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Cullerton indicted

CHRIS FOX FILE PHOTO A federal grand jury indicted Illinois State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) last week. Cullerton, who represents the 23rd District, was indicted for allegedly receiving about $275,000 in salary and benefits from the Teamsters between 2013 and 2016, while doing little or no work. According to […]

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Feds: State senator collected pay and benefits for ‘little or no work’

Villa Park Dem Tom Cullerton indicted on 41 counts of embezzlement and false medical statements By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois state senator was formally accused of collecting a salary as well as health and pension benefits from a labor union “for which he did […]

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Big Boy No. 4014 draws a crowd

CHRIS FOX PHOTO A crowd of people lined the area’s Union Pacific Railroad tracks on Friday afternoon to see Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014. The steam locomotive is pictured as it passes Addison Road in Villa Park. Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. It […]

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Police Reports

Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of […]

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County Coroner releases stats on opioid related deaths

DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen MD, has completed evaluation of the opioid related deaths for 2018. “The opioid epidemic continues to escalate and destroy the lives of too many DuPage County residents,” Dr. Jorgensen said. “The influx of potent synthetic opiates including fentanyl has increased significantly, and now represents a […]

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Lufkin Pool demolition begins

KEVIN PATRICK/CHRIS FOX PHOTOS The demolition of Lufkin Pool began last week. Fowler Services of Elgin started the demolition on Monday, July 15. The drone photo (top), taken that day by Villa Park Trustee Kevin Patrick, shows the main pool building in the foreground. The entire main building, which is […]