Voting rights demonstrations honor late legislator John Lewis
Regina Brent of Naperville affixes a sign supporting the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act at Saturday s Votercade event where supporters drove from Warrenville to the courthouse in Wheaton to raise awareness of the legislation. Jake Griffin | Staff Photographer
Wheaton residents, from left, Denise Niesman, Mary Tworek-Tupper and Diane Niesman decorate a car ahead of Saturday s Votercade event to raise awareness for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Jake Griffin | Staff Photographer
Updated 5/8/2021 6:02 PM
As Regina Brent affixed a sign to her car with a picture of the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, she recalled other voting rights demonstrations she has attended throughout her life.
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WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) In-person jury trials resume on March 1 at the DuPage County courthouse, and the pandemic has prompted multi-million dollar changes to the keep everyone safe, according to the circuit s chief judge and county officials. Our number one concern in the 18th Judicial Circuit, in this courthouse, is the safety of everyone - our litigants, our jurors, our general public who wants to come in and watch the trial, said Chief Judge Kenneth Popejoy of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court.
The DuPage County Board allocated $13 million of CARES Act federal funding to update the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Facility in Wheaton during the last four months, according to county board members.
Jury trials will resume in DuPage County next month, accommodated by a new 1,700-square-foot courtroom for socially distanced in-person jury trials and remote hearings.
UpdatedTue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:12 pm CT
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Trinity Sober Living, which is renting at 359 Ruby St. (right foreground), plans to open a sober house. The Clarendon Hills village government says the group needs a conditional use permit to open the group home. (Google Maps)
CLARENDON HILLS, IL The owners of a Clarendon Hills house are defending themselves against neighbors criticism of their plans to rent to a sober living organization. One of them said the neighbors should know better than to take part in bullying and malicious lies.
In a Feb. 5 statement, the Clarendon Hills village government released a statement about the plan for the group home at 359 Ruby St. It said the village had just been made aware of an advertisement for a house manager for up to 10 residents in the home.