I’d like to thank reader Michael Clark for sending us these photos from the 49th annual Roy Overholt Tournament in Brookfield. His team, the Yankees, won the La Grange Little League Championship back in July. The Yankees beat the Indians in the A-League championship game 10-4. The team took the Overholt Tournament by storm on Aug. 23, beating Berwyn 12-3. The team was undefeated in the tournament, Clark said, beating North Riverside 9-4, Pleasantdale 12-0, Western Springs 5-4 and then, Berwyn. Standout plays in the championship game included homeruns by Matt Lang and James Moore. Justin …

On July 1, the Yankees played a hard fought ball game to take home the La Grange Little League championship title in the A League division with a final score over the Indians of 10-5 at Sedgwick Park. The team fought hard before the title game and won 5-consecutive night games, defeating the Indians twice, to claim the title. Additionally, the Yankees will represent the La Grange Little league in the annual Overholt tournament in August. Pictured: The Yankees and their coaching staff: First row (left to right): Kevin Clarke, Eamon McDonnell, Ethan Cabela, Justin Malpede. Second Row (left to …

With three consecutive playoff wins in as many days, and a final score of 19-13, the 2012 La Grange Little League B League Tigers, coached by Paul Rogan, won the championship game on July 1. In the Picture: Front row, left to right: Mark Brom, Xander Allison, Ronan Sullivan, Jesse Lussier and Liam Rogan. Back row, left to right: Jack Meagher, Matt Sheehan, Ben Tio, Adam Suknovich, Drew Shadle and Michael Green. The Tigers were coached by Paul Rogan, Brian Sheehan, Joe Shadle and Mike Suknovich, and sponsored by Aurelio's Pizza in La Grange. - Shared on La Grange Patch by Tina Tio

  The following is a letter from the Village of La Grange Park: Dear Residents, This Wednesday, the Village of La Grange Park will conduct an automated telephone survey regarding the La Grange Park Post Office.  Your participation in this survey is important to our community's efforts in providing effective input on the Discontinuance Feasibility Study of the branch facility located at 701 E. 31st Street.    Taking the survey is easy and takes just a couple of minutes.  Below are the questions that will be asked of our residents. We are asking if residents are aware that the La Grange Post …

On Dec. 2, students at St. Francis Xavier School participated in a day of service. All 600 students pitched in one way or another to celebrate the model of their patron saint. Students packed food at Feed My Starving Children, caroled to shoppers buying warm clothes for the parish's coat drive and more. Each grade level was matched with a theme and preformed their service work at various locations around the Chicago area. It took 15 buses to get the students where they needed to go! Thanks to Mary Fitzpatrick for sending over these photos of students serving their community.

Members of the La Grange Park Department of Public Works wear a lot of hats—and no, not just hard hats and snow caps! Employees keep busy trimming branches, making mulch, tearing up and repaving roads, monitoring storm water systems, as well as a whole host of other duties. They're the guys on the road who keep the village moving smoothly. Take a look at this in-depth video by David Karaffa of DK Productions. Karaffa and former Public Works Director Julius Hansen take you on a tour of La Grange Park to show you what these guys do in rain, shine, snow and what seems like every other weather …

Community Support Services (CSS) celebrated Thanksgiving early again this year at the First United Methodist Church of LaGrange. As they have done for many years now, local civic and community leaders, members of the Board of Directors, and staff members donated and served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for a capacity crowd of people with developmental disabilities that live in the area and receive support from CSS, which annually assists 600 area families.  State Representative La Shawn Ford (8th District) and Representative Mary Flowers (31st District) joined the group and assisted in …

My name is Duke Saban. My family and friends call me “Big Duke,” but I secretly would prefer being called “confident stud.” I am extremely excited about this year’s 65th Annual La Grange Pet Parade! I remember when my dad took me to the pet parade for the first time when I was just a little youngster back in 2006. Well, I would hardly call myself little because I was already 5’9” at the age of 2. My dad knew I was going to grow up to be of great stature. He was right. I’m 49 years old, in human years that is, and I’m 6’2” and 180 pounds!  Part of me thinks I’m a horse, but a large part of …

Jack Keelan from LaGrange Park was one of several local students who ran in the state track meet this weekend. Keelan ran in the 3200 meter and was the only sophomore in the final heat, before he finished 10th overall out of 38 state qualifiers with a time of 9:24.88! You can see all the results of the meet here. Other local kids who were at the state meet:  Jack Doyle from LaGrange was part of the Ignatius 4 x 800 relay that qualified. They ran a personal best of 8:01 minutes, but did not qualify for the finals.   LT ran 3rd in the 4 x 800 relay with a time of 7:44.99 minutes. Runners were …

Jennifer Bialobok, community relations coordinator at Lyons Township High School, put together this great review of Honor Flight Chicago just in time for Memorial Day. The text is a little small in the viewer, but you can make it full screen for easier reading by clicking the "full screen" link above the spread. Happy Memorial Day!

Check out this half-court shot taken sheer seconds before the end of the second quarter at a Special Olympics Varsity Gold game. Lyons Township High School sophomore Sergei Marthaler took this buzzer beating shot at the Special Olympics District Basketball Tournament, giving LT a 31-29 half-time lead over Hinsdale South. The final score of the game was LT 68 – Hinsdale South 47.

In a Sunday night speech to the country, President Barak Obama told the American people that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces. With the ten year anniversary of the September 11, 2011 attacks approaching, the news has affected people across the country and throughout La Grange in different ways. Share your thoughts and feelings about the news of Osama bin Laden's death. Do you have friends or family in the military? Where were you on 9-11? What did you think of President Obama's Sunday night speech to the nation? As this issue is sure to stir up passions, please remember to be …

Lyons Township Lyons took the Hinsdale South Hornets in three games. The scores were 22-25, 25-17, 25-22: Mark Hogan had eight kills and two blocks for Lyons (6-4).