La Grange News

Commencement exercises are scheduled at 2 p.m. June 3 in the North Campus Fieldhouse at the Lyons Township High School, 100 S. Brainard Ave., in La Grange.

Ring Missing Out of Home A ring worth $15,000 was reported on May 26 as missing out of a home on the 400 block of Edgewood Avenue.

Diplomas were awarded May 27 to 199 members of the Class of 2012 at Nazareth Academy High School in LaGrange Park.

A ComEd spokeswoman said about 38 households are still without power this evening after power went out in the early afternoon on Stone and Maple avenues in La Grange.

Kid Complaints Five youths who were being loud in an alley behind the 300 block of Sixth Avenue at about 11:40 p.m. May 26 were warned by police and said they would leave.

A substantial number of volunteers turned out to help with the Salt Creek Watershed Network cleanup day Saturday at Bemis Woods.

A Chicago man was ticketed May 20 after La Grange Park police said his 2000 Chevrolet Venture van was going 19 mph over the speed limit while it was southbound on the 1500 block of north LaGrange Road at about 6:10 a.m. Marcos A. Landa-Soto, 33, was ticketed for speeding, 59 mph in a 40-mph zone, and driving while his license is suspended.

Municipal and federal government buildings in La Grange and La Grange Park will be closed on Monday, May 28, for Memorial Day.

While many families are having parties this Memorial Day weekend, a La Grange Park woman knows how important it is remember those who served in the military - and often were left disabled and hospitalizedA - or still are deployed overseas.

I took this photo after work one evening recently, in west suburban La Grange Illinois.

A substantial number of volunteers turned out to help with the Salt Creek Watershed Network cleanup day Saturday at Bemis Woods.

The "Ahhh! La Grange" Carnival and La Grange Art and Craft Fair are returning this summer after receiving approval this month from the Village Board.

A La Grange woman who had a bicycle was stolen for a third time from a bike rack at the Stone Avenue train depot, 635 Burlington Ave., A asked La Grange police to conduct a sting and said she will complain to Village Hall.

The president of the board overseeing the Lyons Township School Treasurer's Office has resigned to allow for an independent investigation of a $100,000 cash-out of benefits by Treasurer Robert Healy.

An area near the Vaughan Building of the Lyons Township High School north campus, 100 S. Brainard Ave., was hit with toilet paper, La Grange police learned at about 1:45 a.m. May 18.

An inaugural golf outing will be held Monday, July 9, to benefit Josh Misiewicz, a Marine lance corporal from La Grange who was seriously injured last July while serving in Afghanistan.

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.

A motor vehicle belonging to a La Grange business was burglarized on the 600 block of south LaGrange Road, La Grange police learned at about 8:38 a.m. May 19.

A substantial number of volunteers turned out to help with the Salt Creek Watershed Network cleanup day Saturday at Bemis Woods.

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.