La Grange Park News

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.

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.

Closing of the post office branch in La Grange Park due to cost-savingsA cuts by the U.S. Postal Service is not a sure thing, according to village trustees.

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.

A 35-year-old Broadview woman suffering chest pains was taken by La Grange Fire Department ambulance to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital from a business on the 0-100 block of Beach Avenue at about 8:46 a.m. May 22.

With the advent of spring, the La Grange Park Police Department is remindingA residentsA of several items of which they should be aware.

La Grange Park trustees May 22 unanimously raised theA fee charged to those using a Fire Department ambulance A - to help balance income and expenses that resulted in a shortfall of $189,000 in 2011.

A dozen additional parking spaces will open up south of Beach Avenue for shoppers on 31 st Street in La Grange Park this year.

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.

The Lyons Township Trustees of Schools, based in La Grange Park and involved with investing money for 13 school districts or agencies, plans to hire a law firm to look into more than $100,000 cashed in by its treasurer for unused vacation, sick and personal time, according to the Better Government Association.

A 9-year-old La Grange girl told police she was looking at her cell phone just before her bicycle ran into the rear of a car at 50 th Street and Ninth Avenue at about 5:26 p.m. May 14.

On the 200 block of south Stone Avenue on Thursday evening a small crowd was gathered at the home of Courtney Menna to enjoy the warm evening air and say a fond farewell to a Cossitt Avenue School staple-Principal Mary Tavegia.

DUI Ticket After Crash A Brookfield man was ticketed for driving under the influence after La Grange Park police said his car was in a rear-end collision, injuring the other driver, on the 1100 block of north La Grange Road at about 9:39 p.m. on May 5. Wiley R. Stewart, 58, of 9200 block of Broadway Avenue, also was ticketed for failure to reduce ... (more)

Firefighters in La Grange Park were called to the 300 block of Catherine Avenue and the 300 block of Ashland Avenue in La Grange Park on Monday morning around 6 a.m. for a report of two unattached garages on fire.

A new middle school that emphasizes one-on-one instruction and independent study is likely headed to Hinsdale this summer.

Man Accused of Shoplifting A Schaumburg man accused of stealing $698 worth of over-the-counter medicine on April 27 at the Jewel-Osco in La Grange Park was arrested two days later by Lombard police, who said he tried to steal $1,100 worth of medications atA a Jewel-Osco store in their village.

The first of two public hearings on whether the village should join with other municipalities to purchase electricity as a group on behalf of residents will be held tonight at Village Hall in La Grange Park , 447 N. Catherine Ave.

Vehicle Stolen, Recovered A vehicle was stolen at about midnight May 1 from a driveway on the 700 block of north Brainard Avenue but was recovered, unoccupied, in Westchester, according to La Grange Park police.

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