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.

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.

This summer, Illinois lawmakers legalized video gambling in bars and restaurants to raise funds for capital projects. Since then, more than a dozen communities in the western suburbs have banned the machines, and several more are poised to outlaw them before the end of this year. As many more towns weigh a gambling ban, however, the overall amount of revenue video gambling is projected to raise for the state — estimated at more than 25 percent of the $31 billion capital projects bill — has been put into doubt.

In observance of Veterans Day, the post office will be closed Wednesday and will not be delivering the Life to subscribers until Thursday. The newspaper will be available Wednesday at single-copy locations.

Two men were charged in connection with two Brookfield residential burglaries that occurred Oct. 26.

Two Berwyn men were charged in connection with two Brookfield residential burglaries that occurred Oct. 26.

EDITORIAL
THE ISSUE
The Berwyn City Council recently issued $5.2 in bonds to retire old debt and put $3 million into the budget.
OUR VIEW
Aldermen should have continued to pay off the debt they had and not taken on additional debt to balance their budget.
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A high demand for the flu vaccine has used up all the stock for children and dwindled the supply for adults at the Berwyn Health Department. Additional vaccines could be in the works, but their timely arrival in Berwyn is up to pharmacutical companies for the seasonal flu and the Cook County Department of Public Health for the new H1N1 vaccination. Do you intend to get a flu vaccine for yourself and your child?

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As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

Seeing how polarizing the debate on health care reform has been this past year among Americans, it’s odd to find common ground with four House members whose political ideologies run the gamut. It’s not that all statements say the same thing, but somehow each contains sentiments with which I agree.

Jerry Moore, opinions editor for Suburban Life Publications, will appear at 8 a.m. Wednesday on Ray Hanania's radio program on WJJG AM 1530 in Elmhurst. Tune in or listen live on Hanania's Web site, www.RadioChicagoland.com.

Aaron Nagel was a linebacker at Notre Dame, one of college football’s Holy Grails, but he wasn’t happy. The Lemont graduate did not like the Fighting Irish’s coaches. They weren’t the kind of people he thought they would be back when he committed to play football there. He wanted something different. That’s when he rediscovered his youth.

Westchester’s efforts to commemorate Veterans’ Day has run into a wall, literally and on purpose.

As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

While most western suburb schools’ overall tests scores were well above the state requirements, the results show that in many cases low-income students and students with disabilities are below the standard.

The annual report cards track performance for the federal No Child Left Behind Act. This year’s reports for the roughly 4,000 schools and 869 districts in Illinois were posted online at iirc.niu.edu on Friday.

Getting canned usually means people must pack their belongings in a box and vacate the office for good. It stumped me, then, to see the deals offered to two school administrators at public institutions when it was announced they’d be leaving their posts.

Check out letters to the editor in the Oct. 28 Suburban Life Newspaper.

Another complete team effort lifted Hinsdale Central’s girls tennis team to its fourth consecutive IHSA state title.