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Cubs fans wait in line to purchase train tickets at the Clarendon Hills Metra station.

Cubs fans pack Metra for World Series celebration

May 23, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Residents from the western suburbs packed Metra platforms Friday morning to head downtown, continuing to celebrate the Chicago Cubs World Series victory. Boarding crowded trains, the blue-clad masses were eager...

La Grange man killed in car accident remembered as ardent Cubs fan

May 23, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Matthew Talley's family says the 33-year-old passionate Cubs fan who was killed in a car accident the day the Cubs clinched the World Series win would be overjoyed. "He'd be...

A jet aircraft arrives for a landing at Midway Airport, at 63rd St. and Cicero Ave. in Chicago Sept. 11, photographed from the parking lot of Giordano's Pizza.

Complaints soar over low-flying planes in western suburbs

May 23, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Kamala Kirthika, a mother of two from La Grange Park, has noticed an increase in airplanes flying over her house on Barnsdale Road, but she's not bothered by them too...

La Grange man killed in an accident in Western Springs

May 23, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

A 33-year-old La Grange man was killed in a one-car accident in Western Springs early Wednesday. Western Springs police said Matthew Talley was killed after he struck two utility poles...

Shout Out: Marion Giles, celebrates 100th bithday at Plymouth Place

May 22, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Marion Giles, a resident of Plymouth Place Senior Living in La Grange Park, was born Oct. 21, 1916 and recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Q: Where did you grow up?...

No charges filed in false firearm report at Lyons Township South Campus

May 23, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Western Springs police will not file charges in connection with a report that a Lyons Township High School student would arrive with a firearm at the south campus last week....

Students at Field Park Elementary School in Western Springs make a figure for a Halloween display.

Field Park School parade of characters teaches about art

May 23, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

A zombie ghost bride and groom, a falcon crafted from cans, a tin man and a witch are a few of the cast of characters that made an appearance during...

YMCA's Karen Dziagwa watches as Carlos and Maria Tilapa of La Grange help Kaitlin Fonseca pumpkin bowl.

Pumpkin bowling with ghost pins part of La Grange Halloween fun

May 22, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

There are ways to have a good time with pumpkins besides carving them into jack-o'-lanterns and turning them into pumpkin pie. How about using them to knock over ghosts? Visitors...

Nik Chokshi (left) and Ed Brackett bought a season ticket-holder's tickets to game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field.

Fortunate fans experience history with World Series at Wrigley

May 23, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

The haves and have-nots waited together on the platform at the Hinsdale Metra station for a train to Chicago and then on to Wrigley Field. The haves were Nik Chokshi...

The dining room is noisy but comfortable.

Restaurant offers urban vibe and made-from-scratch menu

May 23, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

Fourteensixteen, a restaurant that brings a bit of urban atmosphere to the suburbs, has opened in La Grange. In a setting in a former catering company with exposed brick walls,...

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