Last year the Illinois Human Relations Commission ordered Komarek School District 94 to pay $55,000 in damages for causing emotional distress to a transgendered boy at the school after school officials had initially refused to allow the boy to use the boys' bathrooms at the school for about six months in 2015.

Guy Belmonte, who has served as North Riverside's village administrator since 2001, has announced he's retiring on March 6 after a 31-year career in local government.

Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care, 2800 Desplaines Ave. in North Riverside, is planning a multi-million dollar project to improve the oldest part of its campus later this year courtesy of the largest grant the organization has ever received.

The administrative team at George Washington Middle School in Lyons is now fully staffed but some school board members are unhappy about how it was done. 

A burglary crew reportedly stole three cars from a service garage at Zeigler Ford, 2100 Harlem Ave. in North Riverside, at about 8:10 p.m. on Jan. 5, and then used one of the vehicles to ram open a gate along the north fence line of the lot, allowing the other vehicles to flee the scene.

A Cicero-based child care business is looking to open what would be its fourth west suburban location in Brookfield inside an Ogden Avenue commercial property that most recently housed an auto parts store.