Alicia Fabbre

Entrance to Hickory Creek Junction Forest Preserve. The Forest Preserve District of Will County approved a $25 million bond issue for land acquisition and improvement projects in its preserves.

Will County OKs $25 million bond issue to acquire more forest preserve acreage, improve existing preserves

November 17, 2019 at 3:53 p.m.

Forest Preserve District of Will County commissioners approved a $25 million bond issue as it looks to acquire nearly 2,000 acres of new preserve land while improving trail connections and...

Former music teacher and band leader in Will County receives two years of probation after pleading guilty to child pornography charge

November 15, 2019 at 6:48 p.m.

A former Will County music teacher must register as a sex offender and serve two years of sex offender probation after pleading guilty Tuesday to a charge of possession of...

Man who left Tinley Park mom to die after hitting her with car sentenced to 9 years in prison

November 15, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

A 21-year-old Chicago man charged in the 2017 hit-and-run death of Tinley Park mother of two in Bolingbrook was sentenced Thursday to 9 years in prison. Eduardo Avila was charged...

Elimination of DuPage recorder’s office decision to be made by voters in November 2020

November 14, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.

DuPage County voters will decide in November 2020 if the recorder's office should be merged with that of the county clerk. County Board members voted 11-7 to commission a study...

DuPage County Board lifts 10-year ban, votes to allow video gaming in unincorporated areas

November 12, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

DuPage County Board members Tuesday voted to lift a 2009 ban on video gambling. The 11-6 vote would make the 27 liquor license holders in unincorporated DuPage County eligible to...

Officials share strategies for active shooter situations: ‘You can never be too prepared’

November 8, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

If there's one thing people took away from an active shooter seminar Wednesday night at the Rialto Square Theatre it was simply to be prepared. The Will County Sheriff's Office...

Judge discards 8 ballots cast in April in southwest suburban school board election. Woman who had been declared a winner is forced to step down.

November 6, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

After a Will County judge on Tuesday ruled that eight votes cast in April's election should be discarded, James Boudouris earned a seat on a southwest suburban school board while...

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