Month: May 2016
Obituary
Randy Moos Randall David Moos, formally of Elmhurst, Illinois lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on February 4, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. We will be celebrating his life at the River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst on Saturday June 11, 2016 from 11am to 3pm with memorial service starting […]
Community Calendar
Pick of the Week – An event NOT to be missed… Monday, May 30 The 98th Elmhurst Memorial Day Parade will step off from York and Third streets at 9:30 a.m. Following the parade, a Military Ceremony will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial in Wilder Park at 11 a.m. […]
Elmhurst Police Reports
The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named. Battery May 15 Officers responded to a victim […]
More police news…
Dog survives being dragged by train According to this week’s police reports, on May 14, a person near Park and Kenmore told police he was walking his dog alongside the train tracks when his dog got too close to a train. The dog’s leash got caught on the train, dragging […]
ICCP wins girls softball regional championship
photo provided Senior Melissa Gonzalez (22) celebrates with her teammates moments after scoring the winning run in the girls softball regional championship game, when IC Catholic Prep defeated the Guerin Prep Gators by a score of 6-5. With Gonzalez is freshman Kayla Faber-Cournane (00) (left) and sophomore Georgia Mahnke (6). […]
Search for Elmhurst bank robber ends with suspect’s suicide
Subject was resident of Villa Park By Dee Longfellow For The Independent On Thursday, May 26, the search for the suspect in the robbery of the Inland Bank on Spring Road in Elmhurst ended when the subject shot and killed himself in front of a police officer in […]
Obituaries
Frances A. Schweihs, 99 Frances A. Schweihs, nee Essig, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2016, in her Villa Park home surrounded by her family. She was 99 years of age. She is survived by her children John (Lorraine) Schweihs, Bill (the late Louise A.) Schweihs, Sr. Kathleen Schweihs CSA, […]
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Community Calendar
Pick of the Week – An event NOT to be missed… Saturday, May 21 – Green Garden Fair at First Cong From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a Green Garden Fair will be held at First Congregational UCC church, 235 S. Kenilworth Ave. Attendees will be able to purchase seedlings […]
