Saw It on eBay: Old Joliet Police Badge
Badge No. 208, a silver star with a bridge in the center and the words "Joliet Police" across the top, is up to $152.50 in the bidding with more than a day left in the eBay auction. The seller doesn't...
View ArticleVera Lynn's Looking for a Home -- Maybe Yours?
This article was submitted by the Romeoville Humane Society: Vera Lynn is a 2-1/2-year-old female dilute tortoiseshell who barely sheds at all: Not only I am an absolutely beauty, I am also...
View ArticlePatch Poll: Is the Economy Getting Better?
This is the start of the fifth year since the economy started to fall apart in 2008. Do you sense things are getting better, worse or staying about the same? Take our poll, and tell us what you think....
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Drunken Driving, No Insurance, No License Charges
Joel Gonzalez, 29, 9 Fernwood, Romeoville, arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office and booked into the Will County jail on Feb. 22 on charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol...
View ArticleRHS Student Group Strives to Help Community
Valley View School District 365U submitted this article: An amazing organization known as “Student Leadership” is making a big difference these days at Romeoville High School. “We want to help our...
View ArticleHere We Go Again -- Winter Storm Warning, Driving Alert for Tuesday
For the second time in less than a week, we're being told to brace for a winter storm. The National Weather Service's winter storm watch for this area begins Tuesday afternoon, when a combination of...
View ArticleDistrict 202 Board Voices Support for Administration
Plainfield School District 202 Supt. John Harper and school board members on Monday expressed their appreciation and admiration for the work of administrators and non-union, non-certified support...
View ArticleHey Mom and Dad, What Worries You Most About Your Children's Future?
Welcome to "Hey, Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we...
View ArticleClerks Busted for Selling Cigs to Teens
The Joliet Police Department cited clerks in 10 stores for selling tobacco to minors in a compliance enforcement conducted Friday. Joliet Cmdr. Rich Demick said the department is obligated under state...
View ArticleWoman Stabs Boyfriend's Hands During Fight: Cops
A Joliet woman who pulled a knife on her live-in boyfriend during a fight, stabbing both of his hands, was charged with aggravated domestic battery Saturday night, Joliet Police Cmdr. Rich Demick said....
View ArticleJoliet Native Andy Dick Joins 'Dancing' Lineup
If you've never been a fan of Dancing with the Stars, maybe a Joliet native performing this season will be enough to lure you to the fold. TMZ is reporting comedian/actor Andy Dick, a graduate -- and...
View ArticleUSF Names Biz School Dean Its New President
The University of St. Francis has announced that a Frankfort resident will be appointed as the University's ninth president. The Board of Trustees will meet Feb. 28 to confirm the appointment of Arvid...
View ArticleValley View Adding School Panic Alarms and Other Security Measures
The article was submitted by Valley View School District 365U: Valley View School District 365U has begun the process of upgrading security in all of its schools by installing buzzer entry systems,...
View ArticleDeath Notices, Feb. 26 Edition
Bolingbrook-McCauley Funeral Chapel & Crematorium Rudolpho Desiga of Bolingbrook's Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home. Services were private. Joe Rojek, of Bolingbrook. He was a past commander of...
View ArticleAccused Killers Confessed to Having Sex on the Bodies, Police Reports Reveal
Joshua Miner remembered his teenage girlfriend confiding “years back that she wanted to have sex with a dead guy,” states a police report documenting last month’s double murder on Hickory Street....
View ArticleDistrict 202 Early Dismissal Due to Storm
Additional info from District 202: Due to the inclement weather, all afterschool and evening activities will be canceled today. This includes such activities as athletic practices and contests, adult...
View ArticleLocal Travel Business Offers Personal Service
When you get up on Wednesday morning to the possibility of more snow and a long, dreary commute, the folks at Patterson Travel want to remind you that the time to start thinking about your summer...
View ArticleSuing Woman Says She Got Faceful of T-Shirt at Taste of Joliet
Lots of people went to last year's Taste of Joliet with plans to stuff their faces, but not by getting in the way of a T-shirt hurtling through the air. Plans or not, a woman claims that's exactly what...
View ArticleHarvick to Headline This Year's Race Rally
NASCAR race fans, mark your calender now: Two-time Chicagoland Speedway race winner Kevin Harvick and legendary racing brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison will be the headlining guests at this year's...
View ArticleMolly's Looking for a Home -- Maybe Yours?
This story was submitted by the Romeoville Humane Society: Molly is a loving 5-year-old female rat terrier that is very special. Sweet miss Molly has recently had her eye removed after and old injury...
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