Northlake lawyer, Western Springs resident seeks judicial post

Terry Gallagher, Democratic candidate for judge in the 4th Judicial Subcircuit of Cook County, has been endorsed by all seven township committeemen in the subcircuit, Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2, and Cook County Sheriff’s Police FOP Lodge 4. He has been found “Qualified” by the …

Woman killed when Metra train hits car in La Grange

A Chicago woman died Friday night after a Metra train collided with her car at a crossing near the La Grange Stone Avenue station. No passengers were on the train at the time.

Kirk moved to Chicago rehab center

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke nearly three weeks ago, was transferred Friday to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Snow makes its way back to the area Friday

Feeling a chill in the air? Snow will be back as soon as Friday when lake effect snow could hit the city and Northwest Indiana with six inches.

Catholic cemeteries offer to bury 300 bodies stacked at morgue

The Archdiocese of Chicago is offering to pay for up to 300 burials for the bodies being held at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Forest Hills students shine in talent show

Maggie Pabst had just finished an Irish dance performance with Maeve Mikulski as one of the acts of the student talent show at Forest Hills Elementary School in Western Springs, and the first-grader was having trouble standing still. “I’m just in the mood for jumping,” …

Service News

Volunteers honored in Springfield Three west suburban men were among 16 volunteers honored in Springfield Jan. 28 for donating hundreds of hours of service to the Illinois Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve agency. The U.S. Department of Defense established the agency in 1972 …

Police: Man faked own kidnapping to take $1,000 from family

A Willowbrook man who wanted to get money from his family staged his own kidnapping to demand $1,000 ransom, according to police who later arrested him.

Police say gangs present but not active in our towns

La Grange, Western Springs and LaGrange Park police acknowledge the presence of gangs since 2008, but say activity is minimal. Residents should be aware of the potential, but not alarmed. “I would say there’s a modest presence in La Grange. I haven’t seen turf wars …

Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl

Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”

Doctors hope to be able to re-attach the 8-inch-by-4-inch section of his skull that had to be removed after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.

Then the Highland Park Republican can begin physical …

Even without any snow, Mayslake celebrates the Wonders of Winter

It may seem like winter is missing in action, but that didn’t stop families from enjoying the Wonders of Winter event at the Mayslake Peabody Estate Saturday afternoon. “Last year we had the blizzard with snow 2 feet hight,” said DuPage County Forest Preserve Senior …

Fire Dept. issues CO detector warning

The Western Springs Fire and Emergency Services Departmnet in warning residents about some carbon monoxide detectors that have an end-of-life signal. Underwriters Laboratories standard UL 2034 establishes requirements that CO detectors produced after Aug. 1, 2009 to have an end-of-life signal that activates once the …

District 101 to pay bond abatement

Keeping up with its promises, Western Springs Elementary District 101 adopted resolutions Jan. 30 mandating the payment of $1.17 million in bond abatement on Jan. 23. The payment accounts for this year’s bond services on three bonds from 2003, 2005 and 2006 used to finance …

Congress could learn from Lyons Township High School students

Dinner conversations are seldom dull at the Medlock home in LaGrange Park with three teens who are on the Congressional Debate Team at Lyons Township High School. At a recent practice session in the south campus library in Western Springs, sophomore Max Medlock and later …

Gov. Quinn signs bill to allow speed cameras near schools, parks

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday ended months of deliberation and signed into law a measure allowing Chicago to install speed-enforcement cameras near schools and parks.