19 More Parishes Make Diocesan Restructuring List

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on 19 More Parishes Make Diocesan Restructuring List

By Nick Reiher Parishioners in 19 Catholic churches in Eastern and Southern Will County, Cook, Kankakee, DuPage and Grundy counties opened their bulletins at masses…

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Farm Days Gone By

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

This picture shows Baskerville cattle on the way to the scale at the old Chicago Union Stockyards in 1939. Benjamin Baskerville and his son, Walter,…

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Joliet Kiwanis in Aktion

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet Kiwanis in Aktion

Joliet Kiwanis supports Free Little Libraries throughout the greater Joliet area, including its newest one outside of Pershing Elementary School that was dedicated recently with…

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Will County Forest Preserve Programs

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Will County Forest Preserve Programs

Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of May 27. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at…

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A summertime treat … the circus

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on A summertime treat … the circus

 By Sandy Vasko I’m not sure how many of you remember the circus, I mean the real one, not one inside a building, one underneath…

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Outstanding In Their Field

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Outstanding In Their Field

This week, I shall write about a topic I know better than most of the population: making hay. Our recent wet spring appears to be…

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New Lenox: Martino Student’s Big Ideas from Tiny Acorns Grew

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on New Lenox: Martino Student’s Big Ideas from Tiny Acorns Grew

By Karen Haave A talented junior high school student has found a unique way to turn acorns into stunning artifacts and gift items. Featured at…

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Tick Tock: What you need to know about ticks in Northern Illinois

May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Tick Tock: What you need to know about ticks in Northern Illinois

Instead of all the hoopla about the totally innocuous periodical cicada emergence, I wish the media would focus on something really important: Ticks. I have…

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UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck by City Vehicle Dies

May 22, 2024 / Comments Off on UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck by City Vehicle Dies

UPDATE (Joliet, Illinois – May 24, 2024)  The Joliet Police Department has learned that the 75-year-old male pedestrian injured during this crash was pronounced deceased…

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Will County Board Members Under the Gun to Consider Salaries

May 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Will County Board Members Under the Gun to Consider Salaries

By Nick Reiher Under a June 5 deadline to determine salaries for county officials up for election in November, Will County Board members met May…

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