The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Long-time Pioneer Press reporter Chris LaFortune has been named a managing editor with the Doings newspapers.

Willowbrook certainly should have access to information on a planned mosque and religious center near Route 83 and 91st Street.

About a mile south of the O'Hare Oasis on the Tri-State Tollway, a billboard trumpets, "King Wanted." It's part of Paul Iwanski's marketing campaign to sell the 18,000-square-foot castle he is building on a one-acre lot in Oak Brook.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Sheila Motherway of Westmont gets kiss from her daughter, Madelyn, before she starts her first day of school for the year at Holmes School on Tuesday.

The Willowbrook Village Board is objecting to a proposed mosque on 91st Street, saying doing so will give the village time to examine the applicant's zoning plans.

District 88 officials said the majority of renovations will be complete in time for the first day of school Sept.

The dingy gray walls of the Anne M. Jeans Elementary School library took on shades of cheery blue and sunny yellow Thursday as a crew of volunteers worked inside the Willowbrook school.

A juror in Rod Blagojevich's trial, which ended Tuesday, lives in Willowbrook, but has not returned calls for comment.

Oak Brook's Public Works Department continues mourning the death of longtime employee Nick Pavich, 50, killed in a motorcycle accident Aug.

The dingy grey walls of the Anne M. Jeans Elementary School library took on shades of cheery blue and sunny yellow Thursday as a crew of volunteers worked inside the Willowbrook school.

Increased flooding, traffic, noise and lights are among the concerns Willowbrook area residents have over plans for a mosque and complex on 91st Street west of Route 83.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has road work and patching jobs under way on Route 83, affecting travel from Elmhurst down to Willowbrook.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

They had the time. They had the talent. They even had the fabric. But a local group of quilters wasn't sure what to do with all of these resources, until they happened upon the Million Pillowcase Challenge.

A three-day festival to raise money and support for the country's military will take place at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney Aug.