Burr Ridge News

Grab a bottle of wine for a BYOB glass-painting event, or for those who are under 21, head out to the Grilled Cheese Battle with our picks of the top ten things to do around Burr Ridge this weekend.

Helping Hand Center held its annual family picnic on June 28 at Walker Park in Burr Ridge.

Most East Central Illinois residents probably haven't heard about the controversy involving a suburban community college president caught scheming about how to extract $20 million in state funds that his campus didn't need.

Pace has decided to "go slow" with plans to increase the number of buses riding the shoulder on I-55.

In the United States of America, July 4th is a special date on our collective calendar.

The Pace board is expected at its meeting Wednesday to expand the schedule of its popular its 755/Plainfield-Medical Center-West Loop Express, effective mid-August.

The Pleasantdale Park District did a brisk business for premiere parking passes for the July 3 fireworks display at Walker Park in Burr Ridge.

State Sen. Christine Radogno, R-41st of Lemont, is teaming up with State Rep. Jim Durkin, R-82nd of Western Springs, to host a free Community Recycle Day from 9 a.m. to noon on July 19 at Burr Ridge Middle School, 15W451 91st St., Burr Ridge.

They've opened their hearts to help veterans who need a caring place to live. They're foster care-givers offering a home to both a Korean veteran and a veteran of World War II.

County Board member Gary Grasso, R-3rd, was appointed by the DuPage County Board to serve as the new chairman of the DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board.

Avoid the traffic and mayhem of the holiday weekend without missing out on the fun with our picks of the top five things to do around Burr Ridge this weekend.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the area police departments.

I think it is very American for an employee to strive for the highest income they can command.

Independence Day celebrations get an early start in the Burr Ridge area, with celebrations July 3 in town and at the Pleasant Dale Park District, and parades nearby on the Fourth of July.

A pair of severe thunderstorms rumbled through the Chicago area late Monday night, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people and increasing the risk of flooding into early Tuesday.

Alice journeys through a real wonderland in Theatre-Hikes' "Alice in Wonderland," 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, July 5-27, at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Rte.

Oak Park couple Jamal and Leda Khoury thought they were investing their life savings wisely when they transferred $2.3 million into their real estate attorney's escrow account three years ago to buy commercial real estate properties in the area.

I see by the paper, in the Doings , that Burr Ridge Village Administrator Steve Stricker had his salary frozen at $172,000; just a few thousand less than the governor of Illinois.

Native to Asia, the emerald ash borer was unknown in North America until June 2002, when it was discovered as the cause of ash tree deaths in southeast Michigan and parts of neighboring Ontario, Canada.

The concentrated large thunderstorm cell continues to generate rainfall in excess of an inch/per hour.