Indian Head Park News

The first World Series of Poker Circuit champion of season six was crowned on Sunday at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Illinois.

Plans are continuing with a five-year economic development plan for Stephenville, according to Coun.

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

Mark Edakara , a sixth grade student at Churchville Middle School in Elmhurst, and Amelia O'Halloran , a fifth grader at Hawthorne Elementary School in Elmhurst, were recognized as being among the top 10 poets by Poetic Power, a national poetry contest sponsored by Creative Communications.

By this time next year, Jerry Strazzante's Township of Lyons' Special Police Committee hopes to be more ready than ever for another regional disaster drill to prepare area communities and first-responders for the real thing.

A former public works director in Willow Springs is being credited with helping convince state and federal officials of the need for sidewalk improvement surrounding and leading to and from the many schools where village children attend.

A former public works director in Willow Springs is being credited with helping convince state and federal officials of the need for sidewalk improvement surrounding and leading to and from the many schools where village children attend.

Braced to approve a tentative proposed spending plan with a small deficit at next week's regular meeting, the Indian Head Park Village Board has found a way to save $100,000 over the next six fiscal years - by reduced outstanding debt payments.

The Glen Ellyn Village Board recently voted to renew the employment agreement of Village Manager Steve Jones.

Braced to approve a tentative proposed spending plan with a small deficit at next week's regular meeting, the Indian Head Park Village Board has found a way to save $100,000 over the next six fiscal years - by reduced outstanding debt payments.

AthletiCo , based in Oak Brook, held its first bone marrow drive June 8 and 9. The drive resulted in 44 employees joining the registry and $1,960 raised for the Be the Match marrow registry.

Township of Lyons Highway Commissioner Steve Landek promised to install at least one new speed bump on 60th Street in the unincorporated La Grange Highlands last week, after petitions containing the signatures of 26 area residents were presented to the Town Board from residents upset with speeders and cut-through traffic.

Just four days after its official incorporation as a village 50 years ago this summer, Indian Head Park officials will host an anniversary party at Blackhawk Park - at which residents young and old can enjoy entertainment, demonstrations and a variety of food and refreshments.

Indian Head Park is reportedly considering balancing its proposed budget for fiscal year 2009/10 by cutting the residential leaf disposal program from its array of services to homeowners.

For the fifth year in a row, Indian Head Park resident Tom Hinshaw is shaving his head for the homeless.

Several suburban residents are among the people Gov. Pat Quinn named to the boards overseeing the Teachers' Retirement System and State Board of Investment.

This is one of our monthly essays from legislators. We've asked them to use the space to speak to their constituents -- why they voted on a particular bill, issues they hope to address, services their office offers.

Area residents and municipal officials will honor fallen veterans in a variety of observances, both celebratory and ceremonial in nature, on Monday, May 25.

The multi-lane, 50-year-old Tri-State Tollway - which runs through parts of Bridgeview, Justice, Willow Springs, Hodgkins, Countryside and Indian Head Park - will be widened and its toll plazas will become barrier-free in the near future, thanks to a half-billion-dollar sale of bonds created by the federal economic stimulus package.

You're never too little to be creative. The art exhibition at Kensington School of the Highlands stands as proof of that.