Burbank News

The event was for fourth- to sixth-grade students. Students were creative in their choice of projects.

June 25, 2009 Contact: Lisa Wathne 757-622-7382 Burbank, Ill. -- After learning from PETA about the horrendous treatment of a baby chimpanzee who is regularly carted around by Chicago-based animal exhibitor Ed and Annette's Monkeys and More , the Prairie Trails Public Library canceled the traveling zoo's appearance scheduled for later this month.

Jun 24, 2009 5:32 pm US/Central BURBANK, Ill. 1 of 1 Two people were injured when high winds from a storm blew the roof off of a dugout at Rice Park near St.

The roof blow off the St. Laurence High School dugout with the team inside, 2 people hurt.

Where else can one head to sip a margarita or chug his or her favorite beer under the summer sky? After being cooped up too long, now is the perfect time to get outside and have some fun.

BURBANK, Ill. - A barricade situation in southwest suburban Burbank that began late Sunday night ended early this morning.

A third person -- this one a woman -- has been charged in connection with beating, shooting and setting fire to a 15-year-old Southwest Side boy who authorities said refused to acknowledge his assailants' gang.

Jun 15, 2009 10:04 am US/Central BURBANK, Ill. Negotiations have ended with an armed suspect who had been barricaded in a home in southwest suburban Burbank since Sunday night.

A third person -- a Burbank woman -- has been charged with murder for the death of a 15-year-old South Side boy found burned and shot in the head in a gangway in early May.

Marshall, a resident of Chicago's Scottsdale neighborhood, was honored March 27 at a Junior Citizen's Awards Dinner at Soldier Field.

Students may sharpen their skills and enrich their studies in art, strings, technology and theater.

Andrea Joy Dommisse of Riverside, Ill., and Paul Jacob Brunner of Monroe are engaged to be married.

The students included De La Salle Institute has been recognized for advancing to the final round in the statewide Operation Teen Safe Driving initiative designed to educate teens about safe driving in order to save lives.

A Nebraska man is alleging sexual abuse by a suburban Chicago priest who has sued his previous accusers.

News that a student at Oak Lawn High School may have swine flu was not enough for school officials to close the school on Monday.

Swine flu concerns shuttered nine more schools in the Chicago area on Monday, and six more confirmed cases were found statewide, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

State and local health officials are investigating the death of a 15-year-old southwest suburban high school student, but are downplaying rumors victim had Swine Flu.

A dedicated soldier returned home to a parade and celebration in his honor last Friday.

The Cook County state's attorney's office has served grand jury subpoenas on some of the players in the controversy surrounding Reavis High School District 220, Supt.

Prairie Trails Library, 8449 S. Moody Ave., Burbank, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.