DuPage County

More than 50,000 people have signed up for a vaccine portal started in the Chicago suburbs that allows residents to receive the latest coronavirus updates and register for the vaccine. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

More than 50,000 people have signed up for a vaccine portal started in the Chicago suburbs that allows residents to receive the latest coronavirus updates register for the vaccine.

A Michigan couple returned to DuPage County Saturday to reunite with their beloved dog more than years after she disappeared while on a family trip. In Oct. 2017, Debra Mejeur and her husband were visiting friends in Elk Grove Village when Lola, who is Mejeur’s service dog, escaped from their friends’ fenced in backyard. “I was completely devastated,” Mejeur recounted….

As a response to rising coronavirus metrics and a need for testing, DuPage County health officials announced the department will open a second community-based testing site Monday.

A drive-thru coronavirus testing site in DuPage County reached its 600-test limit within minutes Thursday morning – 41 minutes to be exact.

Tens of thousands of suburban residents are facing new coronavirus restrictions, and word of the new rules has business owners worried and customers wondering what will come next in the fight to stop the spread of the virus. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

A DuPage County election judge was arrested and is facing charges after allegedly stealing political signs from a property in Villa Park. Beverly Johnston is charged with misdemeanor counts of theft and criminal damage to property, Villa Park police said in a statement. On Wednesday, officers responded to a business on North Avenue for reports of stolen signs, police said….

An election judge in suburban DuPage County has been fired after allegedly stealing political signs from outside a business in Villa Park, according to police and county officials. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police were called to a business on North Avenue where they viewed surveillance video from earlier that morning, on which an individual was seen getting out…

What started out Thursday as an investigation into irregularities with nine vote-by-mail applications added a tenth on Friday. In all cases, the applications, which arrived in the office of the DuPage County Clerk in September, appear to be hewing close to a time-honored Chicago tradition: dead voters.

In suburban DuPage County, several ballot applications were filed on behalf of people that passed away. Phil Rogers with NBC 5 Investigates has the story.

DuPage County prosecutors are investigating three potential cases of voter fraud tied to mail-in ballots allegedly requested for people who are dead. State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said his office has already investigated six other cases of potential mail-in-ballot fraud and concluded no charges would be filed in those cases. Each of the cases alleges that the DuPage County clerk’s...

The Lake County Health Department recommended Tuesday that schools transition to remote learning in light of a “substantial” transmission of coronavirus cases in the community. Health officials said the recommended virtual learning for both private and public schools should protect students, staff and their families from the virus. “We have been seeing ‘substantial’ community transmission of COVID-19 in Lake County…

As coronavirus case numbers soar, suburban school districts are faced with increasingly difficult decisions about safe learning. In Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205, students will go back to learning remotely for two weeks beginning Wednesday. “Today could be my last day of school,” said York High School senior, Miguel Montamez, who hopes to eventually major in music in college….

Gov. J.B. Pritzker reiterated that it’s up to schools to decide whether students will learn in-person or remotely. As coronavirus case numbers rise, the decision is getting more difficult. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

The DuPage County Health Department is recommending that schools stick to remote learning as coronavirus cases and positivity rates surge forward in the area, but some schools are moving ahead with plans to hold at least some in-person learning in their districts. Students in Glenbard North’s District 87 returned to their classrooms on Monday, while in Downers Grove District 58,…

The DuPage County Health Department is recommending that schools stick to remote learning as coronavirus cases and positivity rates surge forward in the area, but some schools are moving ahead with plans to hold at least some in-person learning in their districts. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has more.

On Thursday, a DuPage County Judge denied a temporary restraining order against the Illinois High School Sports Association that pushed to allow fall sports to resume amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A group of student-athletes and parents filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against the IHSA in DuPage County, according to a press release, and lists the IHSA as the…

On Thursday, A DuPage County judge denied a temporary restraining order against the IHSA’s Return to Play guidelines. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports

A Matteson man allegedly beat his girlfriend’s dog with a belt, fracturing the dog’s ribs and mouth to the point the dog was unable to eat. Lewiel Irmani allegedly “whooped” the 7-year-old Shih Tzu in the mouth with a belt five times on Saturday, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. His girlfriend came home from work that day and found her dog,...

Two men have been ordered held without bond and another is being held on $500,000 bond in connection with a pair of violent home invasions in suburban DuPage County last week. According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office, Malik Pitts, 22, and Isaiah Johnson, 21, were both denied bond after a hearing with Judge Timothy McJoynt Sunday morning. The…