Bob Chiarito

Elmwood Elementary School in Elmwood Park.

Elmwood Park school staffer put on leave after ‘inappropriate conduct’ allegation

January 27, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

A staff member at Elmwood Elementary School has been put on leave after three fourth-grade girls made an accusation of "inappropriate conduct" last week, according to Nicolas Wade, Superintendent of...

Guerin Prep seniors enter for their graduation in River Grove on May 25, 2017.

Guerin president says school would have needed additional $6 million to stay open

January 20, 2020 at 2:27 p.m.

To keep operating, Guerin Prep would have needed a multi-million dollar Hail Mary, the school's president said a day after announcing the Catholic school would close its doors at the...

Guerin College Prep, a Catholic high school in River Grove, announced it will close in June 2020.

Guerin Prep in River Grove to close after 59 years amid declining enrollment

January 17, 2020 at 2:18 p.m.

After educating high school students for almost 60 years, Guerin Prep in River Grove will close its doors for good at the end of the school year. In a press...

Red light cameras are installed at two intersections in Harwood Heights.

Harwood Heights’ mayor says collecting red-light camera fines is a ‘burden’

January 13, 2020 at 8:25 p.m.

Fines from tickets issued for violations of Harwood Heights' two red light cameras now will have to be turned over to collection agencies if unpaid, said Mayor Arlene Jezierny, causing...

A red light camera at the intersection of Barrington Road and Golf Road on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 in Hoffman Estates. Susana Mendoza announced that effective February 6, the Illinois Office of Comptroller will no longer assist municipalities in collection efforts for fines for red-light camera tickets. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Elmwood Park unhappy with Comptroller’s decision to stop collecting red-light camera fines

January 13, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza's recent decision to stop collecting unpaid fines on behalf of local municipalities such as Elmwood Park has caught the town up in someone else's mess, according...

Speeding car nearly strikes police chief, people waiting in line at dispensary; hits Elmwood Park police SUV

January 5, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

A speeding car rushed down Grand Avenue in Elmwood Park Wednesday morning on a collision course with a crowd of people. They included Elmwood Park Police Chief Frank Fagiano, who...

Jessica Ryan, director of cultivation, is in the drying room at Cresco Labs in Joliet, which supplies product to Elmwood Park's dispensary.

Elmwood Park set for crowds at marijuana shop as substance becomes legal

December 31, 2019 at 8:43 p.m.

With large crowds expected at Elmwood Park's only marijuana dispensary on New Year's Day, the first time recreational cannabis can be purchased legally in the state, extra police will be...

Catholic faithful, some of whom walked from Chicago churches through Niles and Park Ridge Dec. 11 to the Des Plaines shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe for her feast day celebrations, prepare to attend an outdoor Mass.

Pilgrims march through Niles, Park Ridge to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine for feast day

December 16, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Thousands of religious faithful braved the cold on Wednesday, Dec. 11, walking miles from various Chicago Catholic parishes through Park Ridge and Niles to get to Des Plaines for the...

Food Network star Jeff Mauro chats with fans during a March 20 "rib cutting" for the opening of his restaurant Pork & Mindy's inside Mariano's in Park Ridge.

Proposed Pork and Mindy’s restaurant in Elmwood Park scrapped as bankruptcy simmers, but pop-up planned

December 6, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

Plans for Food Network star and former Elmwood Park resident Jeff Mauro to open a Pork & Mindy's barbecue joint on Elmwood Park's Restaurant Row were recently scrapped, as the...

Striking mid-managers at Triton College walk the picket line Wednesday, Nov. 6, just before guests were due to arrive at the Triton Foundation fundraising dinner.

Cook County clerk, refusing to cross picket line, is absent at Triton College dinner in her honor

November 7, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

The signs in her honor were posted, the program with her picture was on the tables, and a banquet table featured her name, but Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough was...

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