Patch Roundup: Hawks Coach's Home TP'd; Teacher Sentenced for Student Sex Assault

WHEATON—Wheaton North HS Teacher Gets 10 Years in Prison, Pleads Guilty to Sex Assault of Student—A former teacher and speech team coach at Wheaton North High School was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in an Illinois prison for having inappropriate sexual contact with a former student, officials said.

NAPERVILLE—Fans Pack Naperville Book Store for Weird Al Visit—Hundreds of 'Weird Al' Yankovic fans lined up to meet the musician for a special signing of his latest children's book Wednesday.

WOODRIDGE—Windsor Lakes Fire Leaves Apartments Uninhabitable With $500,000 in Damage—The fire started on the ground level and spread up through plumbing spaces to the top floor of the three-story Woodridge building.

RIVER FOREST—Same-Sex River Forest Couple Has Hand in Supreme Court's DOMA Ruling—The U.S. Supreme Court has officially struck down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage.

LA GRANGE—Blackhawks Victory Earns La Grange Restaurant a Congressional Shout Out—Rep. Dan Lipinski described watching the Hawks clinch the cup at Palmer Place in La Grange when he delivered his congratulatory speech before the U.S. House.

BATAVIA—North Aurora Bicyclist Dies from Crash Near Batavia—Accident occurs on Nelson Lake Road in Batavia Township.

LA GRANGE—The Kids Are All Right Downtown La Grange—Or Are They?—Teens and tweens congregate in La Grange’s lively downtown on summer evenings. But some residents are fed up and ready to fight back against the packs.

GENEVA—Geneva's 'Cookie Jar' Lottery Winner to Appear on 'Katie'—The Geneva resident who cashed in a $4.85 million lottery ticket on May 15, will appear Monday, July 1, on the ABC television show hosted by Katie Couric.

GENEVA—HELP on the Way for Injured Dog Hit Near CVS—Police try to find the owners of a dog injured when he was hit by a car on Route 38, but when owners don’t show, it was time to find some.

ELMHURST—Stanley Cup in Elmhurst and Oak Brook!—"Then I saw it. You can spot that Cup from a mile away. I knew it was real as soon as I saw the case and the 'cup keeper,' ” lucky Elmhurst resident Clark Maxwell said.

ST. CHARLES — St. Charles Man Killed in Route 47 Crash—The man has been identified as Mark Detoni, 54, of the 39W700 block of Gunpowder Lane in unincorporated St. Charles.

ST. CHARLES—Car Keyed after St. Charles Man Complains of Dog Bite—A couple taking a stroll is accosted by one of five dogs, one of which bites the man. He complains to an unsympathetic owner and later finds his car has been keyed.

BURR RIDGE—Male Stranger in Ski Mask Approaches Girl Near Burr Ridge: Sheriff—An eight-year-old girl and her friends were approached on Tuesday by a man they did not know wearing all black with a ski mask, police said.