La Grange News

Inbound and outbound BNSF Metra trains were stopped near the La Grange station because a train struck a vehicle tonight.

A long-simmering disagreement between two downtown La Grange businesses is suddently getting a lot of attention from the Chicagoland media.

Car Burglarized The window ofA a car parked at Panera Bread, 439 N. La Grange Rd., was broken at about 6:30 a.m. Feb.

Lender Sworn At A La Grange resident told police Feb. 2 he went to Starbuck's, 38 S. La Grange Rd., and saw someone he knows who he had lent $2 to about two months ago.

The La Grange business community welcomed the village's newest restaurant to the downtown scene with a grand opening celebration for Mezza Mediterranean Grill on Saturday.

The following are items of note from recent Lyons Township High school releases: School Literary Magazine Wins Two National Awards The 2011 edition of the Lyons Township literary magazine Menagerie was recently awarded a Highest Honor by the National Council of Teachers of English for excellence in a student literary magazine, as well as a First ... (more)

Students from 10 Chicago and suburban high schools debated world problems Saturday at a Model United Nations conference in La Grange hosted by Lyons Township High School and St.

Join your neighbors and transport yourself to Paris of the 1920s. The experience is being sponsored by The Big Read, a cooperative effort by 10 area libraries to encourage their patrons to read the same book to promote reading, spark discussion and build community.

Abandoned Cooler is 'Cool' La Grange police said they found nothing suspicious about an empty Igloo red cooler found near the bike rack at the La Grange Road train depot, 25 W. Burlington Ave., at about 7:06 a.m. Jan.

I was delighted to see Martin Regg Cohn write on the closure of the Electro-Motive plant in London, Ontario.

Coffee Stolen A Chicago woman told La Grange police at about 1:34 p.m. Jan. 31 that someone stole her coffee at the La Grange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave.

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said that while he feels compassion for the nearly 500 Electro-Motive workers who lost their jobs Friday, it's now his responsibility to work towards moving them to his city.

Join your neighbors and transport yourself to Paris of the 1920s. The experience is being sponsored by The Big Read, a cooperative effort by 10 area libraries to encourage their patrons to read the same book to promote reading, spark discussion and build community.

10-19 at Lincoln Center, 935 Maple Ave., Downers Grove. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Rocks Thrown at Window A resident of the 800 block of south Catherine Avenue told La Grange police at about 8:43 a.m. Jan.

When Patch launched in La Grange in the summer of 2010, editors and contributors ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory.

DUI Tickets Jose R. Pena, 38, of Chicago was ticketed for driving under the influence at Benton and Bluff avenues at about 3:09 a.m. Jan.

Four Lyons Township High School seniors, student athletes all, declared and signed letters of intent on Wednesday to play for Division I colleges next year Will Konstant and Adam Rodgers, both from La Grange, have signed to play football at Dartmouth College and Butler University, respectively.

Things are really heating up in La Grange as local businesses get things cooking for Restaurant Week -a celebration of the village's downtown restaurant scene.

At a Monday night open house at Village Hall in La Grange Park , residents got a chance to talk with Rep.