Flags are being flown at half mast throughout Valley View Community Unit School District 365-U in honor of Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, a 2006 graduate of Bolingbrook High School who was among 13 people killed yesterday at Fort Hood, Texas.

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

Though a large portion of Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A students met or exceeded state expectations, the district still failed to achieve adequate yearly progress in math for the subgroup of students with disabilities.

Thousands of dollars worth of items stolen from cars in Lemont have been returned to their owners but a suspect is not yet in custody.

It's looking for more than 3,600 taxpayers in Illinois who never received their refund checks.

Stone Park Police have charged 30-year-old Nicholas Carrino of Westchester with the murder of a Niles man who was found shot in the chest following an altercation Wednesday morning, Nov. 4.

Lemont High School will host its annual eighth-grade open house from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Nov. 19.

Officials at Hollywood School have confirmed one case of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus in a student at the school.

Nearly $4 million in drugs was seized in what city and county police are describing as one of the most elaborate drug operations in recent history, resulting in 13 felony charges for a Berwyn man.

Brookfield Zoo officials denied Suburban Life’s Freedom of Information Act request for the release of Affie the elephant’s necropsy report in a letter Oct. 29.

Pawnbroker Andrew Grayson filed a lawsuit against the Village of La Grange as a result of a failed bid to open a pawn shop downtown after the village banned such businesses, despite the fact Grayson had already been issued a business license.

While the economy is forcing some local taxing bodies to cut back on staff, the Lemont Fire Protection District is seeing a boost in its employee base.

The Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, is offering patrons the chance to learn the art of Chinese brush painting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Brookfield Zoo, 8400 W. 31st St., will be holding a special Veterans Day ceremony at 1 p.m. Nov. 11.

Once upon a time, the village of Brookfield had a streetcar system, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 15, historian Chris Stach will tell library patrons all about it.