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Kate Rivera, 19, helps to load food boxes into cars for families in need at New Life Centers in Chicago's Little Village on Thursday, July 2, 2020. The Village of Franklin Park will have a drive-thru distribution Saturday.

Franklin Park to hold food distribution Saturday morning

September 1, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

Anyone who needs food can pick up a box at a drive-through distribution event in Franklin Park Saturday. The event is open to residents and community members from the surrounding...

Colinette and Robert Marshall at their Franklin Park home on Sept. 1, 2020. Robert Marshall, right, is 95 years old and served in the Pacific during World War II.

Franklin Park veterans who served in WWII reflect on the 75th anniversary of the war’s end

September 1, 2020 at 3:54 p.m.

On Sept. 2, 1945, World War II officially came to an end when Japan signed official surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri. The war was one of the deadliest in...

In this file photo, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-5th District) joins Governor J.B. Pritzker at a press conference regarding safety with voting machines at the Chicago Board of Elections in Chicago on Jan. 27, 2020.

Franklin Park mayor questions Congressman Quigley in telephone town hall

September 1, 2020 at 2:46 p.m.

Franklin Park Mayor Barrett Pedersen hosted a town hall meeting via telephone last week with U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat who represents the 5th congressional district of Illinois. The...

Unity Foundation Board Member Ron Schammert of Franklin Park welcomes guests to the ballpark. The Unity in Community Foundation held a fundraiser at the Chicago Dogs baseball game to raise money for a specialized wheelchair for Leyden District 212 student and other initiatives, Aug. 30, 2020.

Foundation raises funds to help student buy electric wheelchair, holds event at Chicago Dogs game

September 1, 2020 at 1:14 p.m.

Fundraising mixed with live professional baseball Sunday as The Unity in Community Foundation, a charity that serves the Leyden Township community, raised almost enough money to fund $10,000 towards the...

The vacant Makray Manufacturing at 4400 North Harlem Avenue on Aug. 26, 2020. The Norridge Board of Trustees approved plans for a $25 million development, which will include a 7-Eleven gas station, a Starbucks drive-thru and a grocery store.

Norridge approves new development at former Makray Manufacturing

August 31, 2020 at 11:56 a.m.

A new retail center, including a 7-Eleven gas station, Starbucks drive-thru and a grocery store will be coming to North Harlem Avenue in Norridge. The Norridge Village Board of Trustees...

Norridge Salvation Army hands out school supplies

August 31, 2020 at 10:41 a.m.

Sixty-five families received free backpacks full of school supplies at the Salvation Army in Norridge Friday Morning. The annual giveaway event took place curbside this year, community ministries director Pamela...

Two students from East and West Leyden High Schools were recently appointed as student representatives to the Leyden D212 Board of Education. One of them was also recently invited to join the Northlake Police Accountability Project.

Two students representatives appointed to Leyden D212 board, one to Northlake police accountability group

August 25, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Two students from East and West Leyden high schools will soon be representing their peers and making student voices heard at local government boards. Cassandra Diaz and Amanda Le were...

Administrators at Elmwood Park School District 401 expect a balanced budget this year, including a surplus as the district sells referendum bonds to pay for construction projects at the two elementary schools.

Elmwood Park School District 401 anticipates balanced budget; increased dollars on hand will be used for construction

August 25, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

Administrators at Elmwood Park School District 401 expect a balanced budget this year, including a surplus as the district sells referendum bonds to pay for construction projects at the two...

Carolyn Dundovich during Sunday's village-wide garage sale in Franklin Park, Aug. 23, 2020.

Franklin Park holds annual village-wide garage sale

August 25, 2020 at 1:57 p.m.

Franklin Park held its village-wide garage sale last weekend, a popular annual event that draws residents from all over town. From Aug. 21 to 23, bargain-hunters could choose to shop...

Thirteen-year-old Kasey Brislane is credited with helping save her former neighbor, Susi Schubert who slipped on ice and became trapped underneath a parked car this past winter. Brislane has hypersensitive hearing as a symptom of autism and was the only one who heard Schubert's cries for help on a freezing night in January.

13-year-old Harwood Heights girl with hypersensitive hearing credited with saving her neighbor’s life: ‘Nobody heard me except Kasey’

August 24, 2020 at 10:18 a.m.

Kasey Brislane, 13, can hear what others can't. To the Harwood Heights girl, the world is loud, sometimes too loud, but her hypersensitive hearing is credited with saving the life...

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