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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La Grange Highlands Middle School, 1850 W. Plainfield Road, honors veterans at an afternoon ceremony.

Four female students have been suspended for fighting at Riverside Brookfield High School.

Before the Metra came to town, Brookfielders got around on a streetcar line. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about the Brookfield streetcar system.

For the first time, the Brookfield Police Department is engaging in what officers hope will be a holiday tradition — shopping with children who have been affected by the tough economy.

Christos Taltsidis started in the fur business when he was 13 in his native Greece sweeping floors, sewing small pieces of fur, breaking a lot of needles and getting his bosses upset.

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

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

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.

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.

As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

As Illinois student performance standards get tougher each year, more schools are falling short of the mark, according to statewide report cards released this week.

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A man walked off with between $2,500 and $3,500 after threatening a bank teller at 4:31 p.m. Oct. 31.