Brookfield News

Leotie, a 3-year-old bison, checks out her female calf, born May 16, 2012, at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., May 22, 2012.

A 6-year-old boy was taken by ambulance to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital when he was hit by glass when the window broke in the school bus in which he was riding May 18.

An employee of Ledo's Pizza, 5525 LaGrange Road in Countryside. hit an armed man on the head with a broom and other workers helped subdue him during an attempted robbery early Sunday morning as the restaurant was closing.

It was 5 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon in 1948 when Sgt. Charles Petersen, 43, received a radio call alerting him to a robbery in progress at Rosie's, located on the north side of Ogden Avenue near Harvey.

Brookfield, Ill. - Experience the invasion of Xtreme BUGS, presented by Dominick's, at Brookfield Zoo beginning Saturday, May 19, and continuing all summer long through September 7. The temporary exhibit of epic proportions will feature everything from Xtra-large animatronic bugs, including a 16-foot-high by 33-foot-long Japanese hornet displayed ... (more)

Todd Fitzgerald, 39, currently principal at S.E. Gross Middle School in Brookfield, was appointed principal of Percy Julian Middle School.

Salt Creek's natural beauty is showing a bit more as it winds through Western Springs and LaGrange Park, thanks to volunteer cleanup efforts Saturday.

Photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, two of 11 common chuckwallas that hatched March 23 at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois, climb atop their mother.

Visit the Brookfield Zoo at 8401 31st St, Brookfield, IL for Bear Awareness Weekend.A The event starts on Saturday May 5th and goes up until Sunday May 6th, 2012.A The admission cost to the zoo is $15 for adults and $10.50 for kids and seniors.A Get free visits when becoming a member at the zoo,A visit website at www.czs.org A or call ... (more)

A man was arrested on three drug-related charged after La Grange Park police said they found him sleeping in a car in a parking lot at about 4:58 a.m. May 1. Dustin C. Mullins, 27, whose last known address was on the 3800 block of Cleveland Avenue in Brookfield, was charged with possession of heroin, drug paraphernalia and a hypodermic syringe, as ... (more)

More than $6,100 was collected to help area food pantries fight hunger through the Empty Bowls fundraiser April 26 in LaGrange Park.

Get set to Lindy Hop over to the Oak Park Public Library on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m., when longtime Chicago bandleader and musician Steve Cooper will present "Big Band Memories." The 90-minute program is his own compilation of rare film clips from the Big Band era, which Cooper enlivens with personalized narration.

An elevated Green Line train carrying about 40 train buffs and other CTA riders derailed about 11:20 a.m. Sunday near State and14th Street in the South Loop, though no one was injured.