Brookfield's Police Department will become the first law enforcement agency within West Central Consolidated Communications (WC3) to equip patrol officers with body cameras.

For the first time in more than 30 years, there won't be a slate of candidates fielded by North Riverside's VIP Party when voters tick off their choices for mayor, clerk and trustee on ballots next spring.

The statewide COVID-19 case positivity rate dipped to a seven-day rolling average of 10.9 percent on Nov. 23, marking three straight days of decreases which put it at 2.3 percentage points below a Nov. 13 second-wave high.

Closed doors have become routine during the COVID-19 pandemic -- closed schools, closed offices, closed businesses, closed homes. 

Faced with a 2021 general operating fund deficit of about $252,000, Brookfield elected officials have given the OK to increase some fees as a way to not only erase the deficit but to build in a financial cushion as the nation heads into its second calendar year under the cloud of pandemic.

It might be easy to forget that not too long ago the Arcade Building, the Victorian gothic landmark at 1 Riverside Road in downtown Riverside, was once deemed one of the state's most endangered historic buildings.