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The DuPage County seat's historic Cape Cods, four-squares and Victorians stand untouched in the teardown craze. Read more about Wheaton.
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The DuPage County seat's historic Cape Cods, four-squares and Victorians stand untouched in the teardown craze. Read more about Wheaton.
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West DuPage news briefs: June 10
Wheaton Mortgage relief, flood aid available Two events to help DuPage County residents with mortgage relief and flood assistance will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the DuPage County Government Center auditorium, 421 N. County Farm Road,...Tags: FEMA, Mortgages, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Interior Policy
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Michael P. Murphy Sr., 1949-2013
Always thoughtful and focused in his work as a planning commissioner, Michael P. Murphy Sr. helped shape the community of Wheaton, especially the city's bustling south side. Among the projects Mr. Murphy had a hand in during nine years on the Wheaton...
Tags: Glen Ellyn, Lisle, Target, O'Hare International Airport, Heart Failure
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South Bend dog adopts puppies orphaned in Oklahoma
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A pregnant dog that was found a rescue home so that she would not give birth in a shelter — only to have all of her puppies die — has come to the rescue of six orphaned puppies taken from an Oklahoma shelter...
Tags: Pets
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Naperville police raise money for Special Olympics
Thousands of dollars were raised for the Special Olympics last week as law-enforcement officials throughout the area participated in the 11th annual Cop on a Rooftop fundraiser. From 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, men and women in uniform mounted the roofs of...
Tags: Special Olympics, DuPage County, Naperville, Human Interest, Soldier Field
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Voice of the People, May. 31
Social promotion Letter writer Ned L. McCray ("Labeling schools," Voice of the People, May 22) claims that labeling a school as "failing" is an insult to students, teachers and parents at such schools. "A school has no control over what the student...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Students
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Wheaton man gets 55 years for stabbing man to death
A Wheaton man whom prosecutors called a "violent, self-indulgent scammer" was sentenced to 55 years in prison Tuesday for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2009. Families of the victim and the defendant dabbed their eyes as the sentence was handed down in...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Defendants
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Driver gets 10 years for fatal crash
A Plainfield man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for a road-rage crash in Naperville last year that killed a motorcyclist. Michael Moreno, 32, was convicted in March of aggravated driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a...
Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Accidental Death, Lawyers
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The best gun law for Illinois -- and Chicago
As a solution to the concealed weapons law that Springfield is at loggerheads over, I suggest the following compromise, which, I admit, is tilted toward the right to carry a concealed weapon. First, pass the law allowing for concealed carry with...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago City Council, Personal Weapon Control, Laws
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Wheaton man gets 55 years in stabbing death of neighbor
Tribune reporterA Wheaton man whom prosecutors called a “violent, self-indulgent scammer” was sentenced to 55 years in prison Tuesday for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2009. Families of the victim and the defendant dabbed their eyes as the sentence was...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Defendants
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Steelers sign WR Wheaton, CB Hawthorne
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Steelers sign WR Wheaton, CB Hawthorne The Pittsburgh Steelers have four of their nine draft picks under contract after signing third-round pick wide receiver Markus Wheaton and fifth-round pick cornerback Terry Hawthorne. Financial...Tags: Emmanuel Sanders
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports: Wheaton •Someone entered an unlocked car and took loose change from the center console in the 1600 block of Woodcutter Lane between 8 p.m. May 19 and 9 a.m. May 20. •A handicapped...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Frankfort, Chicago Tribune, Winfield, Bloomingdale
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St. Francis stymied in land acquisition for parking lot
Leaders of St. Francis High School in Wheaton are hitting what appears to be a brick wall in their efforts to persuade the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to sell several acres from an adjoining preserve so the school can expand its parking lot....Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Forestry and Timber
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