Shorewood State of Mind: Shorewood Rewind

Once again, it was an amazing week in Shorewood.

There was so much going on that it's hard to fathom how we survived the excitement. It's almost like a nonstop thrill ride in the village that never sleeps.

But hey, that's Shorewood. If you can make it there you'll make it anywhere.

Let's look once more at the fabulous things that went down last week as we roll it back, just like we do every Sunday, with the SHOREWOOD REWIND:

Christopher Vaughn in court, lawyer busy doing other things

Christopher Vaughn, the Oswego man charged with murdering his wife and three children while they sat in the family's sport utility vehicle near Shorewood, had a . A half dozen relatives of his slain wife, Kimberly Vaughn, came up from the St. Louis area for the hearing, which was scheduled to determine whether emails written by Kimberly Vaughn can be used at Christopher Vaughn's murder trial. The hearing was postponed because Christopher Vaughn's St. Louis attorney, John Rogers, didn't show up. The attorney got angry and hung up the phone when the Shorewood Patch called to ask why he wasn't there.

Blowing up Baba's

The village board for the owners of the property where the landmark Baba's restaurant operated for two generations to tear down the building, build a new restaurant, open two new offices, and renovate two existing businesses. Mayor Rick Chapman called the baba's property, which is at the intersection of Routes 52 and 59, the "anchor of our community."

Happy Mother's Day

stuff every Wednesday on the Shorewood Patch.

Funny pages

We found out the Shorewood Patch is getting a .

Mystery crime

A Shorewood woman let us in on some reported on North Raven Road. This supposedly involved the cops going into a house while brandishing pistols. We called the cops about it. They said Chief Robert Puleo would call us back and fill us in, but he never did.

Slugger Keith Moreland coming to Shorewood

Former Cub slugger and current Cub broadcaster Keith Moreland will help the inaugural season for the Will County CrackerJacks, the local team in a new wood bat collegiate league, at a May 31 luncheon.