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Elmhurst Park District board members reviewed referendum options during a special board meeting Dec. 17.

Elmhurst Park District to scale back projects for possible November ballot question

December 23, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

Elmhurst Park District board members have abandoned the idea of asking voters in March to approve bonds for major projects, but may propose a scaled-back project list for the November...

Plochman's Mustard's distinctive yellow squeeze barrel. Carl Plochman's son said "He and my grandfather and my uncle developed it in the late 1950s and early 1960s."

Mustard magnate Carl Plochman, who helped develop the distinctive yellow squeeze barrel, dies at 95

December 18, 2019 at 11:03 a.m.

Carl Plochman was with his family's mustard company for 40 years and had a hand in developing the brand's distinctive yellow plastic barrel packaging, said to be one of the...

Elmhurst and District 205 agree on stormwater plans for York High School and Jackson Elementary

December 17, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

A plan for stormwater mitigation on two Elmhurst School District 205 sites announced late last year and then rejected by the district's board in April has now been approved by...

Joseph Chiodo, ex-Secret Service officer who once drove popemobile, dies at 74

December 16, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

Joseph Chiodo spent about 20 years as a special officer with the U.S. Secret Service in both Washington and Chicago, helping to protect presidents, visiting foreign leaders and, on one...

Elmhurst Park District commissioners continued discussions Dec. 9, 2019, on a possible March referendum to fund capital projects.

Elmhurst Park District board members continue to narrow in on referendum approach

December 10, 2019 at 1:36 p.m.

Elmhurst Park District board members Monday put off a decision on whether to place a referendum for a large bond issue on next March's ballot to a special meeting, likely...

Judge John Grady, the judge in the Betty Loren-Maltese racketeering trial, exits the federal building in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2002.

Federal Judge John Grady, who oversaw landmark AT&T antitrust and Marquette 10 police corruption trials, dies at 90

December 9, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Grady was on the federal bench for 39 years and earned a reputation for fairness and innovation while overseeing landmark corruption and antitrust cases. Judge...

Lynn Small, advertising and marketing executive, dies

December 6, 2019 at 1:55 p.m.

Lynn Small began his career in advertising at Leo Burnett in the 1960s, where he was one of the agency's first African Americans, and later held leadership roles in marketing...

Elmhurst police Officer Victor Valdez, at microphone, and six other officers on the schedule committee thanked council members for considering a trial 12-hour shift plan as Elmhurst Fire Chief Thomas Freeman (lower left) and police Chief Michael Ruth (white shirt) listened.

Elmhurst police to work 12-hour shifts with start of new pilot program

December 3, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

Elmhurst Police Department patrol officers will soon start 12-hour shifts under a trial program between the city and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 81 bargaining unit after City Council...

Maria Lindberg is the first woman to finish with a time of 18:51. She also won the event in 2018.

Elmhurst Turkey Trot makes its 36th run

November 29, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Thousands of runners, walkers, strollers pushing strollers and the usual parade of dogs, many in costume, streamed across the starting line Thanksgiving morning to begin the 36th annual Dan Gibbons...

Villa Park driver ends up on York High School track

November 26, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A Villa Park man who apparently had a medical issue drove off the road and went through the York football field fence near the corner of St. Charles and Spring...

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