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Shout Out: Debra Verschelde, executive director, Aging Care Connections

May 23, 2019 at 4:51 a.m.

Debra Verschelde of Oak Park is executive director of Aging Care Connections, an agency that serves 8,000 older adults and their families in La Grange, Western Springs and 36 other...

La Grange Park World War II veteran who served under Patton dies

May 22, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Joseph Slavik, a 104-year-old World War II veteran from La Grange Park, who was part of the allied invasion of Normandy and finished the war as a medic, died Sept....

Eighth-graders hold up two fingers to signify the second time that McClure Junior High School in Western Springs has received a Blue Ribbon award.

McClure Junior High honored as Blue Ribbon school

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

McClure Junior High School in Western Springs has a national honor to its name. And it's not the first time. It has been named a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School...

Natalie Swinehart of La Grange helps point the runners in the correct direction.

Hundreds run in honor of Kelli Joy O’Laughlin

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Kelli Joy O'Laughlin loved to run and that fact was not forgotten by the hundreds of people who turned out Sunday for the The Run for Kelli. The run was...

‘There were already people there’: Teachers give new look to Columbus Day, Thanksgiving lessons

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Long standing traditions of reciting a poem about how Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue or dressing in costume to replicate the first Thanksgiving are getting a fresh look at...

Executive Director Dale Lilburn, who is retiring from Plymouth Place, presents a plaque to Illinois Republican legislative leaders Sen. Christine Radogno of Lemont and Rep. Jim Durkin of Western Springs in April 2015.

CEO who oversaw new building at La Grange Park’s Plymouth Place to retire

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

After nearly 20 years working at Plymouth Place in La Grange Park, CEO Dale Lilburn is retiring. Lilburn's career in life care, a living arrangement that allows residents to move...

FBI links La Grange bank robbery suspect to seven others robberies

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

A suspect sought in a bank robbery in La Grange may have been involved in seven other bank robberies in 2017 in Chicago suburbs, according to the FBI. The robbery...

Shout Out: Kelly McDonnell, Lyons Township junior interested in nursing and theater

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Kelly McDonnell of Western Springs is a junior at Lyons Township High School, where she is involved in improv and theater. Q: What do you like about doing improvisation? A:...

New fire department radios to improve communication in La Grange, La Grange Park and Western Springs

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

The fire departments in La Grange, Western Springs and La Grange Park are moving forward the purchase of new portable radios. The La Grange Village Board on Monday approved spending...

Robbery reported at La Grange bank

May 23, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

A La Grange bank at the intersection of 47th Street and Gilbert/Willow Springs Road was robbed at mid-day Monday of an undisclosed amount of money. The La Grange Police Department...

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