William Grady

Joseph Birkett's efforts to win appointment as interim county state's attorney were gaining momentum late last month until a new tidbit suddenly was added to the county's simmering political stew:...

The completion date for the 450-bed addition to DuPage County Jail has been pushed back again, this time until late March, as a result of another dispute with Wheaton officials...

A plan to freeze the salaries of DuPage County's elected officials beginning in 1997 appears to be running into turbulence at the County Board. Some board members seem unenthusiastic about...

With continuing debate over the need for a new juvenile detention facility, DuPage County Board member Olivia Gow (R-Elmhhurst) has scheduled a town meeting Wednesday on juvenile-crime and detention issues....

Felipe A. "Tony" Reyes, named this month to fill a seat on the DuPage Airport Authority board, has asked that his nomination be temporarily withdrawn. Reyes, 40, president of the...

During the last year, DuPage Housing Authority board members have been unable to persuade Zirl Smith to sign on as the agency's full-time executive director. So DuPage Housing Authority board...

County Board members approved a nearly $4 million contract Tuesday with a Bensenville firm for work on the second phase of a flood-control project in the northeast part of the...

County Board Chairman Aldo Botti has decided to issue a controversial liquor license to a convenience store near Addison. County Board members and local residents had opposed the request for...

Illinois Appellate Judge Blanche Manning was nominated Thursday by President Clinton to fill one of three vacant federal judgeships in the Northern District of Illinois. The nomination of Manning, 59,...

Voicing concern about rail-related deaths in the county, County Board Chairman Aldo Botti said he will convene a railroad-crossing safety conference this month. Botti said he wants the conference to...