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Aislian Roman gets some advise about a dress from her friend Areli Munoz. The Franklin Park Library hosted Once Upon a Prom, an annual event for Leyden high school students to choose free prom dresses and suits, Friday, April 10.

Prom dresses get new life through Leyden fashion program

May 10, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Students entering the Franklin Park library recently got to choose between books, DVDs, compact discs and prom dresses. During the annual Once Upon A Prom event organized by fashion students...

Girls practice on Saturday, April 11 for the upcoming Spring Ice Show at the Franklin Park Ice Arena.

Franklin Park ice arena closes for $3.2 million upgrade

May 10, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Figure skaters and hockey players in Franklin Park will have to go elsewhere for ice this summer. The second phase of a $3.2 million upgrade to the ice arena is...

Newcomers gain majority of board at Northlake Library

May 10, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

At the Northlake Library board, five newcomers were elected as library commissioners Tuesday night. The library board started out as the single most contested race in Franklin Park or Northlake,...

A Metra train stops in downtown Franklin Park.

Plane, train and term limit referendums all approved

May 10, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

Franklin Parkers who made it to the polls voted in favor of three referendums, according to unofficial results Tuesday night. An advisory referendum on whether the village should spend money...

School board veterans return after uncontested races

May 10, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

School board candidates in districts 83, 84 and 212 coasted to victory in uncontested races. Incumbents for the Leyden District 212 Board of Education all returned. They are Jack Tobin,...

City Council and Village Board candidates slide into seats

May 10, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

Incumbents and newcomers wafted into their seats in uncontested municipal races in Franklin Park and Northlake. The three members of the Progress Through Leadership party — incumbents William Ruhl and...

Becky Pedroza gets some help trying on a coat and helmet from Downers Grove firefighter Nick Gilbert. The Pink Fire Truck paid a visit to Pedroza's house Wednesday, April 1, in Franklin Park.

Pink fire truck, pink-attired firefighters visit Franklin Park

May 10, 2019 at 11:29 p.m.

As a pink fire truck pulled up in front of Tony and Becky Pedroza's home in Franklin Park April 1, two firefighter paramedics stepped out of the vehicle wearing pink...

Police unite to train for school shooters

May 10, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Kimberly Rentner lies on the floor of a hallway near the principal's office at West Leyden. Four police officers in bulletproof vests cautiously walk up, guns drawn and looking around...

Members of East Leyden High School's cast of "Our American Cousin" had T-shirts made to honor the play President Abraham Lincoln watched as he was assassinated.

Leyden revives play for 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death

May 10, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

On the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Leyden theater students will take on the challenge of reproducing both the play the president was watching and his death. On...

Blanca Murales, of Franklin Park, fears if Gov. Bruce Rauner's spending cuts are realized, she won't be able to pay for citizenship classes on her own.

Governor’s cuts hit would-be citizens hard

May 10, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Maria Garcia, of unincorporated Leyden Township, works at a Tribune Publishing plant where she inserts advertising packets into newspapers. Her husband, Rodolfo, installs granite countertops for a living. He makes...

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