Check out letters to the editor in the Nov. 18 Suburban Life Newspaper.

The Riverside Junior Woman’s Charity is collecting donations on behalf of Way Back Inn and Grateful House, an nonprofit organization specializing in addressing the needs of people recovering from substance abuse and gambling addictions.

Check out police and fire reports for Brookfield, Riverside, La Grange and Westchester.

Riverside officials signed a new waste hauling contract last week, and the new contract will cut down weekly trash pick up.

A Chicago man was charged with kidnapping after taking a woman in Berwyn on Nov. 13.

The Riverside Parks and Recreation Department is offering first-aid classes geared toward baby-sitters.

The Riverside Plan Commission will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.  Nov. 17 in Room 30 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

The Riverside Historical Commission monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Parks and Recreation Conference Room of the historic water tower, 10 Pine Ave.

The Riverside Police Department was awarded a grant from the Urban Area Security Initiative for the purchase of new, portable, interoperable radios.

A Riverside family will give a free presentation about their experiences during a year-long sabbatical in Ethiopia at 7 p.m. Nov. 18.

The Village of Riverside is holding its Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in Room 4 of the Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

Big-time college recruits and state title contenders take the court next week when the high school girls basketball season tips off. Check out your team's prospects here.

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.

Lyons Township's volleyball team proved it deserved to be playing for the Class 4A state title Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal.

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.

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