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Add a Punchline to Our New Year Cartoon
Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment...
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Georgia Man Lived 10 Days With Missing Hinsdale Mom Before Her Arrest
For more than a month, the police hunted for some sign Hinsdale mom Linda Fellenbaum was still alive after she ran barefoot into the night during an argument with her boyfriend. Detectives are still...
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Police Blotter: DUI, Retail Theft, Disorderly Conduct, Trespass Busts
Effie Bridges, 59, 989 Princeton, Romeoville, arrested by the Romeoville Police Department and booked into the Will County jail on Jan. 1 on charges of domestic battery and transporting/carrying...
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Cop Able to Head Off Man Reaching for Gun in Coat Pocket, Police Say
A Joliet police officer prevented a theft suspect from pulling a gun on him by putting him into a body lock before the man could retrieve a revolver from his sweatshirt pocket, Cmdr. Rich Demick said....
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Sold! Local Home Sales: Jan. 3 Edition
A three-bedroom, two-bathroom single-family house at 416 Justine Ave., Bolingbrook, recently sold for $145,000. The 1,570 square-foot house was built in 1974. The ranch home has formal living and...
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Judge Finds Joseph Messina Guilty in Mokena Coma Punch Case
Judge Sarah Jones found New Lenox resident Joseph Messina guilty of punching a Joliet man into a coma outside a Mokena bar in July 2009. Messina, 24, faces up to five years in prison for the attack on...
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Bill Foster Sworn in to Represent 11th Congressional District
The 11th Congressional District has a new representative in Congress. Democrat Bill Foster was sworn into Congress Thursday. Seven-term Congresswoman Judy Biggert was unseated by Foster in November....
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Fashion Bug Clothing Store Soon to Close
The Fashion Bug clothing store in Joliet, part of the Lane Bryant chain, will shut its doors once its inventory is sold out, a store employee said Thursday. The low-priced women's clothing retailer,...
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Family Riled by Guilty Verdict in Case of Joliet Man Beaten into a Coma
Three and a half years after he was punched into a coma outside a Mokena bar, Eric Bartels of Joliet sat propped in a wheelchair in a crowded courtroom. After the judge found the New Lenox man charged...
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Nearly 500 Historic Photos Now Online
The following article was submitted by Lewis University in Romeoville: The Adelmann Regional History Slide Collection is now available online. The Lewis University History Center collection features...
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Property Crimes: Car Stolen, Homes Burglarized, Decorations Vandalized
The following property crime reports were taken by the Romeoville Police Department: An unknown object was used to break eight outdoor overhead lights and a glass block window of a concessions stand in...
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This is What $250,000 Will Buy You
1. 644 Michigan Dr., Romeoville: Priced at $254,900, according to listings. This is a three-bedroom, four-bathroom, 2,600 square foot single-family house built in 1995. The home includes a new HVAC...
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The Resolution I Kept - One Day Late
I am afraid of heights. I haven't always been afraid of heights, heck my first year in college I was a musical theater major and I regularly climbed up on scaffolding for light design and set design,...
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Regular Massage Can Address Aches and Pains Before they Happen
Everybody suffers from aches and pains now and again and for many these can become more troublesome during the cold winter months. Taking time to take care of your body can have multiple benefits for...
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Saw it on Craigslist - Jan. 5 Edition
Maybe you made a resolution for 2013 to change your health habits. Maybe you want to work out, but the reality is that you cannot make a committment to a gym with limited hours. Or maybe the financial...
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Save Money by Packing Your Own Lunch
We all know that packing your own lunch can not only save you money but also is most of the time more healthy than going out to eat every day. But most of us don't pack our own lunches for a number of...
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Will County DUI Arrests: Jan. 5
Joliet Dec. 30 Francisco Vasquez, 36, 803 John, Joliet, arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office and booked into the Will County jail on Dec. 30 on charges of driving under the influence of...
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Dunnigan, JT West Overpower JT Central
The Skinny: Joliet West’s Morris Dunnigan blew out a pair of sneakers on a dunk over Curie’s 6-9 Cliff Alexander at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament. Dunnigan didn’t like the fit of his replacement...
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Man Hiding Cocaine in His Pants Busted for Selling Drugs: Cops
You can drive away or run away but it's unlikely you'll t get away, as two misguided criminal suspects discovered Thursday. Eric L. Gates, 33, of Chicago, was pulled over by police at about 8:15 p.m....
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Court Supervision: Brand New Year
The New Year turned five days old today. And out of those five days, the Will County Courthouse was only open for three of them. That may not be a lot of days, but they were still action-packed and...
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