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Because stars like the sun probably formed in hot open clusters like Orion, the finding suggests that sun-like stars have a low probability of forming planets, or at least, planets the size of Jupiter or ...

Rachel Beveridge , of Maywood, was named to the dean's list at the University of Nebraska at Omaha for the spring 2008 semester.

Police chiefs in the western suburbs of Cook County have mixed opinions about gun ban laws instituted by municipalities being struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Some Proviso Township residents remained without power Monday, more than 24 hours after storms blew through the suburbs.

Two homes and two vehicles were damaged by fallen tree limbs in Maywood during Sunday morning's storm, which left some residents without power more than 24 hours later.

Someone else will be packing Livonia Public Schools students' lunches next year, under a plan to outsource food preparation at the lower elementary schools.

Inbound Metra trains from the western suburbs were delayed Friday afternoon after a freight train spilled animal fat on the tracks.

Karen Russell, of Berkeley, a senior at Hope College, Holland, Mich., received the Laura Alice Boyd Memorial Award in German during the annual Honors Convocation held April 24.

Two graduates from MacArthur Middle School in Berkeley School District 87 will reap the rewards for their academic excellence over the past eight years by attending an elite state high school.

Protecting park users from vehicles is among the key changes in a proposed intergovernmental agreement between the Village of Berkeley and the Berkeley Park District.

Upon entering Luurs Garden and Flower Shoppe in Hillside, the place looks more like a beautiful plant- and flower-filled forest than a place of business.

A Berkeley teenager was shot and killed on the South Side early Saturday, and Chicago police believe it may be gang-related. Jonathan Flores, 19, of the 1200 block of North Ashbel was standing in the 1800 block ...

A murdered woman whose naked body was found "stuffed" in the closet of an Edgewater motel room nearly a week ago has been identified.

Four people were killed Friday and Saturday in separate shootings in Chicago and Maywood.

“There was a lot of resistance and a lack of enthusiasm on this idea.”

"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." ~ Kahlil Gibran "Come! 'Tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland!" How well a verse from our state song captures the mood of ... via The Diamondback

“I go all the way down to Maywood”

By DAVID POLLARD dpollard@pioneerlocal.com Since its transformation from an abandoned railway right-of-way to a path surrounded by green grass, trees and tranquility, the Illinois Prairie Path has evolved into ... via Marywood Herald

“We've been coming here for years”

By DAVID POLLARD dpollard@pioneerlocal.com As the season turns to spring, more people are venturing out on the Illinois Prairie Path. via Marywood Herald

Library hosts money management program The Berkeley Public Library, 1637 N. Taft Ave., will host a money management skills workshop from noon to 2 p.m. Friday. via Marywood Herald

“This winter was extremely bad on roads.”

Some Berkeley residents and business owners are wondering why a stretch of St. Charles Road was not repaired when the road was reconstructed and resurfaced between Wolf Road to I-290. Then the Village of ... via Marywood Herald

“If the planet formed in the last 1,600 years, that would be incredibly recent.”

Radio emissions from the HLTau system show the planet An embryonic planet detected outside our Solar System could be less than 2,000 years old, astronomers say. via BBC