Lombard News

Many gifted comic actors dream of doing serious acting. Why? Because if you are good enough to make people laugh, you are probably good enough to make them cry.

The RoomPlace is opening a 27,000-square-foot showroom in the Chicago suburb of Hillside with a new contemporary design and the retailer's new-concept bedding area.

LOMBARD, IL, July 02, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Medix Staffing Solutions, Inc., a national staffing organization specialized in recruiting skilled personnel for clients in the Healthcare, Insurance, Scientific and Information Technology industries, was recently named to Crain's Chicago Business' "Fast 50," a list of Chicago's fastest growing ...

Although I currently live in New York City, I grew up in Villa Park. My dad was a firefighter in Lombard for 25 years, and he recently built his new house on Grace Street.

Two Way Street Coffee House: Bianca DeLeon will perform her Tex-Mex songs at 8:15 p.m. July 3. At 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove.

Bingo draws players of all ages at Taste of Lombard. Special kiddie bingo is played at 12:30 p.m. July 3 and July 4. Paul Michna 2008 Food vendors will be selling treats from corn on the cob to alligator on a stick at the Taste of Lombard at Madison Meadow Park.

There's something about a mild-mannered newspaper reporter visiting a comic book exhibit that just seems fitting.

Thousands of suburban residents still had no power Saturday in the wake of Friday's storms, but ComEd had reconnected the bulk of more than 121,000 customers in northern Illinois whose electricity had been knocked out.

William "Bill" Doerfler of Morris was elected to the position of State Advocate to the Illinois State Council Knights of Columbus State Board at the 112th annual convention held at the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Ill., the weekend of May 22 to 24.

Glen Ellyn was one of the towns hardest hit by two storms last Friday, leaving hundreds of residents without power until Sunday.

ComEd says power has been restored to most Chicago area customers whose electricity was knocked out by waves of severe storms.

Two young Lombard men are facing felony charges after authorities accused them of conducting a dogfight with their pet pit bulls last month to entertain guests during a party in one of their homes.

A DuPage County judge has set bond at $2 million for a 21-year old Lombard man accused of sexually assaulting a mentally challenged woman despite an order of protection obtained by the victim's mother.

Despite neighbors' concerns about traffic, a private Islamic school in Lombard will proceed with expansion plans.

Neighbors are mobilizing to protest a Lombard religious school's $7.5 million expansion project when it comes before the village board Thursday.

A man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for fleeing after a bizarre traffic altercation in Addison that turned fatal.

Mesirow Financial Real Estate has introduced a Stimulate on This marketing campaign with price reductions of over $100,000 on residences at R+D659, a West Loop high-rise. The contemporary 17-story glass and concrete building is at the corner of Randolph and Des Plaines Streets.

Tickets: $25 in advance at local businesses and on the day of the walk at Mr. Z's Super Market, 401 S. Main St.

Donald L. Brown was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for an armed robbery in Wheaton in February.

Rick Levin & Associates will soon conduct four auctions of 135 area residential properties, including single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses and rowhomes in Chicago, Grayslake, Libertyville, Lombard, Mount Prospect and Schiller Park.