Westchester turns 100 this year, prompting me to create a list of some interesting historical tidbits I came across while looking back on the village’s history. Got more interesting historical facts ...

There are still outstanding mail and absentee ballots to be counted but with 100% of precincts reporting in Maywood, election day voters in the village opted to retain the current managerial form of ...

With nearly 100% of precincts across Proviso Township reporting ballots cast, incumbent mayors appear poised to remain in office – and with board majorities backing them. Write-in votes, mail ballots, ...

Bellwood’s physical landscape has changed significantly since Andre Harvey was elected the suburb’s first Black male mayor in 2017. Two gas stations, a renovated U-Haul facility, a four-story, 80-unit ...

Broadview Clerk Kevin McGrier swears in Jasmine Williams, the village’s first Black female firefighter. | Provided Wednesday, March 12, 2025 || By David Ormsby/Broadview Spokesperson || ...

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 || By Community Editor || [email protected] Maywood Fine Arts is thrilled to present the classic ballet, La Esmeralda, a powerful love story inspired by Victor Hugo’s ...

Vacant village-owned land at 1301-31 Roosevelt Rd. in Broadview could become home to a 36-unit, mixed-income, mixed-use development. | Google Earth Tuesday, October 8, 2024 || By Michael Romain || ...

Chicago artist Eulojio Ortega stands in front of the five-story mural he painted inside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago — the world’s largest Starbucks. | Courtesy Eulojio ...

Local and state lawmakers, developers, and community leaders break ground on the first phase of the $42.5 million Bellwood Gateway Project, two four-story apartment buildings flanking St. Charles Rd.

Susie Lewis, Maywood’s oldest living resident and, at one point, the oldest voter in Cook County, died last week. She was 112 years old. Her granddaughter, Stephanie Henry, confirmed her death on ...

During separate Memorial Day services in Berkeley and Hillside on Monday, many names of fallen soldiers were raised, but only one was mentioned at both ceremonies. More than 80 years after he died in ...

Members of Hillside’s Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals look at a presentation of a proposed data center developers want to build at 101 N. Wolf Rd. in Hillside. The board approved the proposal at ...