Brookfield Library prepares to break ground for new building

Friday, March 27th, 2020 3:14 PM

While the "official" groundbreaking for the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library is still somewhat up in the air – the plan is for work to begin in earnest the week of April 13 – technically the digging started March 25.

County says Riverside has five COVID-19 cases

Thursday, March 26th, 2020 4:57 PM

The Cook County Department of Public Health is reporting that at least five people in Riverside have been identified as positive for COVID-19, the upper respiratory disease that results from infection by the novel coronavirus.

Gunfire strikes Riverside home

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 3:14 PM

A bullet fired from a .45-caliber gun penetrated the front door and lodged in the living room wall of a home in the 300 block of East Quincy Street on Monday night, one of several rounds fired during an altercation that reportedly started in the parking lot of a gas station a half block to the east.

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Up-and-coming magician, Brookfield native, profiled in Chicago Magazine

Friday, February 14th, 2020 1:57 PM

Trent James is just 23 years old, but he's already a showbiz veteran. If you've been paying attention, you likely know that the Brookfield native and Riverside-Brookfield High School graduate, has been honing his craft as a performing magician for nearly a decade.

Riverside, North Riverside ready for traffic safety crackdown

Thursday, November 21st, 2019 10:16 AM

Police in Riverside and North Riverside will be beefing up traffic enforcement patrols in the next couple of weeks as part of a federally grant-funded safety campaigns administered through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Work to snarl traffic at First and Forest starting Nov. 18

Friday, November 15th, 2019 5:09 PM

Motorists planning to travel through the intersection of First Avenue and Forest Avenue/Ridgewood Road in Riverside in the coming weeks might want to consider an alternate route, if it's possible.

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