The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education president is attempting to seek a seat on the DuPage County Board.
 

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department will test suspicious or questionable Halloween treats beginning at noon Saturday, Oct. 31, as part of a special initiative to make the holiday safer for trick-or-treaters, the department  announced.

The side effects of a bad economy have claimed another victim. Commuters who take Pace buses in throughout Wheaton and other western suburbs can expect probable service changes and fare increases by the end of the year.

Delrick Robb, 36, of Lombard, was charged with possession of child pornography, Oct. 26. 
A media release from the City of Wheaton says that Robb is being held in the DuPAge County Jail on $150,000 bond.

Police have released no other details.

Keith Wessman, 20, of Wheaton, who was wanted on a warrant, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and two counts of forgery, Oct. 23, according to a media release from the Wheaton Police Department.

The arrest was a result of a narcotics investigation.

Police have released no other information.

The deadline for junior high school students to register for the American Mathematics Contest 8 scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at North Central college in Naperville, is Thursday, Oct. 29.
 

Rebecca Sandberg of Wheaton believes her children have a more advanced education than she did when she was their age.

“Oh, absolutely,” she said, laughing when asked about it. “Absolutely.”

Residents looking to hit the jackpot on video gaming machines in Westmont will gave to go elsewhere to gamble, after the village has decided to ban the machines in the community.

Things at Community High School District 99 appear to be settling this week, with no new cases of confirmed H1N1 flu.

A former bank employee was sentenced Friday to 53 months in prison for stealing more than $140,000 from elderly customers, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.

Community Unit School District 200 Superintendent Richard Drury has resigned. The decision, announced Thursday Oct. 15 night after days of closed session meetings, quiets some rumors but raises new questions about differences between Drury and the district’s board of education.

Members of the Community Unit School District 200 Board of Education met again behind closed doors, Wednesday night, only to return and postpone a series of mysterious talks
for a fourth night.

After a case of H1N1 swine flu was confirmed Tuesday, Oct. 13, attendance at Downers Grove South High School was down Wednesday.

Thomas Bennington returned to the DuPage County Board this week for a 14-month stint. Bennington was tapped to take over for Kyle Gilgis, R-3rd District, of Downers Grove, who retired midterm in August.

A recent chance discovery by professor David Maas of Wheaton College has awakened interest in Wheaton’s abolitionist roots, and suggests the school might have harbored runaway slaves.