Two Teens Suspected of Arson in Vacated Larry’s Diner Fire

May 9, 2025 / Comments Off on Two Teens Suspected of Arson in Vacated Larry’s Diner Fire

Plainfield, IL – On Monday, March 24, the Plainfield Police Department and the Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a structure fire at the former…

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Teen Shot at on Black Road, Police Investigating Shots Fired Incidents

May 9, 2025 / Comments Off on Teen Shot at on Black Road, Police Investigating Shots Fired Incidents

On May 8, 2025, at 2:52 p.m., Officers responded to the 1700 block of Black Road for a report of shots fired. It was reported…

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Sheriff’s Deputies Respond to Frankfort Township Bank Robbery

May 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Sheriff’s Deputies Respond to Frankfort Township Bank Robbery

At 10:01 a.m. this today, deputies from the Will County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the BMO Harris Bank located at 19500 S. Harlem Ave., Frankfort…

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Peotone, a much busier time … And no Tavern!

May 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Peotone, a much busier time … And no Tavern!

By Sandy Vasko Today, we are headed south to the Village of Peotone. Peotone Township wasn’t settled until 1849, some 13 years after Will County…

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Farm Days Gone By

May 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Bev Wandless shared this Herald News clip of Beverly and Everett Hauert of Elwood where they live with their mother on Ridge Road. Beverly, a…

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Spring Planting Accelerates Across U.S.

May 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Spring Planting Accelerates Across U.S.

By RHIANNON BRANCH FarmWeek It is early in the season, but soybean planting is ahead of the five-year average pace and the forecast for May…

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Will County Forest Preserve Programs

May 8, 2025 / Comments Off on Will County Forest Preserve Programs

Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of May 12. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org.…

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Elwood Seniors Learn Officials Have Their Backs

May 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Elwood Seniors Learn Officials Have Their Backs

By Stephanie Irvine Nearly 100 seniors signed up for an inaugural luncheon on May 1, sponsored by the Elwood Fire Protection District and geared toward…

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Pondering Life after Journalism

May 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Pondering Life after Journalism

By Nick Reiher I was talking to a longtime friend the other day. We hadn’t talked in a while. We first met when I was…

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George Ryan: 1934 — 2025 Memories of a Good Friend and Neighbor

May 7, 2025 / Comments Off on George Ryan: 1934 — 2025 Memories of a Good Friend and Neighbor

By Michael Cleary The first memory of George Ryan was when I was no more than 5 years old. That must have been 1968 or…

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