Thursday, May 9, 2013
Governor Pat Quinn has been touring affected counties and said that the results of the assessments will be used to request federal aid.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and local governing bodies began assessing flood damage in DuPage County (as well as in Cook and Lake counties) this week, according to a press release from the Illinois Government News Network. The assessments are critical to attempts to secure federal government aid for counties affected by the mid-April floods, including grants and low-interest loans for individuals, and such loans for businesses, affected by the rising waters. Next week, assessors will begin discussions with local governments as well, which are eligible for up to 75 percent aid for flood-related expenses. “These …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Rivers continue to rise across the area. Find out the latest details in your area by clicking on the map.
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Thursday, April 18
The map above, from Google, uses real-time data from the National Weather Service to forecast river floods.
How crazy is it out there right now? Please show us! Upload your pictures of flooding from DuPage County towns here.
Note: when uploading photos/video, please include a caption with the town and street where they were taken. Thank you! By 7 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service in Romeoville had the total rainfall amount at 3.24 inches for the previous 24 hours. Then it rained some more. And it's not forecast to stop until Friday morning. What does the scene look like for you? Are there several feet of water outside your home (or, heaven forbid, inside it)? Stranded cars; flooded lawns and streets? If you’re lucky enough not to be too busy dealing with any emergencies right now (and we hope you are), we’d love to see what you see, and our readership likely would as well. If you have any great snapshots/photographs of the flooding around DuPage …
Monday, April 1, 2013
The governor signed 87 orders of pardon and expungement on Friday, freeing and/or granting clemency to six persons convicted in DuPage courts.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn handled 222 clemency petitions on Friday that go back to 2005, granting 87 and denying 135, in the process clearing six persons convicted in DuPage courts as long ago as 1988. According to the Peoria Journal-Star, Quinn’s office says he is committed to working through a backlog of over 2,500 cases accumulated during the tenure of the now-jailed ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich; he has granted 929 and denied 1,530 since taking office, his staff told the paper. The pardons for convictions in DuPage County went to: One of the most significant pardons, the Journal-Star reported, was of Peggy Jo Jackson, 57, who was convicted of murdering her husband in 1986 despite attorneys saying that she suffered horrible domestic abuse from…
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Children learn that it pays to be fiscally responsible.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Yesterday’s story described Hinsdale resident Tracy Frizzell’s initiative called DuPage Money Smart Week 2011 and the Hinsdale Public Library’s role. Now you can see more of what the 33 children experienced during the April 9 “Piggy Bank Pageant: Money Smart Story & Craft.” “The Piggy Bank Pageant gives young children the opportunity to learn about money and saving in a manner that is fun and age appropriate,” Frizzell said. “Activities like this can help give our kids a head start on their financial future.” Instructor Peggy Montroy and her two seventh grade volunteers, Elena Frizzell and Brigid Mulligan, taught the children a few new words, read a couple of stories and helped passed out snacks while piggybanks were being decorated. Tracy…
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Monday, March 14, 2011
The Hinsdale Center is accepting pieces for its 24th annual art exhibit.
The Hinsdale Center for the Arts will hold its 24th annual high school art exhibition, beginning Saturday, April 9. Teachers from DuPage and western Cook County schools submit student artwork in all artistic media to the exhibition. All submitted work is exhibited, and the work is evaluated by art professionals who present up to 12 awards of excellence. On April 16, a special program by Chicago's School of the Art Institute will be presented at 4 p.m., followed by a reception for students, teachers, parents and guests. During the special program, students will be able to view the portfolios of students from all over the country who are currently enrolled as freshmen at SAIC. The program will showcase student work that has won scholarships…
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Here's a look at some of the cases we're keeping an eye on this week.
Among the court cases we're keeping any eye on in DuPage county, is the case of a man accused of trying to kill a former St. Charles woman (a Kane County case that crosses borders into DuPage), a mortgage-fraud case in Darien, a man charged with punching a nurse at Hinsdale hospital and a Naperville man who is challenging the process of a red-light ticket. KANE COUNTY St. Charles—Attempted murder suspect Mario Bocanegra was supposed to go on trial in DuPage in December on a domestic violence charge where the victim is the same woman he is accused of trying to kill in St. Charles. The trial was first delayed because prosecutors couldn't locate the woman to testify, in part, because she moved out of house in St. Charles where she was …
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
New county chairman is confident his picks will serve the people well.
The Dan Cronin era of DuPage County government kicked off today with the appointment of a new state's attorney and new members to the DuPage County Water Commission. Cronin, who was elected DuPage County Board chairman in November, began his tenure with the board unanimously supporting his selections. Immediately following the confirmation of his appointment as state's attorney, Robert Berlin was sworn in as the top law enforcement official in DuPage. Berlin, who has worked as a prosecuting attorney since 1987, said he is looking forward to the challenge of leading the office he's served the past six years. "The top priorities of my office will be protecting the public and defending the rights of victims of crime," Berlin said. "The …
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
HInsdale teens and their families participated in the 7th Annual Saturday Sleepout to benefit the homeless.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
With temperatures dropping to the mid-30s, Hinsdale teens joined hundreds of people across DuPage County to spend Saturday night in tents and cardboard boxes. The effort was to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness. "We're so privileged we get to sleep in a warm house, and [the homeless] don't, and it shows you how hard it is for them, even though sometimes it doesn't seem like it," said 13-year-old Clarendon Hills resident Jessica Sinnes. The event that took place between 6 p.m. on Saturday night and 6 a.m. Sunday morning raised money for Bridge Communities, a Glen Ellyn-based non-profit organization that provides housing, mentoring and counseling to homeless families. About 1,500 people in 100 groups took part in the Sleepout …
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
College of DuPage will use the sale of bonds to refurbish school buildings.
The College of DuPage bond referendum for Community College District 502 narrowly Tuesday night after getting nearly 55 percent of the vote to allow the college to sell $168 million in bonds to pay for repairs to aging buildings, construction of a new multi-tiered parking structure and continuing with phase two of construction of a new Homeland Security Center. Much of the money will be used specifically in projects on the McAninch Arts Center, the Physical Education Building and improvements to the Student Resource Center. College officials said earlier in the day on Tuesday that they expected the referendum to pass. "We believe that the referendum has a very good chance of passing," said Joe Moore, associate vice president of external …
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