Kimberly Fornek

Replacing the BNSF Railway Bridge over Interstate 294 will require all lanes in one direction be shut down between Ogden Avenue and 55th Street for brief periods of time during the night starting Sunday.

I-294 will alternate being closed in each direction for limited periods starting Sunday night

April 30, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

Traffic on Interstate 294 between 55th Street and Ogden Avenue is scheduled to be stopped in one direction for up to 15 minutes at a time Sunday, Monday and Tuesday...

La Grange Park police arrest two south suburban men after reports of shots fired in cemetery

April 30, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

La Grange Park Police have charged a Tinley Park man with firing a gun in a cemetery while attending a burial there Thursday. Mahmoud Yassin, 28, of the 17400 block...

La Grange’s Denning Park to become Field of Honor for military personnel and frontline workers

April 30, 2021 at 3:17 p.m.

The Park District of La Grange and an organization that supports military personnel will create a field of flags this June in Denning Park. Operation Support Our Troops-America plans to...

Shell gas station in Countryside robbed twice in three days

April 30, 2021 at 4:31 p.m.

For the second time in less than 72 hours, the Shell/Circle K store on the corner of La Grange and Joliet roads was robbed. Countryside police reported a man carrying...

Construction on Interstate 294 in March 2020.

Ramps from I-294 to southbound I-55 to close during the night starting April 29

April 29, 2021 at 4:48 p.m.

Drivers on northbound Interstate 294 will not be able to exit onto southbound Interstate 55 Thursday night, Saturday night or Sunday night this weekend. The ramps will be closed to...

Some residents said it looked like a tornado tore down trees along the the BNSF Railway, Western Springs officials said.

It’s BNSF — not Mother Nature or the village — that tore down trees along tracks in Western Springs; ‘Some of those stumps almost look dangerous’

April 27, 2021 at 4:48 p.m.

Western Springs officials are assuring residents the jagged tree trunks along the railroad tracks were not their doing. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway once again is removing trees and...

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I-294 will alternate being closed in each direction for limited periods starting Sunday night

La Grange Park police arrest two south suburban men after reports of shots fired in cemetery

La Grange’s Denning Park to become Field of Honor for military personnel and frontline workers

Shell gas station in Countryside robbed twice in three days

Ramps from I-294 to southbound I-55 to close during the night starting April 29

It’s BNSF — not Mother Nature or the village — that tore down trees along tracks in Western Springs; ‘Some of those stumps almost look dangerous’

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O’Laughlin holds on to slim lead to win reelection to Indian Head Park Village Board

Gas station robbed on La Grange and Joliet roads in Countryside

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