The postseason success of Wheaton Warrenville South’s football team — which is almost a given every year — directly affects head coach Mike Healy’s basketball squad because a good percentage of his players suit up and do battle on the gridiron.

The Wheaton Police Department is creating a database of individuals with special needs, in conjunction with the emergency communications center DuComm.

Check out letters to the editor in the Nov. 18 Glen Ellyn News/Wheaton Leader Newspaper.

In debating whether we should abolish capital punishment, it’s important to decide which aspect of this story dominates — the psychopath who deserves the ultimate punishment or the wrongful conviction of two men. Is it better for us to enhance public safety by eliminating society’s most serious threats or to protect civil liberties by making sure innocent people are never put to death?

A lapse in financial bookkeeping has left the DuPage Water Commission millions of dollars short, and leaders are considering increasing water utility rates, among other fundraising options, to cover the hole.

The Wheaton City Council made several appointments to city commissions, Monday, at its regular council meeting. 

Mike and Mary Brod found themselves standing before the Glen Ellyn Village Board of Trustees on Nov. 16, as self-described experts on storm-water runoff.

The village of Glen Ellyn is expected to vote on ordinances that, if passed, will create or continue tax districts in areas of the village. One ordinance also up for consideration would lessen property taxes.

The old house on West Street in downtown Wheaton has needed to be renovated for some time now.

The DuPage Health Dept. is hoping to get its H1N1 flu vaccines to more of those who need it most with a pair of appointment-only clinics next month in Glen Ellyn and Downers Grove. The first session will be Saturday, Dec. 12 at Building K of the College of DuPage, and the second will be Sunday, Dec. 13 at Downers Grove South High School.

Three Elmhurst men arrested and charged Nov. 13 with taking part in a spree of 40 burglaries to vehicles in DuPage County communities will be arraigned in December.

The Wheaton Police Department has received reports of coyotes being sighted in multiple areas, including Delles Road, the Prairie Path, Gables Boulevard, Lakeside Drive and Wakeman Avenue.

Police want to know who burglarized two hair salons in Wheaton, Sunday night.

Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk, and representatives from the Wheaton Park District and Community Unit School District 200 will speak at the League of Women Voters' fifth, annual State of Our Community Forum, Nov. 19.
 

Big-time college recruits and state title contenders take the court next week when the high school girls basketball season tips off. Check out your team's prospects here.

If there were a more effective way of weeding out ne’er-do-wells on the Internet, I’d strongly recommend using it. Such a mechanism would be helpful in identifying those who have good intentions and those who want to rip you off.