Willowbrook

Regents can heal South L.A.

2009-09-19 00:00:00

On Thursday, county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and a delegation of business and labor leaders traveled to San Francisco to urge the University of California's Board of Regents to approve an agreement that would end the state's most pressing public...

Willowbrook: Manuel Melgoza, 35

2009-09-25 16:33:07

Erin Aubry Kaplan: The King/Drew Syndrome

2006-09-27 00:00:00

IT'S ENOUGH TO make anyone believe in conspiracy theories. After surviving repeated rounds of bad press for 20 years, King/Drew Medical Center was finally knocked out in 2004 by a series of articles in this newspaper. According to the series, King/Drew...

Hinsdale, Elmhurst police blotter: May 15

2013-05-15 08:31:00

The following items were taken from police reports. Hinsdale DUI A 49-year-old Willowbrook man was charged May 4 with aggravated DUI and driving while his license was revoked after police responded to a report of a van in a ditch near the northbound...

Woodridge, Westmont police blotter: April 17

2013-04-17 00:00:00

The following were taken from police reports: Woodridge •A business was spray painted with graffiti in the 2400 block of Janes Avenue on April 7. •Several laundry machines in an apartment building were pried open to remove cash in the 2500...

Quinn touts tax-form donations for military families

2013-04-14 16:33:00

When Sgt. Jason Hoster deployed to Kuwait last year, the $500 checks supported his father while he underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer. During an earlier tour in Afghanistan, the cash helped his mother cover expenses. Those grants came from the...

DuPage South police blotter: April 2

2013-04-02 00:00:00

The following items were taken from Downers Grove, Woodridge, Westmont and Darien police records. Downers Grove • Two people's belongings were stolen March 21 from the Downers Grove Park District Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont Road. One victim...

Federal judge OKs Islamic worship center near Naperville

2013-03-29 18:13:00

A federal judge today reversed a DuPage County board decision that kept an Islamic worship center from opening just outside Naperville. The Irshad Learning Center had sought to open a worship center for up to 100 people inside a single-family home at...

Willowbrook delays red-light cameras contract

2013-03-04 12:21:31

Willowbrook officials have decided not to renew an agreement with a red-light camera firm until a provision is made that could save the village money. The village, which pays a monthly service fee of $4,495 per camera, told American Traffic Solutions...

West suburban school districts brace for lower ISAT scores

2013-02-25 08:46:43

Some elementary and middle school students might not do as well as in the past on a state test this year. School district officials in Westmont, Woodridge, Willowbrook and Darien are preparing for the new Illinois Standards Achievement Test, which...

DNA from flashlight illuminates home invasion suspect

2012-12-13 13:56:00

A flashlight used to point the way during an Oak Lawn home invasion more than a year ago ended up pointing the way to a suspect, police said today, thanks to DNA and detectives who wouldn't give up. On Aug. 4, 2011 a 69-year-old homeowner and her 68-...

Teen killed in drive-by shooting near Willowbrook

2012-09-25 09:09:00

An 18-year-old man died after he was shot in an apparent drive-by Monday evening near west suburban Willowbrook. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., DuPage County sheriffs responded to a call of shots fire near the area of Honeysuckle Rose and Lilac lanes in an...

A 23-year-old DuPage County man was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a teen near Willowbrook.Read the full story>>

2012-09-28 00:00:00

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Jamshid Jahedi, a structural engineer, MECCA President Abdulgany Hamadeh and MECCA board member Bassam Osman react the DuPage County has voted 13-5 to approve zoning relief for a conditional use permit for MECCA to build a mosque in Willowbrook on Tuesday in Wheaton.

2011-03-22 00:00:00

Walther Lutheran's Isimeme Edeko passes the ball.

2010-02-22 00:00:00