More than 30 Chicago-area children will don the latest fashions Saturday to help raise money for Aspire, a Westchester-based nonprofit group providing services to those with developmental disabilities.

A nationwide salt shortage is causing local governments to get creative in finding ways to keep roadways safe and ice-free during harsh Midwest winters.

Libraries nationwide are celebrating Banned Books Week for the 27th year to remind Americans that the freedom to read should not be taken for granted.

La Grange officials edged closer to approving financial help to the La Grange Theatre. 

Countryside is hosting Harvest Fest from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Countryside Park, located between 59th and 61st Streets, a half-block east of Brainard Avenue.
 

Tina Kostial brought the national franchise, Visiting Angels to the area with the hopes of providing elderly residents with an option to stay in their homes with the assistance needed to get through the day.

At a time when some U.S. college presidents are proposing lowering the legal drinking age from 21, local higher education leaders aren’t supporting the move, and state elected officials are fighting back to make sure that doesn’t happen in Illinois.

Many remembered when gasoline was under 50 cents a gallon. Others who had forgotten may have wished they had not been reminded.

The Western Springs HIstorical Society is hosting a Bingo Party from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the VIllage Club of Western Springs, 4221 Lawn Ave.
 

Stan Johnson started life in the farm fields of Manhattan, Ill., then spent a great deal of it at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1982, the Countryside resident’s curiosity would lead to a rendezvous of sorts with the Illinois & Michigan Canal.

Judy Clark, director of Triple R Pets, said the volunteer-staffed, nonprofit animal advocacy organization’s Trap Neuter Return — or TNR — program has resulted in more humane living conditions for the southwest suburban feral cat population.

The District 105 School Board is seeking applications to fill a vacancy left by board member Jason Gardner, who resigned Sept. 22.

The 32˚ Masonic Learning Centers for Children, Inc., wild hold its annual “Everyone Can Help” Walkathon beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, at the Illinois Masonic Children’s Home; 441 S. 9th Avenue, La Grange.
 

A Brookfield sex offender has been charged with aggravated sexual abuse for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old Lyons girl.

Brookfield’s Village Board is considering placing red light enforcement cameras at intersections that have been indicated as high risk for accidents and violations.