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Items are left in memory of the dead in Paris outside the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17, 2015.

In Chicago, traveling Parisians struggle to cope with terror attack back home

May 22, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

Parisians Marion Robin and Lisa Colin sat in a Gino's East restaurant Friday evening, eagerly planning their weekend in Chicago, a celebration of their long-awaited reunion. In an instant, those...

Retiring Wheaton police chief put educating, training officers first

May 14, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

Identifying the pinnacle of outgoing Wheaton Police Chief Mark Field's 24-year career isn't easy for his colleagues. Could it be cracking the 1976 cold case murder of Darlene Stack, stabbed...

Glenbard East High School is among the district's four high schools focused on maximizing the number of qualified students sitting in AP classes.

District 87 looks to increase diversity in AP classes

May 22, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

Glenbard High School District 87 is one of seven in the state designated to work with a non-profit on getting more students – particularly minorities – to take Advanced Placement...

Seen through a bullet-damaged window, family members of Felix McGhee Jr. stand outside Nov. 7, 2015, and greet friends and relatives stopping by to give condolences. McGhee was killed Nov. 6, 2015, while sitting in the green chair, at left, on the porch of his parents' home in the 1400 block of North Kildare Avenue, in Chicago's West Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Neighbors recall West Humboldt Park man’s happy-go-lucky character

May 22, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

Seven carpeted stairs lead to the forest green plastic chair that sits on the front porch of a bustling home in West Humboldt Park. The chair was the workplace of...

James Volpe named new Wheaton police chief

May 14, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

Division Commander James F. Volpe, a 32-year veteran with the Wheaton Police Department, will take over as the force's new leader when Chief Mark Field retires at the end of...

Wheaton man charged with possession of child pornography

May 23, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

A Wheaton man has been charged with four felony counts of unlawful possession of child pornography, police said. John P. Becker, 24, was arrested Oct. 27 and booked at the...

College readiness linked to AP classes in District 87

May 22, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

The number of students taking AP tests at Glenbard High School District 87 schools has more than doubled since 2007, which officials say might be the reason for students' increasing...

District 87 asks for higher tax levy

May 22, 2019 at 12:34 a.m.

Glenbard High School District 87 officials are asking for a 4.2 percent property tax levy increase, but believe the actual hike will be much smaller. That increase would bring in...

Children get their picture taken with a pair of M&Ms after receiving candy from Mars candy factory employees, during a trick-or-treating event Oct. 31, 2015, at the factory, 2019 N. Oak Park Ave., in Chicago's Galewood neighborhood.

Mars factory candy giveaway a longtime prelude to trick-or-treating

June 16, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

Kids looking to maximize their Halloween candy haul Saturday morning went directly to the source: the Mars candy factory in Galewood. They lined up outside the factory's gates dressed as...

Board criticizes DuPage sheriff for neglecting budget process

May 14, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

The state budget impasse has DuPage County departments working to tighten their spending belts for 2016 -- except for the sheriff's department, county officials said. Sheriff John Zaruba asked the...

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