The village of La Grange is getting into the theater business — just barely — following Monday’s Village Board meeting.

Each year some corners of the world anticipate Nov. 3 with proclamations, banners and festivals to celebrate the coming of a special crop.

With heroism and desperation hanging in the minds of veterans, a local resident is hoping his war memorabilia will prompt former servicemen and women to share their stories.

Thursday will mark the 33rd annual Great American Smokeout, a day that endeavors to reach out and help smokers trying to quit and honor the efforts of those who already have.

Though the raging gas prices that tore through budgets have dropped, local governments are still struggling under the weight of higher pump prices.

The Riverside Public Library is hosting a Marine display with World War II memorabilia. Local residents can enjoy the display. On Veterans Day people came and shared their stories about war and the memorabilia they still have.

Each time Aidan Walton opens his trumpet case, he is greeted by a picture of the father he never knew.

Gauntlets were thrown, bluffs were called and accusations were made — then voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed tax increase on Nov. 4.

After a long battle with cancer, Thom Cleveland left behind his wife, three children and an incomplete home — both emotionally and structurally.

A Brookfield man pleaded no contest to first degree intentional homicide of a Wisconsin woman at his recent court hearing in Jefferson County, Wis.

Riverside’s Village Board is now faced with the task of determining which services to cut or how to raise revenue due to the failed referendum Tuesday Nov. 4.

The Illinois State Board of Education recently released district report cards, indicating whether adequate yearly progress is being made at schools across the state.

A dozen Riverside residents reported campaign signs supporting John McCain were stolen from their front lawns Monday night.

The Peace Officers Memorial Foundation of Cook County will host a fundraiser next weekend to support a tribute planned in the name of the 672 peace officers that have been killed in the county’s history.

Foundation President Edward Sajdak said the nonprofit was established in 2002 to honor the memories of all of those law enforcement officers, dating back to the first officer fatality on record in the county in the mid-1800s.

A Lyons man may have escaped police if he had not take the time to scratch off lottery tickets during an armed robbery of a Lyons convenience store Friday.