Bensenville News

Lower tax revenues with unemployment approaching 10 percent have forced some Illinois towns and municipalities to cut back on fireworks, as CNN.com reports : In Illinois, CNN affiliate WLS-TV reported that Harvey, Berwyn, Elgin, Gurnee and North Riverside had canceled their shows.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 6:14 pm US/Central Reporting Dorothy Tucker What would July 4th weekend be without fireworks? Fireworks on the Fourth of July may be a tradition in America, but it's a costly one.

R&M Trucking has signed an 11-year lease for 195,000 square feet at the O'Hare East Business Center.

Lifelink, along with its title sponsor, Litchfield Cavo LLP, presents its 15th annual golf classic at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora on Aug.

Wholesale Interiors, an Internet resource for custom-order furniture, is expanding its market presence by making plans to show at the Midwest Furniture Show in Chicago this summer.

BOTH OCCUPANTS of a vehicle stopped on northbound Interstate 55 were charged with obstructing police about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 16.

Bicycle racing will return to Arlington Heights with the Arlington Criterium July 14.

I'd like to spend Father's Day like I do a lot of my free time, sitting on the couch with my feet up, watching TV or sleeping.” John Pembleton of Princeton Comments

Chicago area gas prices are dancing closer to $3 a gallon after bottoming out last December at almost half that price.

In 2008, the Melrose Park Public Library became a partner with the Library of Congress for its Veterans History Project.

" Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Dan Grant today announced that the Veteran Service Office formerly located in Bensenville has moved to an Illinois Department of Employment Security building at 837 S. Westmore Meyers Road in Lombard.

May 27, 2009 10:06 pm US/Central Reporting Jay Levine The final resting place for hundreds of Chicago's German immigrants is not exactly restful.

Puerto Rico-based Popular Inc., the parent of Banco Popular, says it remains committed to its North American headquarters in Rosemont, despite streamlining that has eliminated 89 jobs in Chicago and the suburbs.

This afternoon during an open house I was hosting in St. Charles , a young woman, Brandi, mentioned that her boyfriend was a firefighter in Bensenville and that he had attended a program about special mortgages for firefighters.

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

A 1970s Ford Mustang reported stolen in Bensenville Saturday was discovered Sunday in the Redmond Retention Pond, authorities said.

With momentum finally growing to extend the Elgin O'Hare Expressway east, build a western bypass and complete airport expansion, the region is ripe for "the biggest economic development project of this generation," DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom believes.

May 7, 2009 3:55 pm US/Central BENSENVILLE, Ill. A northwest suburban village is beefing up police patrols after a man tried to abduct a 10-year-old boy who was waiting for a school bus Thursday morning.

CHICAGO /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Michael P. Viollt and the Board of Trustees of Robert Morris College proudly announce that the institution has changed its name to Robert Morris University Illinois.

The Illinois EPA has a list of about 750 projects seeking some of the $180 million in federal stimulus money set aside for sewer works in the state.