New Mental Health Board Ready to Serve

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on New Mental Health Board Ready to Serve

By Karen Haave Will County’s fledgling Community Mental Health Board will tackle critical issues revolving around mental health services offered there, including the treatment of…

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Manhattan: ‘Fire Buddies’ Answer the Call for Families with Seriously Ill Kids

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Manhattan: ‘Fire Buddies’ Answer the Call for Families with Seriously Ill Kids

By Karen Haave While living in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community, Tim and Megan Burns’ 3-year-old son, Brendan, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in July…

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Not Sure Whom to Vote For? Probably Can’t Help Ya

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Not Sure Whom to Vote For? Probably Can’t Help Ya

Ah, election time. When television and radio ads for candidates compete with ED, nose-flushing and ambulance-chasing attorney commercials. A time when creative writing moves from…

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A snapshot in time, Mokena 1877

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on A snapshot in time, Mokena 1877

By Sandy Vasko Set the way-back machine for June, 1877; place Mokena. From the Joliet Weekly Sun: “Mokena is a good-sized village. Seven hundred is…

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Bill Aims to See if South Suburban Airport Will Fly

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Bill Aims to See if South Suburban Airport Will Fly

By Nick Reiher In April 2017, Randy Blankenhorn, then Illinois Transportation Secretary, told a group of Will County business leaders six parties have shown interest…

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Get a head start on beautiful summer blooms now

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Get a head start on beautiful summer blooms now

Spring is finally here, well early spring at least. Our soil outside is still too wet to work, but you can still get your hands…

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Peotone FFA Advances Two Students to State 

March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Peotone FFA Advances Two Students to State 

Emma Bialko and Bryce Thomas of the Peotone FFA Chapter were selected as the District II FFA Proficiency Winner in their respective areas on Wednesday,…

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New Lenox Village Announces Plans for Kids Museum, Multi-Sport Complex

March 21, 2023 / Comments Off on New Lenox Village Announces Plans for Kids Museum, Multi-Sport Complex

New Lenox officials have announced two major “legacy” projects slated to be approved by the mayor and village board on March 27: the relocation of…

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Encore Resale Shop’s Spring Opening 2023

March 21, 2023 / Comments Off on Encore Resale Shop’s Spring Opening 2023

The Encore Resale Shop will host its Spring Opening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 28, 31, and April 1 on the campus of…

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Snapshots of Mokena, 1870s

March 16, 2023 / Comments Off on Snapshots of Mokena, 1870s

By Sandy Vasko Once again, we are going to look at the small bits that made up a town’s everyday life, if not its history;…

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