On Friday, June 26, the Brookfield Historical Society will host Carla W. Owens of Chicago, one of the authors of “Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Zoological Society,” a book of 230 historical images of the zoo.

Andrew W. Webb, 20, of 8700 Calumet Ave. in Munster, Ind., was arrested at 1:40 p.m. June 19 at 47th Street and Lawndale Ave. in Lyons and charged with indecent grooming of a child.

The West Suburban Senior Services and the Brookfield Aging Well Community Action Team will host an informative meeting on senior services.

Riverside Brookfield High School Superintendent/Principal Jack Baldermann resigned Tuesday night and will not comment on whether a new position is in his near future.

About 20 demonstrators gathered at the gates of Brookfield Zoo Saturday, June 20, to call for the closing of the elephant exhibit and the relocation of its only elephant to a zoo sanctuary.

Westchester resident George Demetralis can deal with his blindness. He does so daily, walking more than a half-mile from his home to work. What he cannot deal with is getting hit by cars backing out of driveways.

It is estimated a location sells a winning lottery ticket every five years, but the Westchester 7-Eleven store owners had not seen any luck in five years of operation.

Elementary School District 102 Superintendent Mark Van Clay is leaving the district at the end of June after 34 years in the education field.

A 29-year-old Western Springs woman has died Thursday from the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health.

A Chicago woman has been cited in the May 19 fatal accident that killed a Countryside woman crossing 47th Street with her two children.

Hideous, unattended lawns could lead to liens for Brookfield homeowners if the Village Board votes to enforce a state statute.

With a zoo watchdog group planning a protest camp out, the Brookfield Zoo is set to host its own action day.

Several high schools in the western suburbs, including Riverside Brookfield and Lyons Township high schools, were deemed some of the best in the nation last week when Newsweek released its annual ranking of the top 1,500 U.S. public high schools.

Leo Dombrowski once witnessed the most destructive man-made force at work.

Whether it is ballet or ballroom, jazz, modern or tap, Jo’s Footwork Studio in Western Springs has been transforming the leaden-legged into dance floor swans since Jo Irbe opened its doors in 1984.