Melrose Park News

Youngsters star in Juxtaposition splits Friday, July 03, 2009 - by Tom Kelley, publicity director, Maywood Park Melrose Park, IL --- Freshman pacing fillies grabbed the spotlight on Thursday night at Maywood Park as a total of 12 Illinois conceived and foaled youngsters battled in a pair of $7,500 Juxtaposition Stake splits.

Whatever happened to the people, places and issues that columnist Mike Royko went after -- or championed -- during his legendary run? Today and in coming days, we'll check back in with some of Royko's best columns and get you up to speed.

Four Melrose Park bars were cited for serving alcohol to undercover teenagers working for the Cook County Sheriff's Police.

Parishioners at a suburban Chicago Catholic church have donated 15 pounds of gold, which leaders at Our Lady of Mt.

Private high schools throughout the area have not been immune to the effects of a slumping economy that has resulted in the loss of jobs and homes for many people.

Four Melrose Park bars and liquor stores were ticketed last week for selling alcohol to minors during a Sheriff's police sting.

Designer and HGTV host Angelo Surmelis will launch his first upholstery collection Aug.

International Night at Triton College in River Grove was a vibrant mix of cultures sharing food, music and dance, and one of its newest groups was the 2-year-old Indian Student Association.

A former deputy chief of suburban Melrose Park police has pleaded guilty to renting out officers as security guards and collecting $108,600 in payments.

Members of the Illinois Racing Board voted unanimously to award Melrose Park-based Inter-Track Partners a license to operate an off-track betting facility inside the soon-to-be renamed Adam's Sports Bar and OTB on Milwaukee Ave.

A sheriff's officer found thousands of dollars worth of marijuana and hashish bound for the Bonnaroo music festival this week after a routine traffic stop of an RV on Interstate 24.

A car went off the road on the Eisenhower Expressway early Thursday and ended up on the CTA Blue Line tracks, where it was hit by a train.

Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park held its commencement ceremony on June 7. The class of 2009 has 97 graduating seniors.

Despite vocal opposition to the plan, the Buffalo Grove village board Tuesday morning voted in favor of off-track betting at Adam's Rib and Ale House, 301 N. Milwaukee Ave.

A piano is like a magnet for 13-year-old Brandon Bruscato. The Melrose Park resident isn't certain why, but there's something that seems to draw him closer whenever he sees a piano.

A Hanover Park man beat his pregnant girlfriend to death with a hammer after accusing her of being unfaithful to him, Cook County prosecutors said today as 32-year-old Rafael Alvarado appeared in court charged with her murder.

She may be small in stature, but Mary Angela Forte Rainieri stands tall with her family.

The former police chief of suburban Melrose Park has been found guilty of corruption.

A former police chief of west suburban Melrose Park has been found guilty on charges of corruption in federal court.

A Melrose Park man has been charged with reckless homicide. Daniel Martinez, approximately 24, of 1112 24th Ave.