UPDATE: Second Man Charged in Krakar Avenue Homicide

June 17, 2024 / Comments Off on UPDATE: Second Man Charged in Krakar Avenue Homicide

Elian Raya (20, Joliet) has been charged with First Degree Murder (3 Counts) and Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (2 Counts). As the investigation progressed…

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Joliet Police Investigating Ruby Street Shootings

June 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet Police Investigating Ruby Street Shootings

On June 16, 2024, at 4:38 a.m., Officers responded to the 200 block of Ruby Street for a report of an individual that had been…

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Jury Finds Jorge Rosas, Jr., Guilty of Murder in 2020 Joliet Shooting

June 14, 2024 / Comments Off on Jury Finds Jorge Rosas, Jr., Guilty of Murder in 2020 Joliet Shooting

State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced that Jorge Rosas, Jr., 45, of Joliet, has been found guilty on two counts of First Degree Murder, as well…

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Historic Recognition

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Historic Recognition

The Joliet American Legion Band held a special recognition for WWII Veteran Ted Micci of Joliet during their annual Spring Concert at the Jacob Henry…

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Peaceful, quiet Channahon, or so he says

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Peaceful, quiet Channahon, or so he says

By Sandy Vasko One of the rules of writing for a newspaper is that your readers must understand what you are trying to say, otherwise…

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Forest Preserve District — Board OKs Up to $50M in Bonds for Improvements

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Preserve District — Board OKs Up to $50M in Bonds for Improvements

By Nick Reiher The Will County Forest Preserve District Board voted 16-2 at its June 13 meeting to secure the option of selling up to…

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Outstanding In Their Field

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Outstanding In Their Field

And just like that, summer is here, and almost everyone’s yard/grass is becoming parched and possibly brown, unless they have been watering it. Now for…

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Magnolia Scale … a sticky situation for tree health

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Magnolia Scale … a sticky situation for tree health

I know many of you have had it with the buzz of the male cicadas calling for their sweethearts over the last month, but they…

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Hole-y leaves! What’s the problem — or is there one?

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Hole-y leaves! What’s the problem — or is there one?

Mother Nature sure is in her usual fickle mood with her hot flashes and cold dips, but lately she has been throwing nature spitballs —…

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Farm Days Gone By

June 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, in 1926 of Fred Bettenhausen (standing) of rural Manhattan with his…

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