DuPage Judge Stephen Culliton has been elected the county's chief judge for the next three years.

Roads in west suburban Riverside that were closed because of the weekend flooding will reopen this afternoon.

A federal judge has ordered the man accused of being the "Groucho Bandit" to get psychiatric treatment in the Metropolitan Correctional Center after he allegedly robbed another bank Friday while out on bond.

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Maple Avenue at Route 53 in Lisle shortly before midnight on Sept. 14. Photo by Ben Hartzler.

A settlement has been reached between striking teachers in the Huntley area and the Consolidated District 158 school board, the district announced this morning. Classes are expected to resume Thursday. 

Former Sears and Allstate executive Edward Liddy has been tapped by the U.S. government to head American International Group Inc. in the wake of the Federal Reserve's seizure of a controlling stake in the troubled insurer, according to published reports.

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Charges have been upgraded against the director of a Bloomingdale pet rescue shelter, the Daily Herald reported this morning. More cruel treatment of animals is alleged.  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has told conservative lawyers in Chicago that the University of Chicago Law School -- where he used to teach -- has lost its edge and gone liberal, the Sun-Times reported.

Two teens were killed in separate shootings Tuesday night on Chicago's South and Northwest Sides.

Chicago's rising unemployment rate, expensive gas, high population density and relatively poor air quality create a perfect storm of stress, according to Forbes magazine, which has ranked the city the most stressful in the United States. New York is No.2.

A 23-year-old woman was killed early Wednesday in a traffic crash on Interstate Highway 57 in south suburban Posen.

 
NEW YORK - According to a source who has seen the Major League Baseball master schedule, the Cubs will play their 2009 home opener April 13 against Colorado.
 

Fox River Grove Village President Katherine Laube has died after a battle with cancer, according to a news release from the far northern suburb.

CLTV reports that the flood cleanup is going slow in a Bartlett subdivision.

Police say two Oak Park residents were robbed in separate incidents recently when groups of bike-riding teens surrounded them and demanded money or belongings.