SUBMITTED PHOTOS Jefferson Middle School Builders Club students have been busy elves this holiday season. The group began the season with Salvation Army bell ringing at a local Walgreens. Next, the club members moved indoors for two projects. According to Builders Club Advisor Carolyn Pakeltis, a casserole crew met in […]
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Photos of 2018…
STEVE SPODEN PHOTOS A few of the many people and events featured on the pages of the Lombardian during 2018 included: (top row, left to right) long-time Lombard resident Marge Neely, who was named Lilac Parade Grand Marshal; Carol Sink (second from left), who was honored as Lombard Service League’s […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—December 27
JOHN G. ADAMS Funeral services for John “Jack” G. Adams, age 80, of Huntley, formerly of Lombard and Bartlett, were held Sunday, Dec. 23, at Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St., Lombard. Interment was private. Arrangements were made by Brust Funeral Home. Visit www.brustfuneralhome.com or call 888-629-0094 for information. […]
Historic train engine visits area
The Union Pacific Railroad’s “4141” is painted in the colors of Air Force One and the number 4141 is to commemorate President George H.W. Bush as our forty-first President of the United States. This locomotive was used to pull the former Presidents funeral train to the George H.W. Bush Library, in […]
Former long-time resident turns 104
By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent Mrs. Olga Jordan, a resident at Bridgeway of Bensenville, turned 104 years old on Tuesday, Nov. 27. She was born in White Plains, New York, in 1914. She moved to Elmhurst with her husband Robert Jordan in 1957. Mr. Jordan passed away in […]
Villa Park house fire claims a life, injures 3; Injured includes two first responders
By Paul DelGuidice For The Independent Villa Park and surrounding area fire crews responded to a structure fire in the 300 block of North Lincoln Ave. at about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15. According to a Villa Park Police Dept. release, one person in the single-family residence was […]
Police Reports
Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named. Addison Dec. 11 Police said officers responded […]
Bomb threat sent to local business via e-mail
According to a release issued by Elmhurst Police Chief Michael Ruth and the City of Elmhurst, on Thursday, Dec. 13, at approximately 2 p.m., police responded to a report of a bomb threat that was received by e-mail to a business in the 300 block of North York Rd. The […]
Fitness Formula Club officially opens
On Friday, Dec. 14, the Fitness Formula Club (FFC) at 135 No. Addison in downtown Elmhurst officially opened its doors and held a ribbon-cutting with the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Pictured here (center with scissors) is Gale Landers, founder and CEO of FFC, surrounded by staff people, Chamber […]
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. Assault, battery Dec. 12 A victim in the […]