Riverside

Former Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel has been appointed ambassador to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund for Illinois.

White Fence Farm has multiple locations, including Joliet and Romeoville.

This show and iambe theatre ensemble’s very existence fill me with a great deal of optimism for the future of small theater and superb quality productions.

The League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area will sponsor two online candidate forums, one for the Lyons Township High School District 204 Board from 7 to 8 p.m. March 13, and one for the La Grange School District 102 Board from 7 to 8 p.m. March 15.

An outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted North Riverside Players to cancel the remaining run of the musical “Sweeney Todd.”

Riverside police are conducting a homicide investigation after finding two individuals dead Saturday afternoon in an apartment on Forest Avenue.

Weitzel, who has served as Riverside police chief since 2008, will retire from the position May 20 after 37 years with the department

A Riverside man was charged April 21 with aggravated felony domestic violence after he reportedly choked a woman after an argument.

A Broadview man was charged April 18 with felony aggravated drunken driving, felony aggravated driving while license revoked and several other traffic offenses after he ran a red light and was clocked driving 19 miles over the limit in Riverside, police said

A La Grange Park man was charged April 15 with driving under the influence of alcohol and carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol following a head-on crash with another pickup truck in Riverside.

Police at 1:17 a.m. clocked a 2017 Nissan on radar at 66 miles per hour in a 35 mile-per-hour zone traveling southbound on First Avenue at Ridgewood Road.

A Justice man was charged with driving under the influence of drugs April 6 after a crash in Riverside, police said.

A Riverside woman reported missing 10 days ago was found Monday in a heavily wooded area in Tennessee.

An Aurora man was charged March 18 with driving under the influence of alcohol after driving erratically in Riverside, police said.

Riverside police have obtained additional information in the search for Lisa Ann Vais, a Riverside woman who was reported missing Sunday from her home in the zero to 100 block of Kimbark Road.

Riverside police Wednesday arrested a man wanted in Ohio more than two weeks after he reportedly stole license plates from a neighbor’s car and affixed them to his vehicle.

The chief of the Riverside Police Department is stepping down after nearly four decades with the deapartment.

Riverside police have charged with trespassing a man who previously threatened to kill the police chief and other members of the force.

Riverside police have arrested a Berwyn man and charged him with eight counts of felony burglary, misdemeanor theft and battery.

Riverside police charge a man with DUI Wednesday after he reportedly was spotted driving 30 miles over the speed limit.

Riverside police are investigating a rash of car burglaries in the community.

A Melrose Park woman was charged Dec. 10 with home invasion and armed robbery after she and an accomplice allegedly robbed the home of a Riverside couple licensed to grow medical cannabis.

A Chicago man was charged with aggravated felony DUI, driving on a revoked driver’s license, driving in the wrong lane and numerous other traffic citations Thursday on Harlem Avenue in Riverside.

Riverside police Friday charged a Chicago man with burglary and unlawful use of a credit card in connection with an October garage and vehicle burglary.

Riverside police are investigating a kidnap ransom scam in which an employee of a restaturant in the village was bilked of $1,800.

Riverside police are investigating an early morning car burglary Sunday in which a couple were battered and pepper sprayed by the offender.

A Riverside woman was charged Wednesday with with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, improper lane usage and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash after reportedly striking a stop sign.

Once in police custody, police recovered a bag inside of the back of Norwood's hoodie that contained eight separate foil-wrapped bags.

Riverside police are investigating an attempted armed carjacking at a Harlem Avenue gas station.

On Monday, Oct. 19, at about 8:20 a.m., there was an individual who offered candy to a child on the 300 block of Fairbank Road. Within 48 hours, Riverside police made an arrest in this case.

A Berwyn man was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and other charges Oct. 24 after being involved in an accident with a Pace bus in Riverside, police said.

A Summit man was arrested Oct. 21 and charged with disorderly conduct stemming from an incident that took place Oct. 19 in Riverside.

A Riverside man driving a bulletproof car was charged Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.

A Chicago man faces several felony charges after bring arrested Oct. 1 in Riverside.

The life of a Riverside man unconscious due to a drug overdose was saved Thursday when police administered two doses of Narcan, according to Riverside Police Department news release.

Riverside police are investigating a Monday afternoon armed robbery in which a physically disabled man was kicked out his wheelchair by a man who stole an undisclosed amount of cash.

Riverside Police Thursday charged three male juveniles with felony burglary and theft in connection with an Aug. 17 burglary at Mollie’s Public House.

Riverside Police Wednesday arrested and charged a 17-year-old male juvenile from Chicago in connection with the robbery that occurred at the 7-Eleven on Sept. 6.

Riverside police, assisted by the Berwyn, Brookfield, and North Riverside police departments, set up a perimeter and a grid foot search for the offenders, but were unable to locate them.

A Berwyn man who allegedly forced his way into a house in Riverside was restrained by the homeowner until police arrived.

A Prospect Heights woman received several citations following a two-car crash in Riverside Wednesday near the intersection of First and Forest avenues.

A Chicago woman was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol following a crash at a Riverside gas station, police said.

Riverside police July 3 charged a Chicago man in connection with an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven store located at 2600 South Harlem Avenue.

A man was struck and killed July 5 by a freight train in Riverside, according to Riverside police