Saturday, April 27, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. Who’s a bigger Chicago Bears fan than the guy who keeps an actual Chicago bear? Okay, he’s not really an actual bear, but this fuzzy four-foot mount going for $250 out of Downers Grove might be the best Sunday game day buddy possible: he’s polite, spirited, good for celebratory (or mournful) hugs, and is guaranteed to never steal all the guacamole dip. Is your kid a “Cars” fan? Or perhaps just a cars fan? Well, this bed isn’t exactly Lightning McQueen, but I bet a lot of kids 2-8 years old …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Authorities allege that Jose Ruvalcaba-Quezada shot and killed Downers Grove resident Jose J. Ortiz in 1997; the defendant is considering accepting a plea bargain.
A man charged in the 1997 murder of a Downers Grove father of five at his home may be ready to accept a deal in the case in exchange for a guilty plea, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, prosecutors say that Jose Ruvalcaba-Quezada shot 39-year-old Jose J. Ortiz to death outside his Downers Grove home on Dec. 27, 1997, then fled and was later deported to Mexico in 1999; he was arrested in South Carolina in January 2012 and confessed to the killing for money, prosecutors allege. Ruvalcaba-Quezada's attorney Rick Kayne told a DuPage County judge on Friday that his client will either accept the bargain, or proceed with objections that his rights to have an attorney and interpreter and to contact the Mexican consulate were …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. This 1940’s go-cart racer was half-restored, but never finished, by a Lemont father and son. It looks boring now, but imagine it with an awesome Speed Racer paint job! Comes with chrome pipes and bumper, stainless-steel moldings and a kick-start engine “that runs good,” all for $500. Remote-controlled airplanes are all well and good, but why do they have to look like boring old planes? Why not, say, killer sharks? I can’t tell you why it was never opened, because 40 feet of range sounds like…
Thursday, April 18, 2013
How crazy is it out there right now? Please show us! Upload your pictures of flooding from DuPage County towns here.
Note: when uploading photos/video, please include a caption with the town and street where they were taken. Thank you! By 7 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service in Romeoville had the total rainfall amount at 3.24 inches for the previous 24 hours. Then it rained some more. And it's not forecast to stop until Friday morning. What does the scene look like for you? Are there several feet of water outside your home (or, heaven forbid, inside it)? Stranded cars; flooded lawns and streets? If you’re lucky enough not to be too busy dealing with any emergencies right now (and we hope you are), we’d love to see what you see, and our readership likely would as well. If you have any great snapshots/photographs of the flooding around DuPage …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. Scramble up one side of this epic slide, then send yourself careening down the slippery opposite slope. Repeat forever, and I think you have a pretty amazing day for a kid and all his/her friends. If this slide, just $250 from Downers Grove and complete with blower and wheeled storage container, doesn't make you the most popular house in the neighborhood on a hot summer's day, I don't know what will. Here's the deal. Be female. Meet this person in a public place near Downers Grove. Use their …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Check out the top 10 rated restaurants in Downers Grove, based on Yelp! reviews. Did your neighbors get it right?
Websites such as Yelp! have empowered the everyday eater to become their local neighborhood's food critic, praising and damning behind the anonymity of a computer screen. So what do your neighbors have to say on Yelp? Based on Yelp!'s highest-rated star ranking, here are the top 10 restaurants in Downers Grove. And remember, you can review these places on Downers Grove Patch by clicking their names below. Do you agree or disagree with the Yelp! Downers Grove top 10 list? Let us know in the comments' section. FIND MORE RESTAURANTS TO REVIEW Downers Grove Restaurants to Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There are plenty of ways to keep up on Downers Grove news:
Monday, April 8, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. Own your own food concessions cart for $4500 from this Burr Ridge seller, who is getting rid of it "only because life happens." Apparently, all you need to start is a battery, propane tank and... oh, yeah, the food! "Be your own boss and set your own hours! Make thousands per week!" Assuming you pick the right street corner... and your food doesn't stink. Spooky. A Downers Grove seller is offering three Hitler Youth daggers, each for $100. Did you know such a sale, while legal here, would be …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. What happens when you cross a writing implement with a five-foot tall disdainful-looking French Smurf? You get... this thing, up for sale for $10 in Downers Grove (bike not included). "Have some great family fun with [this] stuffed pencil, or have it be a prize in writing contest," the post declares. Personally, I might find it tricky to have fun with something that looks like it resents all creation on a level with Marvin the Paranoid Android. But hey, he does look huggable nonetheless. Do …
Monday, March 25, 2013
Check out some of the most interesting posts we found for Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont.
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts on Craigslist and how long they remain available. While it might seem like a rip-off to some, there must be a market for it. A Downers Grove seller is looking to unload a Series 1950 D $10 United State bill for $20. The listing says the collectable currency is in good condition. A Darien seller wants someone to take their large collection of baseball cards as a lot. According to the listing, the boxes date from 1983 to present, while the singles are from all eras, and "there are many good single cards and many factory-sealed boxes." A Lemont…
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The "True Lies" actor and the "The Lying Game" actress are the two most recent additions to the thriller movie based on the Michael Hornburg novel "Downers Grove."
The latest additions to the cast of the upcoming film The Curse of Downers Grove, based on the 1999 novel Downers Grove by Michael Hornburg, are Tom Arnold (True Lies) and Helen Slater (City Slickers, The Lying Game), Variety reports. According to the site, Arnold will play "a brutal and abusive father who keeps his son supplied with steroids for his would-be pro-football career," while Slater will play the mother of main character Chrissie Swanson (Bella Heathcote of the 2012 Dark Shadows). The current cast now includes Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead), Zane Holtz (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Marcus Giamatti (Judging Amy) and Martin Spanjers (8 Simple Rules). Aimee Teegarden and Jill Hennessy are no …
Mary H
9:27 am on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Is there any information as to who supposedly paid this man to shoot the Mr. Ortiz (or why)? more ›