Hometown News

Last Friday's heavy rains renewed Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson's call for flood controls to be installed in Busse Woods that would minimize Salt Creek flooding by keeping water in the Cook County Forest Preserve.

The Illinois Department of Veteransa Affairs hosted a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event today at the Riverside Township Auditorium, for local Veterans, their families, and friends.

Just two weeks after Christmas, a fire on the second-floor of a Hometown house claimed some of the presents from the holiday -- and the joy of the holiday season.

Just two weeks after Christmas, smoke and flames invaded the second-floor of a Hometown house, claiming in their wake unwrapped presents and the joy of the holiday season.

The Chicago Air & Water Show is coming this August 15th & 16th! Do you know a Chicago Hometown Hero? A great teacher, firefighter, humanitarian... or maybe someone who even saved a life? Nominate them as a Hometown Hero and maybe they'll qualify for the "ride of a lifetime" with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds before this Summer's Chicago ...

The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn is waiting for more than $187,000 in state grant money it was promised in 2006, and executive director Adam Woodworth said the overdue funds are needed now more than ever as the museum prepares to move into a new facility 10 times the size of its current space.

Others besides politicians were elected to office on Tuesday, including many school board members and park district commissioners.

Tickets will only be sold at the door each night for $5. For more information, contact the school at 535-2325 or Christopher Pawelczyk, assistant principal, at the same number.

The Downtown Naperville Alliance will sponsor Guys Shopping Night from 4 to 9 p.m. today throughout the downtown retail district.

A Union County group aims to preserve the past and invest in the future with the proposed purchase of a historic home in Anna.