K-9 Harlie Provided by Glasgow Sworn in at New Lenox Police Department Ceremony

June 18, 2024 / Comments Off on K-9 Harlie Provided by Glasgow Sworn in at New Lenox Police Department Ceremony

State’s Attorney James Glasgow and New Lenox Police Chief Louis Alessandrini joined New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann at the New Lenox Police Department for the…

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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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Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details

June 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details

By DILPREET RAJUCapitol News [email protected] Jimmy Soto spent more than 42 years wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. In 2020, he was moved…

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Amazing and Beautiful’: WW2 Vet’s Remains Finally Home After 80 Years

June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Amazing and Beautiful’: WW2 Vet’s Remains Finally Home After 80 Years

By Stephanie Irvine United States Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Robert L. E. Porter was brought home to his eternal resting place at Abraham Lincoln…

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LIDICE LIVES!

June 9, 2024 / Comments Off on LIDICE LIVES!

In June 1942, Hitler, who believed residents from Lidice, Czechoslovakia, aided in the assassination of a friend, a high-ranking officer, ordered the small town just…

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Joliet — Scott Street Patching Begins Monday, June 10

June 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet — Scott Street Patching Begins Monday, June 10

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a patching and resurfacing of Scott Street (Illinois 53/U.S. 6) from south of Chicago Street to Ruby Street…

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Residents of all ages turned out for Manhattan Township’s inaugural “I Honor” Hometown Heroes banner ceremony on May 26.

Manhattan — ‘He’s Right There’ — Veterans Honored With Banner Ceremony

June 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Manhattan — ‘He’s Right There’ — Veterans Honored With Banner Ceremony

By Stephanie Irvine A last-minute venue change due to inclement weather didn’t stop a crowd from packing the Manhattan Township building for the “I Honor”…

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Forest Preserve District: ‘A Whole New World’ Rolls Out for People with Disabilities

June 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Forest Preserve District: ‘A Whole New World’ Rolls Out for People with Disabilities

Kim Kosmatka buckled her seatbelt, grabbed two handlebar levers and pulled and pushed her way into nature on a recent visit to Four Rivers Environmental…

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Salaries for Countywide and County Board Frozen for Four Years as Republican Board Members Walk Out of Special Meeting

June 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Salaries for Countywide and County Board Frozen for Four Years as Republican Board Members Walk Out of Special Meeting

By Nick Reiher Salaries for county offices up for election in November will remain the same since 2008 after Republican County Board members walked out…

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Lockport/Crest Hill Prairie Restoration Projects Suit Conservationists to a Tee

June 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Lockport/Crest Hill Prairie Restoration Projects Suit Conservationists to a Tee

By Nick Reiher An idea planted with the help of a golf ball and nurtured with federal funding, Springfield red tape cutting and thousands of…

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