Bill Bird

Naperville library may reduce hours if $599k budget hike shot down by council

June 2, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

The Naperville Public Library could reduce branch hours and take other cost-saving measures if the city is unable to increase its 2018 budget by $599,000, its executive director said. The...

Ex-investment banker from Naperville charged with insider trading

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

A former investment banker from Naperville accused of using privileged information to make nearly $40,000 was charged Tuesday with securities fraud, more commonly known as insider trading, federal authorities said....

Elzbieta Plackowska hides her face as she listens to opening statements with Assistant Public Defender Kristen Nevdal, right, at the DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton on Sept. 12.

Testimony ends, verdict nears in Naperville double-murder trial

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

With the prosecution wrapping up its case Tuesday, closing arguments in the murder trial of a Naperville woman accused of stabbing her young son and a child she'd been baby-sitting...

Social media fed false threat of violence at Waubonsie HS: Aurora police

May 22, 2019 at 8:33 p.m.

An Aurora Police Department spokesman Friday lashed out at social media users, saying they spread false rumors of pending violence at Waubonsie Valley High School. "There was a 17-year-old (Waubonsie)...

Naperville Park District to increase organic weedkiller use, limit Roundup

June 2, 2018 at 1:07 p.m.

Responding to environmental and health concerns raised by residents this summer, the Naperville Park District will expand its use of organic weedkillers and other products to maintain park grounds, officials...

Two men nabbed in Naperville pharmacy burglary, cops say

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Naperville police used a K9 dog to track one of two men arrested for burglarizing a pharmacy near Route 59 and 83rd Street, officials said. Alexander J. Buric, 21, of...

Naperville will not be joining the pack of more than 100 cities hoping to land Amazon's second headquarters.

Naperville not in the hunt for Amazon ‘HQ2’

May 16, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

Naperville simply doesn't have what it takes to land Amazon's coveted second headquarters. Oh, sure, the city has the roadways, rail lines and other infrastructure needed to win the Amazon...

Police arrest alleged heroin, cocaine dealer in Aurora raid

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

A Chicago man believed to be selling heroin and cocaine in the Naperville area was arrested after a raid on an Aurora townhouse turned up drugs with a street value...

A $1.5 million federal grant to be distributed over the next four years will allow DuPage County to expand its DuPage Narcan Program and programs aimed at curbing heroin and opioid abuse.

DuPage lands $1.5M grant for heroin, opioid overdose treatment, training

May 16, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

The DuPage County Health Department will receive $1.5 million in federal funding over the next four years to provide emergency training and medication for treatment of heroin overdoses and other...

Man charged with Naperville home invasion, hospitalizing police officer

May 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

A 36-year-old man who forced his way into a Naperville woman's home Monday and then injured a city police officer as he fled has been charged with five felonies, Naperville...

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