Since the ousting of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has been leading the charge for major ethics reforms in Illinois.

A bill that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes passed in the Illinois Senate Wednesday by a narrow margin.

The DuPage County Fair is seeking volunteers for its 55th annual summer shindig.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and the DuPage County Health Department are now offering a free program allowing county residents to safely dispose of unused prescription medications 24 hours a day.
 

Drew Peterson faces up to 60 years in prison after a grand jury Thursday indicted the 55-year-old former Bolingbrook police sergeant in the 2004 murder of his third wife.

The Illinois State Police announced Tuesday that troopers will be conducting alcohol countermeasure enforcement patrols in conjunction with various high school proms.

With 40 cases of swine flu confirmed in the United States, including two in Kansas and one in Ohio, local health departments are alerting doctors and citizens to be watchful.

A Clarendon Hills man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering his young daughter in 2006 was sentenced to 100 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill in DuPage County court Thursday, April 16.

General Growth Properties Inc., which owns six shopping centers in the Chicago area, including Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning.

A Hinsdale teen who robbed a local donut shop at gunpoint April 7 returned the money and apologized for the crime the next day before being arrested, Hinsdale police said.

Of DuPage County’s 544,073 registered voters for this year’s election, 18.39 percent cast ballots in city and village races; 18.09 in park, fire and library races; 3.94 percent for propositions; 20.56 percent in school races; and 20.56 percent in township races.

Jim Durkin, faculty member at College of DuPage, will run on a treadmill from 7 to 9 a.m. Thursday, March 26, in the College of DuPage Physical Education and Recreation Center Aerobic Fitness Lab, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, to heighten awareness of Deep Venous Thrombosis.
 

The Second District Appellate Court of Illinois on Thursday, March 19, upheld the conviction and sentence of former Hinsdale Central High School science teacher and boys varsity basketball coach Robert Mueller.

Beginning Monday, Downers Grove Village Hall will serve as an early voting location for the April 7 consolidated election.