Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from DuPage County

‘Am I in trouble?’: Moment teacher accused of sexually assaulting student is arrested

The former teacher Christina Formella, 30, previously claimed to police that ‘everybody comes after her’ because she is just ‘good-looking’

The Independent UK

‘Everybody comes for me because I’m good-looking’: Teacher denies sexually assaulting student

During police interview, high school teacher, Christina Formella, 30, claimed ‘everybody comes after her because she is good-looking’

The Independent UK

Jewish, Muslim leaders warn of rise in antisemitic, anti-Muslim acts as war rages in Israel and Gaza

The Anti-Defamation League and American Muslims Assisting Neighbors are raising the alarm as tension spills over to U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Aurora man charged in connection with Willowbrook Juneteenth celebration shooting that killed 1, injured 22

Anthony Mothershed, 19, was charged in DuPage County on Friday with aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tornado confirmed in central DuPage County

The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down briefly in suburban Wheaton around 9 p.m., though no tornado warnings were in place.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman who was among 23 shot at strip mall near Chicago recounts how celebration turned to chaos

There had to be at least 200 people in the parking lot when Mariah Dixon arrived Saturday night for what has been billed as a Juneteenth celebration outside a strip mall in DuPage County, near Willowbrook.

Chicago Tribune

Man slain in Willowbrook-area mass shooting was a ‘happy-go-lucky’ young father of 2

Reginald Meadows died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Twenty-two others were wounded, DuPage County officials say, and no one is in custody.

Chicago Sun-Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

1 killed and at least 22 injured in shooting at a strip mall near Chicago, officials say

One person was killed and at least 22 injured in a mass shooting near Willowbrook in southeast DuPage County early Sunday morning, authorities said.

Chicago Tribune

1 killed, at least 16 injured in shooting at Willowbrook strip mall, officials say

At least one person was killed and 16 others were injured after a shooting in Willowbrook in southwest suburban DuPage County early Sunday morning, authorities said.

Chicago Tribune

DuPage County’s new tool in fighting domestic abuse: a QR code that points to help

Victims of domestic abuse can now use a QR code to access a website that directs them to agencies that can help, orders of protection, shelters and legal aid.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 teens plead guilty to setting fire that damaged Pheasant Run Resort

“Well boys, you really screwed up,” DuPage County Judge Anthony Coco told the teens.

Chicago Sun-Times

DuPage County sheriff under fire for not backing assault weapons ban

Lawmakers on Monday called Sheriff James Mendrick’s statements irresponsible and reckless.

Chicago Sun-Times

Glen Ellyn pedestrian tunnel is filled with trees, thanks to Pilsen artist’s mural

Juan De La Mora’s mural, completed in December, is part of a broader effort to create and celebrate public art in DuPage County.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wheeling man accused of painting swastikas on Elmhurst church

Josef Stumpfoll, 35, is charged with felony hate crime and institutional vandalism. He would need to pay $10,000 to be released from jail ahead of trial.

Chicago Sun-Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Naperville man accused of placing swastika stickers on campaign signs

Keith Klingeman, 49, faces hate crime charges for allegedly placing swastika stickers on campaign signs for then-DuPage County Board candidate Patricia Gustin.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jim Ryan, two-term Illinois attorney general, former GOP governor nominee, dead at 76

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sex abuse, child porn charges filed against Downers Grove children’s gymnastics coach

Wyatt Kopka, who worked at Elite Sports Complex, spent the last decade coaching children between ages 2 and 17 in Downers Grove, sometimes under the name Shannon Kopka.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID-19 risk level increases to ‘medium’ in DuPage County as cases rise statewide

Three other Illinois counties have also seen their risk level elevated from “low” to “medium” under the latest CDC guidelines. The entire state was in the “low” category until about a month ago when coronavirus cases began to rebound.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

Judge Mary Kathleen McHugh was in the car when Associate Judge Mohammed Ghouse was caught driving drunk in Hinsdale, records show.

Chicago Sun-Times

DuPage County Jail program has detainees lose gang tattoos, helps them leave thug life behind

The first dozen inmates at the DuPage County Jail in a new program are trying to scrub their past — in part by erasing their gang tattoos.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Weather Service

675 stories

WBEZ

350 stories

Illinois Department of Public Health

33 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.