Brookfield News

Those of us in Norwalk -- and, yes, those in Wilton also -- who have supported the extension of the new Route 7 northward toward Danbury can only look in envy at our neighbors in Brookfield.This week that town finally saw the opening of the Route 7 bypass, which will carry traffic around the .

Do you have any superstitions, or are you doing anything differently today? Claire Victorine, student, Western Springs: "I throw salt over my shoulder.

A Berwyn man was arrested Nov. 5 in connection with a residential burglary in Downers Grove.

Two Berwyn men were arrested earlier this week in relation to a series of burglaries, one of which occurred in Western Springs.

To view this content you need to install the Flash Player. Brrrr. Winter comes early AP Video Friday, Oct.

Pumpkin eater Nadaya, an 8-year-old Western Lowland Gorilla, enjoys a pumpkin at Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill.

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Too fat to kill? Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 06:20AM EDT A man accused of killing his estranged son-in-law is using a novel defense strategy.

Whirl, a two-year-old-Amur tiger, plays with a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois October 28, 2009.

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The community is invited to a fashion event, "It's a Thriller Night" from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct.

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

Since 1995 the Community Memorial Foundation has dedicated itself to improving the health of people who live and work in the western suburbs.

A man wanted in connection with a bank robbery in northwest suburban Schaumburg led area police on a multijurisdictional pursuit that passed through Summit and other nearby communities and almost ended in his hometown Western Springs, said police.

The folks from the Brookfield Zoo will celebrate Bear Awareness Weekend today and Sunday with themed activities highlighting the zoo's three species -- the grizzly, polar and sloth bears.

This is the enchilada in its purest form - a word that translates to "in chile." If you've ever wondered what enchiladas started out like, before they became stuffed with all kinds of fillings, check out chef Rick Bayless' "Tomato Sauced Enchiladas" from his book, "Mexican Everyday" . Bayless, owner of Chicago's Frontera Grill and Topolobampo ...

I took this photo one lovely Springtime morning, back in May of 2007. An eastbound Metra commuter local, has just departed from the very tiny and nearby Congress Park commuter flagstop depot east of La Grange Illinois.

Anuj K. Shahi really, really had to use the bathroom. Which was why, the 36-year-old Brookfield man told Naperville police, he was going really, really fast about 1:24 p.m. Wednesday along westbound Diehl Road approaching Fisher Drive.

Chicago Lake front Trail, Illinois Anywhere along the trail you begin or end, be prepared for a lovely view of Lake Michigan.

Now that the road and sewer project surrounding the Brookfield Public Library is nearing completion and the facility is no longer being rebuilt at a new site, library trustees have decided to kick off a major internal renovation project sure to please regular patrons.