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Brookfield’s Hillmann again an NCSA softball champion - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Noli Hillman UWW Softball | Provided Noli Hillmann transferred last year to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for its strong business school in pursuit for a degree in accounting. The move also paid big dividends for her love of softball. The Brookfield resident and 2022 Lyons Township High School graduate joined the school’s club softball team and now has been part of back-to-back National Club Softball Association Division II national cha…Read Article

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Newborn dolphin dies at Brookfield Zoo - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

A four-day-old dolphin calf at Brookfield Zoo Chicago died suddenly Wednesday, June 11, the zoo announced. “This is a devastating loss for our zoo community, especially the animal care and veterinary teams who dedicate their lives to the well-being of animals in our care,” said Rita Stacey, the zoo’s vice president of programs and impact, in a written statement. “While the calf was progressing well, dolphin [newborns] face immense biological cha…Read Article

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High driver caught making U-turn in downtown Riverside - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Riverside police arrested a man June 8 for driving under the influence of drugs. Around 3:07 a.m., two officers on patrol were heading south on Akenside Road when they saw a car make a U-turn at the intersection of Longcommon Road and East Burlington Street. With the car heading north on Longcommon, the officers saw the car had one working headlamp and fog lights turned on before it turned onto Nuttall Road without signaling. Police noted the ca…Read Article

Maria De La LuzGuzman, 79 - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Maria De La Luz Guzman Maria De La Luz Guzman (nee Morales), 79, of Plainfield, formerly of Brookfield, died on June 13, 2025. A homemaker, she was the wife of Rafael Guzman; the mother of Eva Guzman, Carolina (Jubenal) Arriaga, Adan (Claudia) Guzman, Jose Guzman, Miguel Guzman, Gustavo (Bibiana) Guzman, Rafael Guzman, Jesus (Tatiana) Guzman, Jaime Guzman, Isabel Guzman and Sandy Guzman; and the grandmother of many. Visitation will be held on …Brookfield, Illinois · Brookfield Read Article

Lions’ Mladjan, Recker share all-state water polo honors - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Senior Maya Mladjan’s fourth varsity girls water polo season for Lyons Township High School started rough with missed matches because of illness and a concussion following an auto accident. Even with another physical setback, the Brookfield resident couldn’t have finished much better. Mladjan and junior teammate Bella Recker were named first-team all-state after helping the Lions place second in state – the program’s second-highest state finish …Brookfield, Illinois · Brookfield Read Article

Pontrelli named new LTHS girls cross country head coach - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Joe Pontrelli Joe Pontrelli has been a fixture with the Lyons Township High School girls and boys cross country and track programs all the way back to 2016. He’s back again this fall but with slightly different focuses. Pontrelli not only has been named the girls cross country team’s new varsity head coach. He also will begin working at LTHS after being a physical education teacher at Gurrie Middle School in La Grange since 2007. “I’m really exc…Athletics · Brookfield Read Article

El rapero puertorriqueño Bad Bunny defiende al sapo en peligro de extinción y da un impulso a los esfuerzos de conservación del Zoológico de Brookfield

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Nazareth soccer nets history with fourth place in Class 2A - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Seniors Izzy Strnic and Annie Trayser are veterans and mainstays for the Nazareth Academy girls soccer program on the defensive back line. “We were on the same [left] side the entire year,” Trayser said. “We played on the same side last year, too, so we’ve played on the same side for a while.” Appropriately, they also shared a historic moment with the Roadrunners Saturday. Nazareth finished a program-best fourth in Class 2A after reaching the s…Senior Citizens · Brookfield Read Article

Drunk driver turns left into traffic - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Riverside police arrested a Riverside man May 31 for driving drunk after he turned left into oncoming traffic. Around 10 p.m., an officer was dispatched to the intersection of First Avenue and Ridgewood Road for a report of a crash involving two cars, a Buick and a Ford. Police made contact with the driver of the Buick, who said he had been driving north when the Ford turned left directly in front of his traffic lane. According to police, the Bu…Brookfield, Illinois · Brookfield Read Article

New Documentary Shines Light on Plight of Pangolins, One of the World's Most Trafficked Mamals

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Pangolins are one of the world's most trafficked mammals, prized for their meat and scales, for use in traditional medicine. Now a new documentary, 'Pangolin: Kulu's Journey' follows a baby pangolin, rescued from poachers, as he journeys back into the wild.Netflix · Brookfield See the Story

RBHS pole vaulter Torrens goes out with record at state - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Riverside Brookfield High School senior Matthew Torrens certainly took the thoughts of a good vault friend to heart at his first Class 3A boys track and field state meet Friday. “He was like, ‘The third attempt is the best attempt,’” said Torrens, who will always remember the last height he cleared for the Bulldogs during prelims at Eastern Illinois University. Not only was clearing 4.30 meters/14 feet-1¼ inches his second lifetime best of the d…Brookfield, Illinois · Brookfield Read Article

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Brookfield’s Hillmann again an NCSA softball champion - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Newborn dolphin dies at Brookfield Zoo - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

High driver caught making U-turn in downtown Riverside - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Maria De La LuzGuzman, 79 - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Lions’ Mladjan, Recker share all-state water polo honors - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Pontrelli named new LTHS girls cross country head coach - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

El rapero puertorriqueño Bad Bunny defiende al sapo en peligro de extinción y da un impulso a los esfuerzos de conservación del Zoológico de Brookfield

Nazareth soccer nets history with fourth place in Class 2A - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Drunk driver turns left into traffic - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

New Documentary Shines Light on Plight of Pangolins, One of the World's Most Trafficked Mamals

RBHS pole vaulter Torrens goes out with record at state - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

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