Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
DuPage County will resurface Lemont Road between Bluff Road and 87th Street with overnight paving from Sept. 14 through Sept. 26, part of the county's 2026 Roadway Resurfacing Program.
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DuPage County will resurface Lemont Road between Bluff Road and 87th Street with overnight paving from Sept. 14 through Sept. 26, part of the county's 2026 Roadway Resurfacing Program.
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The Desplaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District sprayed for mosquitoes Tuesday, Sept. 8, in communities bordering Hinsdale after detecting elevated West Nile Virus in the local mosquito population, as the region faces confirmed human cases in both DuPage and Cook counties.
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Waves of severe storms are possible in Hinsdale and DuPage County from Thursday through Saturday, adding a new threat on the heels of a dangerous heat wave that pushed heat index values past 100 degrees across the Chicago area.
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The Hinsdale Village Board approved a $65,000 contract with traffic engineering firm KLOA to study pedestrian safety around Monroe and Oak elementary schools, following a 54-signature neighborhood petition for a crosswalk at County Line Road and Third Street.
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DU-COMM's investigation found employee error caused the Aug. 18 false tornado siren activation and a malfunctioning device triggered the 3 a.m. Aug. 21 activation across DuPage County, with the agency now removing the faulty equipment.
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The Hinsdalean's Aug. 13 FOIA request for the La Grange police report on the April 2025 crash that killed Hinsdale residents Brett and Melissa Lane has gone unanswered past the statutory deadline, even though the same 93-page document was released to another outlet weeks earlier.
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Angelina Khalimendik, 31, of Hinsdale drowned Aug. 16 in the Des Plaines River at Independence Grove Forest Preserve after saving her 7-year-old son; police chief warns weeks of heavy rain have made regional waterways dangerously flooded with debris and submerged obstacles.
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Tornado sirens accidentally activated across DuPage County at 3 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, waking Hinsdale residents during a system test gone wrong, and the county's 911 agency still hasn't explained what happened.
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After three storms in 16 days left downed power lines across Hinsdale neighborhoods, Fire Chief Jeffrey Pindelski launched the "Downed Means Dangerous!" campaign warning residents that even non-sparking wires are lethal and urging them to stay 35 feet back and call 911.
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The DuPage County Emergency Telephone System Board approved $3.45 million in 911 infrastructure spending Aug. 12, including a $723,180 fire station alerting maintenance contract and $2.73 million for mobile radio replacements that serve Hinsdale firefighters dispatched through DU-COMM.
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A 51-year-old Clarendon Hills man was cited for disorderly conduct after Westmont police say he wielded an ax to intimidate a neighbor and told officers the man "isn't even an American," but no hate crime charge was filed.
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ComEd restored power to all Hinsdale homes affected by the Aug. 11 storm by 3 p.m. Wednesday, Village President Greg Hart confirmed, closing the second outage in 15 days and vowing continued pressure on the utility over infrastructure reliability.
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A severe thunderstorm watch with tornado risk is in effect through 1 p.m. Wednesday for DuPage County, the third weather emergency to hit Hinsdale in 16 days, while 753 homes remain without power from Tuesday's derecho.
