Will County Forest Preserve Programs

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Will County Forest Preserve Programs

Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of March 10. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org.…

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Healer or faker? … a visit from royalty

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Healer or faker? … a visit from royalty

By Sandy Vasko When the railroad came through Will County in 1854, it did more than give our citizens a way to get to Chicago…

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Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

Well, the big thaw is on, and as the soil warms up, so do the insects that spent their winters with propylene glycol as their…

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Farm Days Gone By

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Dick Attaway sent along this photo from around 1916 taken at their farm on old Route 66 near where it crosses Jackson Creek: From left,…

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Monee Police Investigating Stabbing

March 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Monee Police Investigating Stabbing

On March 4, 2025, at approximately 6 p.m., Monee Police responded to a call for assistance on Ridgeland Avenue near Monee Manhattan Road. The caller…

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Illinois Farm Bureau Comments on New Tariffs on the United States’ Top Agriculture Trading Partners

March 4, 2025 / Comments Off on Illinois Farm Bureau Comments on New Tariffs on the United States’ Top Agriculture Trading Partners

Illinois Farm Bureau President Brian Duncan commented today on new tariffs imposed on the United States’ top three agricultural trading partners Mexico, Canada and China,…

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Ventura Collecting Books for Incarcerated Adults

March 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Ventura Collecting Books for Incarcerated Adults

Illinois state Sen. Rachel Ventura is collecting books for incarcerated adults in partnership with the Will County Center for Correctional Concerns. Books are being collected…

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Plainfield Man Arrested after Wife and Grandchild Struck by Car

March 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Plainfield Man Arrested after Wife and Grandchild Struck by Car

Brandon White (46, Plainfield) was arrested, processed, and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility for Domestic Battery, Aggravated Battery, Reckless Conduct (2 Counts),…

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Shots Fired on Shady Oak

March 2, 2025 / Comments Off on Shots Fired on Shady Oak

On March 1, 2025, at 12:59 a.m., Officers responded to the 8000 block of Shady Oak Road for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival,…

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Overnight I-80 Lane Closure Monday

February 28, 2025 / Comments Off on Overnight I-80 Lane Closure Monday

Starting at 8 p.m. Monday, eastbound I-80 will be reduced to one lane between Houbolt Road and Larkin Avenue (Illinois 7). At 1 a.m., full stops…

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