Elmhurst from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Addison from 3 to 7 p.m. Bensenville from 3 to 8 p.m. Villa Park from 3 to 7 p.m.                                                   […]

By Dan McLeister
 For The Elmhurst Independent At a recent meeting of the Elmhurst City Council, a City consultant suggested a new wider tunnel closer to York St. with an estimated cost of $1 million for the Metra train station in downtown Elmhurst. The cost of replacing the entire station […]

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that Eduardo Lara-Cardenas, 29 (d.o.b. 9/5/1966) formerly of 327 McClure Road, Elgin, has been sentenced to 23 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for possession and attempted delivery of Heroin. On October 14, 2016, Lara-Cardenas entered a plea of guilty […]

By Dan McLeister for The Elmhurst Independent As Elmhurst considers an indoor sports facility, a consultant to the City has outlined three types to consider: an ice arena, a gymnasium and a turf facility. The report, which is on the City’s web site, did not discuss a location. The estimated […]

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent Well, it’s official. For the past ten years or so, Elmhurst has been waiting and waiting as all the negotiations went down around a project formerly known as Hahn Street. One difficulty with the project was the 2008 financial crunch that more or […]

Elmhurst — On Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the York & Vallette Business Association will host its annual Fall Fest at York and the Prairie Path. Come out and enjoy games, rides, food and all kinds of fun. Wear your costume if you’d like and plan […]

ELMHURST – October is a busy month for the Elmhurst Lions Club, which has planned several activities to raise funds for programs that support the visually and hearing impaired. Beginning Monday, October 10, the annual Lions Pumpkin Patch opens at The Abbey, 407 W. St. Charles Rd.  Pumpkins of all […]

By Dee Longfellow For The Villa Park Independent On Saturday, Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, a local not-for-profit organization called Barks and Boots is hosting a breakfast just for First Responders which will help raise funds to purchase Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) units for the Villa Park […]

Body discovered at golf club entrance by employee By Dee Longfellow For The Independent On Thursday, Sept. 29 at about 8:15 a.m., an unsuspecting employee of White Pines Golf Course in Bensenville arrived at work to find the body of a deceased woman at the entrance to the club. Following […]

Elmhurst, IL —  Scheduled Rock Blasting was performed at the Elmhurst Quarry on Friday September 16th at 4:25 p.m. Ludwig Explosives, a contractor who has been hired by the City of Elmhurst, performed the scheduled rock blasting in conjunction with the Walnut/Myrtle/Evergreen Stormwater Improvement Project. The contractor sounded a series of […]