budget?

  By Marni Pyke Is a roadwork apocalypse scenario where state legislative gridlock stops construction possible? Yes, and it would be bad. But don’t run shrieking to the bunker yet.
  Last Updated Jun 26, 2017 8:14 AM

• DuPage sheriff, Marianjoy hospital launch class for drivers with autism

  Posted Jun 26, 2017 5:30 AM

  DuPage County sheriff’s deputies and Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital’s occupational therapists last week launched the first of what they hope will become a series of classes designed to better prepare drivers with developmental disorders like autism should they get pulled over.

• Authorities identify body found burned in Morton Arboretum

  Posted Jun 26, 2017 12:22 PM

  Officials have identified the body found inside a burned-out vehicle Wednesday at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle as a 47-year-old Woodridge woman.

• DuPage County to vote on plan to increase funding for fire protection district

  Updated Jun 26, 2017 2:02 PM

  DuPage County Board members are being asked to sign off on a plan to establish a special service area so hundreds of homes near Downers Grove can continue receiving fire protection from Westmont.

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• Lions Clubs International marks 100 years with huge convention in Chicago

  Updated Jun 26, 2017 6:27 AM

  Oak Brook-based Lions Clubs International is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with a centennial convention June 30 through July 4 at Chicago's McCormick Place.

• Mussels take up new life in DuPage River

  Updated Jun 24, 2017 5:00 PM

  It wasn’t exactly majestic, like one of those times when an eagle has recovered from its injuries and is released back into the wild and soars away over the treetops. But while the release of hundreds of freshwater mussels into the West Branch of the DuPage River near Warrenville may have lacked drama, forest preserve officials say the tiny creatures could have a long-lasting impact on the environmental health of the river.

• Roselle man charged with sexually abusing girl

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 7:57 PM

  A former Elk Grove Library employee has been accused of sexually abusing a young girl.

• New COD budget holds line on taxes, tuition

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 7:53 PM

  College of DuPage trustees have approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that keeps the property tax levy flat, despite a multimillion-dollar deficit.

• Hundreds remember Jimmy Piersall at memorial service

  Updated Jun 23, 2017 6:40 PM

  Friends and family remembered former baseball star Jimmy Piersall during a memorial service Friday in West Chicago. “Jimmy Piersall was a winner,” broadcaster and family friend Tom Shaer said during the service.

• Person found at arboretum apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning
• College of DuPage wrongful termination lawsuit ends in 3 separate deals
• Investigation continues into body found in burned car at Morton Arboretum
• College of DuPage could open innovation center in downtown Glen Ellyn
• Indiana man pleads guilty to brutal attack of Willowbrook woman
• Bloomingdale cops riding to remember fallen officer
• Woodridge Sam’s Club closing at end of month
• Police: Man attacked estranged wife on St. Charles street
• Family settles for $1 million in death of infant at Lombard day care
• Glendale Heights gets OK to demolish old guard house
• Trial continues for Carol Stream woman accused of trying to poison stepdaughter
• Des Plaines man charged in Bensenville slaying
• DuPage forest district employee named new leader
• Wrongful-death suit filed in Aurora retention pond crash that killed mom, 9-year-old son
• Constable: Bail law a good measure you don’t want to use

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