Western Springs News

Not everyone around Western Springs was happy when, in 2004, Dartmoor Homes snapped up Timber Trails Country Club's land to create the Village's Timber Trails development-many in the "Save Our Timber" movement mourned the impending loss of 300-year-old oaks, a one-time Potawatomi Indian camp and one of Cook County's few remaining open spaces.

By Jamey Dunn The state's prepaid tuition program, College Illinois, is no longer fulfilling its mission, according to the director of the commission that administers the program.

Stamp collecting might not seem like the stuff of dramatic theater. The Theatre of Western Springs will prove otherwise when it stages its second Forum production of the 83rd season, "Mauritius." The play by Theresa Rebeck is named for the place where some of the earliest and most sought-after postage stamps were produced, said Adrianne Cury of Oak ... (more)

Governor Quinn's Feb. 1 state of the state address included some big plans for improving the state and its economy.

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)

New Western Springs Director of Fire and EMS Services Pat Kenny joined other fire-department members of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System District 10 in thanking and honoring state Rep.

Burr Ridge-based rock star Jim Peterik, best known as the former guitarist for Survivor and longtime guitarist-vocalist for The Ides of March, played to a sold-out audience Saturday at the Theatre of Western Springs .

There are as many sides to a story as there are people - or bears - involved. That's the premise behind, "The Trial of Goldilocks," being presented by Children's Theatre of Western Springs' Touring Troupe, 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

The Pillars human services agency is offering a four-week grief support program in February for teens and families following the murder of Lyons Township High School freshman Kelli O'Laughlin in October.

According to a Big read press release, The Paris Wife , Paula McLain "uses the voice of Hadley Richardson, the first of Ernest Hemingway's four wives, to capture a remarkable time period and a love affair fueled by ambition and betrayal.

Exactly one year ago today, Feb. 2, Western Springs saw one of the worst blizzards in history.

About two dozen LaGrange Park residents voiced opposition to the proposed closing of the U.S. Postal Service branch office in town during a forum Monday at the Village Hall.

Although most Western Springs residents were opposed to the original construction of the Tri-State Tollway, the Illinois Toll Highway Commission prevailed.

Steaming coffee delivered to your desk just the way you like it is becoming quite the draw at the Lyons Township High School South Campus in Western Springs, especially after lunch.

Purse Stolen Outside School A woman told La Grange police at about 8:09 a.m. Jan.

When in 1932 the family of the late Thomas Ford, a Western Springs housing contractor, used his life insurance money to give the a permanent home to the previously peripatetic Village library , the building's circulation was about 5000 books.

It's the weekend again, and we're going to lead with something positive-and positively incredible: how a surgery and therapy in Burr Ridge gave a man back his index finger and thumb and returned him to 60 percent to 70 percent functionality.

Jim Peterik needs little introduction. A true rock-and-roll veteran, probably best-known for co-writing and performing the Grammy-winnning, Oscar-nominated and timeless " Eye of the Tiger " while with the band Survivor, the Burr Ridge resident still records and performs with The Ides of March , founded in Berwyn in 1964 , along with side projects ... (more)

Depending on the weather, families will either be "dashing through the snow" or rolling along the pavement in carriages during Oak Brook Winterfest, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan.

Is there anybody left alive who isn't familiar with Angry Birds , the super-popular videogame franchise for smartphones and similar devices? Is there anyone out there who has not yet taken finger to screen to hurtle livid avians at their thieving porcine nemeses? Okay, but how many people have done it life-size? Well, sort of life-size, anyway, but ... (more)