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.”

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.

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.

Despite her insistence last month, a DuPage County judge did not set a trial date on Wednesday for a man accused of a 2006 rape.

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.

More than 7,000 DuPage County residents eligible for economic stimulus checks from $300 to $1,200 still have time to file tax returns to claim them, but the deadline is approaching.

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.

The Westmont Fire Department will host an open house tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in honor of Fire Prevention Week.

The second Fireball Run Transcontinental Road Rally, also known as the Race to Recover America’s Missing Children, made its way through Westmont Oct. 2.

DuPage County Recorder Fred Bucholz recently introduced a program to notify residents when ownership of their property is transferred, a technique commonly used to defraud owners of their land.

The weather is turning cooler, but the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has plenty of events on tap to keep residents outdoors as the leaves change to shades of orange and red.

Inside today’s newscast:

* the Wheaton resident who sent a threatening e-mail to the University of Illinois at Chicago was sentenced to probation

* School Dist. 181 searches for a new superintendent

* this week's gridiron moment features York's comeback against Lyons Township

Early voting for the Nov. 4 general election begins Monday, Oct. 13, at sites throughout DuPage County.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be opening a disaster recovery center to assist DuPage County residents and businesses affected by last month’s flooding.

The 263-171 vote Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a $700 billion bailout of the troubled financial markets found one local legislator changing her position while three others maintained the votes they made earlier in the week.