By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent While tornado warnings were blasting every few minutes late Monday afternoon, a rare storm known as a derecho laid a path of destruction across the Midwest states, sweeping through Elmhurst at about 4 p.m. It left downed trees and power lines in its […]

NWS says tornado tore through Lombard, Villa Park; trees, homes, roofs damaged By Dee Longfellow For The ELMHURST Independent Following the “derecho” storm that blew through the northern part of the state including DuPage County on Monday, Aug. 10, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a report that at least […]

The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday to put three referendum questions on the November 2020 General Election ballot. Two questions seek the voters’ opinion on law enforcement issues: The first asks about funding for law enforcement while the second asks about law enforcement training methods. The third question asks voters […]

School year to start Aug. 24 with fully remote learning By Chris Fox For The Elmhurst Independent The Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Board held a regular meeting at York High School on Tuesday, Aug. 11. All seven board members participated in the meeting, with Christopher Kocinski taking part […]

Illinois government has posted an online pandemic map that identifies which states are classified as “higher risk” — a designation to which the Land of Lincoln is perilously close. According to a report by WBBM-780, the Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday unveiled a coronavirus “travel map” designed to […]

As of 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, there were 13,012 total cases among DuPage County residents, including 525 deaths. Since Saturday, there were 132 new cases and one death of a female in her 90s, related to COVID-19. Number of cases by town At press time, the DuPage Department […]

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent Late Friday, Aug. 14, the Independent learned that an Elmhurst resident, an executive for United Airlines, had been missing for more than a week. According to several news outlets, including ABC-7 Chicago, 49-year-old Jake Cefolia, United’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, was […]

As of 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, there were 11,458 total cases among DuPage County residents, including 510 deaths. Since Sunday, there were 111 new cases and NO deaths of anyone with COVID-19 reported. Number of cases by town At press time, the DuPage Department of Health reported the […]

‘Illinois has suffered with corruption for decades’ The number one complaint State Representative Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) hears from District residents is Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan. “Illinois has lived with corruption for decades,” Mazzochi said. “The edifice of silence the Speaker has surrounded himself with is finally crumbling. There is no […]

By Mike Miazga Correspondent The Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois High School Association last week released revised COVID-19 reopening guidelines that will greatly alter the youth sports landscape into 2021. After Governor JB Pritzker released revised youth sports safety guidelines in […]