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The Gonzalez, Wojcik and Santos families are upset that the Archdiocese of Chicago is planning to close their Catholic school, St. Louise de Marillac in La Grange Park.

As a Catholic school in La Grange Park prepares to close, parents say they weren’t given enough time to save it: ‘Our leadership failed us’

January 19, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

Families with children in St. Louise de Marillac School in La Grange Park are wishing they had more time to try and save the Catholic school from closing. The Archdiocese...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a plan to consolidate pension funds for suburban and downstate police officers and firefighters at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019.

Western suburbs taking ‘wait-and-see’ approach toward benefits of new pension consolidation plan backed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker

January 14, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Officials in many western suburbs are taking a "wait-and-see" attitude toward a new law that consolidates hundreds of suburban and downstate police and fire pension funds. The plan, which Gov....

No injuries were reported in a Western Springs fire that apparently started Jan. 12 inside the kitchen of a home in the 3900 block of Western Avenue.

Kitchen fire leaves $100,000 in property damage, Western Springs firefighters say

January 13, 2020 at 3:21 p.m.

A Western Springs resident safely exited her home, along with her two dogs, after a fire started in her kitchen Sunday, but the blaze left roughly $100,000 in repair costs,...

Installing a new storm sewer will close Southbound Garfield Street in downtown Hinsdale for a week starting Monday, Jan. 13.

Garfield to close Monday between First and Third streets in downtown Hinsdale

January 10, 2020 at 4:55 p.m.

Southbound Garfield Street in downtown Hinsdale is scheduled to be closed between First and Third streets next week, beginning Monday morning. Village officials said crews will be installing a new...

Hinsdale man charged with sexually abusing 13-year-old boy he met online

January 10, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

A 26-year-old Hinsdale man has been charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy he met through an online dating app, the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office announced recently. Mark Sadlowski,...

Hinsdale School District 86 to part ways with an assistant superintendent amid uproar over science curriculum changes

January 10, 2020 at 9:20 a.m.

As officials at Hinsdale High School District 86 roll out a new science curriculum, school board members recently agreed to part ways with a key administrator who oversees curriculum, Carol...

$95 million senior living project proposed for part of Institute in Basic Life Principles’ site in Hinsdale

January 9, 2020 at 8:18 a.m.

A developer wants to build a senior assisted living community on a portion of the Institute in Basic Life Principles' property on Ogden Avenue just east of Route 83 in...

Neighbor’s alertness helped put a quick end to blaze that caused $50,000 in damage to Hinsdale home, authorities say

January 8, 2020 at 4:49 p.m.

A fire that started near a garage to a home in northeastern Hinsdale on Wednesday caused an estimated $50,000 in property damage, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Firefighters...

Gabby Schoenberg, 15, of La Grange Park, learns how to play the ukulele during an instructional session Jan. 4, 2020 at the LaGrange Park Public Library in LaGrange Park.

La Grange Park library offering ukulele lessons after leaders say teen patrons expressed interest

January 9, 2020 at 10:35 a.m.

With its small size and four strings, a ukulele is one of the easier instruments to learn to play. That reason, plus interest from its teenage patrons, prompted the La...

Sheila Kalsi of Hinsdale, who wants to lose 20 pounds in 2020, does a rope slam as part of her work out at Spark Fitness in Hinsdale.

New Year’s resolutions bring increased business to gyms in the western suburbs

January 7, 2020 at 1:12 p.m.

While many retail businesses are slowing down after a busy holiday shopping season, gyms, health clubs and fitness centers now are in their peak period of participation thanks to New...

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