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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Wreaths Across America Museum on Wheels to Stop in Joliet

May 31, 2024 / Comments Off on Wreaths Across America Museum on Wheels to Stop in Joliet

Wreaths Across America (WAA) in Joliet is proud to announce a local stop for the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) national tour. The MEE started…

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Legislature OKs $53.1B State Budget

May 30, 2024 / Comments Off on Legislature OKs $53.1B State Budget

For right two of 1, jumping to 5. If need be, move the golf ad there to 11 and hold the farmers markets. Legislature…

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Joliet Police Investigating Homicide

May 30, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet Police Investigating Homicide

On May 29, 2024, at 11:47 p.m., Officers responded to the 2300 block of White Birch Lane for multiple reports of shots being fired in…

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