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The Community Park District of La Grange Park wants to use restored grant funds to build a vendor area and make other improvements at Memorial Park.

La Grange and La Grange Park pick up where they left off with major park improvements

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

Nearly two years after Gov. Bruce Rauner cut off grants for park improvements and projects, the work is back on track at the Park District of La Grange, the Community...

Police increase school patrols after child luring incidents

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

Area police are increasing patrols of school after a man attempted to make contact with a 10-year-old girl and other students Oct. 4 during recess at Forest Road Elementary School....

Judy Hollowed reads a story to parents and children in La Grange Park.

Scary tales and s’mores make for a fun Friday night

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

In a tradition that may be as old as when humans dwelled in caves, children gathered around a fire to listen to stories. About 40 children and their parents huddled...

Clerks were tied up in a robbery of a Sprint store.

Clerks tied up in Westchester cellphone store robbery

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

Two clerks allegedly were tied up during a cellphone store robbery in Westchester, which police say may be connected to the release of the iPhone 7. Westchester police say two...

Darby Tracy, co-owner of the Tracy's Tavern in Clarendon Hills, wore her Cubs shirt during Saturday night's game.

There’s no business like sports business

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

Hunt Tracy is hoping the Cubs have a long playoff run and make it to the World Series. The co-owner of Tracy's Tavern in Clarendon Hills estimates the tavern missed...

Students line an auditorium with their backpacks filled with books and homework assignments.

High schools offer homework-free weekends, study halls

May 20, 2019 at 3:51 a.m.

Even though he carries a backpack heavily weighted with textbooks that he needs to do homework, Kevin Dillon, a senior at Lyons Township High School, says it's a load he...

Trucks are lined up on Brainard Avenue for infrastructure work intended to improve power reliability in La Grange.

Improvements underway to improve power reliability

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

After power outages this summer in La Grange, Western Springs and other nearby communities, ComEd is making infrastructure improvements to improve reliability. A new 34,000 volt transmission line has been...

Shout Out: Bijal Doshi, baker and entrepreneur

May 22, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Bijal Doshi of Burr Ridge answered questions while she was selling her cookies at the La Grange Farmer's Market. Q: What's the name of your company? A: Elvenses Q: Why...

Customer Alex Rankine of La Grange pays for merchandise at DeVries Grocery store.

Customers mourn loss of DeVries grocery store in La Grange

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

DeVries Grocery, a neighborhood institution in La Grange for more than 42 years, is closing its doors. Tears were shed and hugs dispensed as customers arrived at the store Monday...

Jerry Lonnes, from left, Karen Kimen, Martin Meier, John Reisch and Bill Oldham graduated in 1956 from Lyons Township High School.

Members of the class of ’56 take stock of old and new

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

A return to Lyons Township High School was a trip down memory lane for five members of the class of 1956 who made it to homecoming. Jerry Lonnes of Richmond,...

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