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Rob Lowe on Playing Drew Peterson: 'Why Do You Want Me?'
When approached about playing Drew Peterson, the former Bolingbrook Police Department officer who is now accused of killing one of his wives, Rob Lowe had the same reaction most of us had: why me?...
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Police Blotter: Violating Bail, Stealing a Cable, Spray-Painted Vehicles
Monday, Jan. 3 Endangering the life of a child James William Tumilty, 33, of the 800 block of Sumter Court, was arrested at 5:24 p.m. at Modaff Road and West 75th Street, Naperville police said. He...
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Nonprofits Seek Volunteers Resolving to Give Back
The holidays bring out the goodness in people and volunteers are more than ready to help local nonprofits. After the holidays those volunteers may find other things to keep them busy, but they are...
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Lacrosse Team Gathers Toys for Tots
Students at Aurora University and members of the lacrosse team helped make the holidays a little brighter for area children. The students gathered money and toys for the Toys for Tots program during...
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Book Offers Teen Athletes Advice on Achieving Excellence from the Inside Out
For years Kirk Mango has worked dilgently toward one goal, writing a book. Writing that book and taking every step possible to see that it would be published required him to stay focused and not give...
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Police Blotter: Prostitution, Stolen Precious Moments, Broken Flower Pots
Wednesday, Jan. 4 Prostitution Alecia Sontonya Marie Lonsdale, 37, of the 800 block of Corday Drive, was arrested at 8:10 p.m. at her home, Naperville Police said. She was charged with violating the...
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Kevin Sings the News: 'A Year Like That'
Chicagoland weather is unpredictable. When Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo wrote this song on Wednesday, it was bitterly cold. Since then, mild and warm. It’s impossible to know what’s coming around the...
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Help An Illinois School District Win $100,000
It was Benjamin Franklin who once said, "If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately." I know you're not from Bolingbrook, but Bolingbrook sure needs your help. The Frohns, longtime...
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Republican Leaders React to Moody's Downgrade
Two Republican leaders are reacting to the news that the State of Illinois now has the lowest bond rating of any state in the nation. A story in the Chicago Tribune reports that the no other state...
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Police Blotter: Tagging, Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Cannabis Possession
Thursday, Jan. 5 Delivery Shanele Elaine Andrews, 42, of the 1400 block of Schaffer Avenue in Bolingbrook, was arrested at 6:24 p.m. at 95th Street and Route 59, Naperville Police said. She was...
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Police Blotter: Chalk Drawings, Bashed Mailboxes, Unlocked Vehicles Burgled
Friday, Jan. 6 Driving under the influence Karine Helene Malec, 36, of the 1000 block of Thackery Lane, was arrested at 6:19 p.m. at West Ogden Avenue and Fort Hill Drive, Naperville police said. She...
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Despite Positive Heroin Test, Tearful Mother Gets Probation After Soliciting...
A West Chicago mother arrested last year on charges of offering sex to an undercover Naperville police officer for $120—while her daughter sat in a locked car—avoided prison Monday, despite testing...
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Referendum Objection Hearing Puts Witnesses in Spotlight
As the referendum objection hearing continued before the city of Naperville’s electoral board Monday, in some ways it felt like a showing of the movie Groundhog Day. The same questions were asked, the...
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Adopt Me! Gardenia, Jeremy, Quincy, Bumble
Gardenia is a 2-year-old female domestic shorthair. Unfortunately, Gardenia has been waiting to find a family at NAHS for over a year. She was found just before New Year’s Eve in 2010 and has had a...
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Police: Shorewood Man Charged with DUI After Driving Car Into Fence
A Shorewood man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving too fast for conditions, after police said he drove his car into a billboard post and fence early Tuesday morning....
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Fate of Ballot Question Left to Electoral Board
The city’s electoral board is set to make a ruling Thursday as to whether the Naperville Smart Meter Awareness group’s request to have a nonbinding referendum placed on the ballot will be allowed or...
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Add the Punchline to Our Bathtub Cartoon
Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your southwest suburban neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's...
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It's 'Be Nice on the Internet' Week — Are You In?
While the Internet has made our lives easier in countless ways, given the public more access to information than ever before and provided endless hours of entertainment, it also has a dark side. I’m...
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