3:37 p.m.: Monsters invade Mainstreet

3:31 p.m.: Jaycees will judge the best house

2 p.m.: UPDATED: Hawthorne Race Course puts in $150 million casino license bid

11:50 a.m.: VIDEO: Court clerks debut electronic system for traffic tickets

1:09 a.m.: Berwyn City Council meeting a time for bickering, some voting

UPDATED: Hawthorne Race Course and former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka plan to put in a $150 bid for Illinois’ 10th casino license.

The Circuit Court clerks of six area counties are debuting a new software system that will allow police officers to fill out traffic tickets electronically in their squad cars, cutting the time of traffic stops nearly in half.

Gore might rein king on the movie screen, but in Brookfield, one of the longest Halloween traditions is the most chilling act in town.

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