Woodridge News

Hey, Woodridge! When you're done getting gas and packing the car, check out the live results from MapQuest above to see what's standing between you and the start of your three-day weekend.

SUNDAY, MAY 19 No Valid License Oscar I. Garcia, 19, of the 2300 block of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. following a traffic stop at Archer Avenue and Bell Road.

They don't wear capes. At least, I didn't see any at the meeting. But these are still superheroes.

Summer is the season that tends to bring out the urge to have a little fun while the weather is nice.

William Shatner plays Capt. James T. Kirk in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn," coming to theaters in Naperville and Woodridge with the actor in tow.

A 25-year-old woman is headed to court after she was found with marijuana blunts and texting while driving with her baby in Downers Grove, police said.

The following is a press release from the Village of Woodridge: Join the Village of Woodridge and Woodridge Park District for the first Town Centre Master Plan Community Workshop on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Woodridge Park District Community Center, 2600 Center Drive.

Registration is now open for a multi-chamber golf outing in Lemont next month. The Community Golf Classic will be held Tuesday, June 25, at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club , 1 Pete Dye Drive in Lemont.

The new Art Van Furniture store undergoing construction in Woodridge is slated to open in February 2014, the Chicago Tribune reports.

TUESDAY, MAY 14 Retail Theft Llimi Cruz, 37, of the 400 block of Dalhart Avenue, Romeoville, was charged at 10:35 a.m. with retail theft after removing two sets of headphones and four DVDs from a store on the 7300 block of Woodward Avenue.

Updated 9 a.m. Tuesday A male motorcycle and female passenger were injured Monday after their motorcycle struck a van at Route 53 and Boughton Road in Bolingbrook, according to police.

A male motorcycle and female passenger were injured Monday after their motorcycle struck a van at Route 53 and Boughton Road in Bolingbrook, according to police.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park and Beverly-Mt. Greenwood area.

One drink could be the standard for drunken drivingat least for some people if the National Transporation Safety Board has its way.

A Naperville restaurant worker who was arrested and charged with using his cell phone to surreptitiously film a woman in a restroom has failed for the second time to appear in court to answer charges in that case.

Former nuclear engineer Michael Buhrman, 32, of Coal City, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for the May 2012 aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm of a woman's car in a Kohl's parking lot in eastern Woodridge near the Darien border.

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Naperville, Lisle and Woodridge area.

It's time to gather up your unwanted household treasures. Or, it's time to find some new ones.

TUESDAY, MAY 7 Watch Theft Myshawn Bonds, 21, of the first block of Tall Oaks, Bolingbrook, was charged with theft after removing a watch from the 8200 block of Janes Avenue, police said.

If a nuclear engineer and carjacker who is believed to have fled the country is found by authorities, he will have a prison cell waiting for him.