Annemarie Mannion – Page 51

Chicago Area Lego Users Group members Nick Jensen, Jack Tompkins and his brother Vern watch a video together while waiting near some Lego weaponry that they built.

Lego makers create monsters and more in La Grange Park

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Lego enthusiasts, young and old, got to build and marvel at other's colorful creations when they got together at the La Grange Park Public Library. The Chicago Area Lego Users...

Lyons Township High School canceled a winter event, Lionfest, due to lack of student interest.

Lionsfest no match for King of Hearts

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

There's no question Lionsfest was a flop. The event scheduled for Feb. 27 at Lyons Township High School that was to feature DJs, bands, a photo booth and video games...

The entire inventory at Tamaki Ogura's jewelry store in Western Springs was stolen in a heist in January.

Western Springs jewelry store owner saddened by loss in heist

May 23, 2019 at 10:49 a.m.

After operating a jewelry store in Western Springs for 43 years, Tamaki Ogura was devastated in January when he discovered that his entire inventory of fine jewelry had been stolen...

The English Garden Flower Shop, 8 S. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills has a permit for outdoor displays.

Businesses turn to the great outdoors for display space

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

With the approach of warmer weather, local business owners may be tempted to maximize their retail space by moving displays of merchandise outdoors. Flowers, lawn furniture, bicycles and bags of...

Louis Johnson of Western Springs yells out and waves as the parade passes.

Countryside debuts St. Patrick’s Day parade

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Shamrocks and other greenery festooned floats, bands played jigs and a queen reigned over the festivities for Countryside's first St. Patrick's Day parade. About 50 floats participated in the parade...

Boy Scouts from Troop 19 in La Grange watch as Jack Lively and Federico Rodriguez tend to victim Nadiah Gonzalez, 7.

Boy Scouts test first aid skills

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Blood oozed from wounds, bones protruded from arms and some Boy Scouts lay unconscious in the gymnasium at Highlands Elementary School in La Grange Highlands. The blood and bruises were...

La Grange-based entrepreneur says TV appearances helped her tea company

May 22, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

A La Grange-based purveyor of teas didn't come out on top in Peapod's Next Best, a competition to win a one-year distribution deal with the online grocer. That honor when...

The view of Second Baptist Church on Washington Avenue to the west from the site of a proposed BEDS center to serve the homeless on the southwest corner of East and Ogden avenues.

BEDS La Grange project moves forward with $1.3 million county loan

May 23, 2019 at 10:48 a.m.

A project to provide housing in La Grange for the homeless is getting a boost from Cook County in the form of a loan. BEDS Plus Care, Inc. will receive...

Volunteer Jan Kopecky straightens merchandise at The Hope Chest.

La Grange Resale shop brings hope to those affected by domestic violence

May 22, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Aqua walls, crystal chandeliers, candelabras, a vaulted ceiling and sun flowing through large windows give The Hope Chest in La Grange the feeling of an upscale boutique rather than what...

Sangeetha Ribin (left) and her husband, Richard Ribin, work at the Citgo station in La Grange Park where the $250,000 scratch off ticket was sold.

Brookfield man wins $250,000 in lottery

May 22, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Brookfield resident Tom Morrill has played the Illinois lottery regularly for the last quarter century or so, and this time it paid off — big time. Morrill scratched a $250,000...

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