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District 105 to promote assistant to superintendent

May 22, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Steve Bahn, the assistant superintendent at La Grange-Countryside Elementary District 105, will move into the superintendent position in July, replacing Glenn Schlichting, who will retire at the end of the...

Willowbrook deputy chief will now lead Police Department

May 22, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

Robert Schaller, who served for 22 years with the Willowbrook Police Department, most recently as deputy chief, was promoted March 12 to police chief. “He has always served as a...

Piece of the World Trade Center makes journey from Manhattan to Willowbrook police station

May 22, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

An artifact from wreckage belonging to Tower One of the World Trade Center is on display permanently at the newly remodeled police station in Willowbrook. Village officials last year placed...

Former Darien police chief to lead Willowbrook department

May 22, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

A new top cop will begin working in Willowbrook on July 6. Police Chief Robert Pavelchik, the chief of police in Villa Park, will come back to the area at...

Willowbrook candidates seek more development to keep down taxes

May 22, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

Individuals seeking three seats on the Willowbrook Village Board in April want to focus on maintaining a fiscally responsible village budget while attracting more development into the village. The four...

Woman dies in Downers Grove house fire

May 11, 2019 at 5:28 a.m.

A Downers Grove woman last week in a house fire in the western suburb, police said. Robyn Rauch, 35, and two other individuals were transported to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital...

Body found in car after fire breaks out in Cicero garage, officials say

June 6, 2018 at 12:28 a.m.

An autopsy is expected to take place Friday on a man found dead in a garage fire in Cicero early Thursday, officials said. The victim was identified as Joseph Lombardo,...

Bloomingdale cop killed in on-duty crash loved to serve the village, chief says

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

When he was growing up, Raymond Murrell aspired to be a police officer. And when that career goal became reality, he "was so happy," according to his stepmother. It was...

Willowbrook starts special sales tax districts

May 22, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Willowbrook began collecting a new 1 percent sales tax on Jan. 1 within various business districts that will increase the total sales tax in those areas to 8 percent. At...

Oakbrook Terrace man shot to death while sitting in car in Maywood, police say

May 8, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

A 20-year-old man from Oakbrook Terrace was shot to death while sitting in a parked vehicle Sunday afternoon with his friends in Maywood, police said. Rommell Harris was shot multiple...

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