Check out letters to the editor in the Nov. 18 Suburban Life Newspaper.

Check out police and fire reports for Brookfield, Riverside, La Grange and Westchester.

Brookfield firefighters and a police officer received an honor no two in the same suburban hometown have achieved.

The Village of Brookfield is adopting the U.S. Army’s 447th Military Police Company as a way to honor one of their own.

The Village of Brookfield has found a way for children to take part in the 2010 census: creating the town’s slogan.

A Chicago man was charged with kidnapping after taking a woman in Berwyn on Nov. 13.

Brookfield Zoo is hosting a Thanksgiving day feast for the animals at noon on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Brookfield village staff will present a draft of the 2010 budget to the Village Board at a meeting Monday, Nov. 16, at the Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave.

The Chicago woman suing the Brookfield Zoo for injuries she claims she suffered during a visit to the dolphin exhibit in 2008 has amended her original complaint.

Big-time college recruits and state title contenders take the court next week when the high school girls basketball season tips off. Check out your team's prospects here.

Michael Colgrass, a Brookfield-born composer, has spent his life telling stories at dinner parties and family gatherings. Now, he’s written them down.

If there were a more effective way of weeding out ne’er-do-wells on the Internet, I’d strongly recommend using it. Such a mechanism would be helpful in identifying those who have good intentions and those who want to rip you off.

Lyons Township's volleyball team proved it deserved to be playing for the Class 4A state title Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal.

Be sure to get your books now because the Brookfield Public Library is slated to close Nov. 23 for renovations, which could last two months.

The Village of Brookfield is adopting the U.S. Army’s 447th Military Police Company as a way to honor one of their own.

A 21-year-old man is in police custody after leading police on a short chase through a cemetery where he drove over gravestones, knocking over one of them.