DuPage County assistant state’s attorney Paul Marchese was honored Thursday by Illinois’ Metropolitan Enforcement Groups in recognition of his prosecutorial support during a recent drug sting dubbed “Operation Scratch Off.”

Just in time for Halloween, a Lombard man is suing the local Jaycees, claiming he was injured in a fall two years ago while helping the club construct its annual haunted house.

Serving the 3rd Ward since 1991, Susan Rose has consecutively held an aldermanic position longer than anyone else in city history. With Mayor Tom Marcucci stepping down in the spring, Rose said she hasn’t counted out the possibility of climbing the city ladder.

The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce will hold a membership breakfast at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Courts Plus, 186 S. West Ave.

Dick Pond Athletics of Elmhurst, 124 N. York Road, will host a night with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project athletes from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10.

The Elmhurst Park District’s Touch A Truck event held earlier in September raised $1,370 for the American Cancer Society.

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s 180-vehicle fleet will be getting a new $7.5 million home at Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville.

Courts Plus will hold six sessions of its Muscle Club at The Hub, 493 Oaklawn Ave., Elmhurst.

Maria Martinez-Valiukenas said it is in her blood to be a principal, so she was happy when Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 named her to lead Churchville Middle School.

More than 85 percent of the Immaculate Conception High School student body made sure their hearts were OK during a screening program.

The Elmhurst city clerk’s office and the DuPage Election Commission will provide early voting for the Nov. 4 general election for all registered voters in DuPage County.

While the rest of the DuPage County government will be closed Monday for Columbus Day, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster recovery center will stay open.

With the general election nearing, Lombard’s Code Enforcement Division reports receiving numerous calls regarding the placement of political campaign signs.

Tariq and Naheed Khan had two sump pumps running during the torrential rain that hit the area the weekend of Sept. 13, but it wasn’t enough to keep the basement of their home from taking in a foot-and-a-half of water.

The DuPage County Health Department’s Sexually Transmitted Disease program is now offering appointments for STD screenings on Friday mornings at the Central Public Health Center, 111 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton.