Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Wheaton resident writes about guns after Newtown, CT shooting. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@Patch.com.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ To the Editor: The National Rifle Association and its supporters like to say: "Guns don't kill people; people kill people." The fact is, though, that it is much harder to kill without a gun and so easy to kill large numbers very fast with semi- or fully automatic weapons. The recent school incident in China (taking place about the same time as the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting) illustrates this point perfectly. There, a mad man entered a school intending to harm a class…
Friday, April 15, 2011
A Wheaton man fired a gunshot into a home in the 400 block of Hale Street Wednesday night from a house at 423 Wheaton Avenue.
No one was hurt when a Wheaton man fired a shot into a home in the 400 block of Hale Street at around 10:30 Wednesday night. According to a Friday press release from Wheaton police, a resident reported that a bullet entered their home and travelled through a bedroom where one family member was sleeping. Police determined that the shot was fired from 423 S. Wheaton Ave. and arrested 35-year-old John Exiner. Exiner was booked at the Wheaton Police Department and charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm. He was transferred to the DuPage County Jail Friday, where he is held with a bond of $30,000. Patch reports on law enforcement activity in our town, using information provided by official agencies. Persons charged with a …
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A roundup of the region's news for March 8.
Here's a look at the news happening around you: — Planned Parenthood and Pro-Life Groups Face Off at Rally Over Federal Funding — Loyola Medical Center Opens in Burr Ridge — Glock Handgun, 500 Rounds of Ammunition Seized in La Grange — Customers Line Up for Paczkis at the Busy Bee *Please note: The police car pictured in the third story is of a La Grange police car, but it was La Grange Park police that made the arrest. Patch regrets the mistake.
Sabrina Wu
2:02 pm on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Hi everyone, I'm the producer of the PatchCast that's generating this discussion. It certainly was never my intention to produce a one-sided story for the PatchCast roundup. After reading your comments and reviewing the show, I see why you felt that way. I used the only video available to me, but in hindsight, I should not have used it at all. You're right. Either both sides get video, or neither… more ›