Wende said apprentices compete in multiple areas, including a written test, burning, welding, layout, rigging, rebar-tying, and column-climbing. The rebar-tying and column-climbing competitions, the ...

An architectural rendering of the two apartment buildings that will be built flanking St. Charles Road in Bellwood. | Courtesy Village of Bellwood “Every great village has a great downtown, and I am ...

Galandak says he will work to ensure Westchester ‘uses money wisely’ March 29, 2023 || By Francia Garcia Hernandez David Galandak, 65, is running to be Westchester’s next village president in a ...

Earlier this month, Mayor Harvey and Clerk Moreland sat down for Zoom interviews to discuss their competing visions and priorities for Bellwood. Here’s an excerpt from those interviews, with the ...

Viola Chi, co-founded by Hyde Park native, will open June 24 June 21, 2023 || By Francia Garcia Hernandez A new cannabis dispensary owned by Viola Brands, a Black-owned producer and licensed reseller ...

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 || ...

The Maywood village board unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the MWRD on Oct. 10, in which the latter will pay up to $662,000 of the total $1.1 million construction cost ...

with a rare condition, Amyloidosis. Miraculously, just five weeks after the surgery, he was standing at the track invitational named for him, as reported in the Village Free Press. According to NBC ...

Current village trustee Tracy Jennings said he is running for village president to “return the Village of Westchester back to its rightful owners – the residents!” Jennings is running as a candidate ...

Proviso Votes hosted two candidate forums at the Maywood Public Library, 121 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, on Feb. 22 and March 1. The Feb. 22 forum hosted candidates running for Maywood mayor and trustee ...

The mayor’s visit nearly coincided with the first anniversary of his election. When he ran for mayor, Johnson was serving his second term as Cook County board commissioner of the 1st District, which ...