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SD113 Return to School committee to help district with plan for starting the new academic year

June 28, 2020 at 8:09 a.m.

With state guidance encouraging a return to in-person learning this fall, Township High School District 113 officials are working to finalize plans for the coming school year, officials said. The...

Barrington SD220 officials mulling plan for starting new school year, some parents to wait for COVID-19 vaccine before sending kids into classrooms

June 28, 2020 at 8:12 a.m.

Regardless of what phase of re-opening the state is in come August, Barrington School District 220 officials said at a recent virtual school board meeting that they'll be prepared. At...

Will County Board member apologizes for remarks that led to sexual harassment complaint

June 19, 2020 at 8:51 a.m.

Following a sexual harassment complaint, Will County Board member Mark Ferry Thursday offered a public apology to a fellow board member for comments he made during a meeting Tuesday. Will...

Naperville Democrat elected Speaker of Will County Board

June 18, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

Naperville Democrat Mimi Cowan was elected Thursday to serve as Speaker of the Will County Board. Cowan replaces former Speaker Denise Winfrey, D-Joliet, who was appointed earlier this month to...

Will County government offices in Joliet.

March 3, 2020, Southtown staff photo

Will County Board member alleges sexual harassment against fellow board member after exchange at online meeting

June 18, 2020 at 6:36 a.m.

A Will County Board member filed a sexual harassment complaint against a fellow board member following comments made Tuesday at a Democratic caucus meeting. Will County Board member Rachel Ventura,...

Members of the Barrington School District 220 board are pictured in this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo. The board agreed at it s June 2 meeting to trim $1 million from the 2020-2021 school year budget, anticipating a decrease in revenue from property taxes due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Barrington SD220 to make $1M budget cut, expecting less property tax revenue due to COVID pandemic

June 16, 2020 at 9:42 a.m.

Anticipating a drop in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barrington School District 220 school board members agreed to trim the district's budget for next fiscal year by $1 million....

Joliet pastors continue call for Mayor Robert O’Dekirk to resign

June 12, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

Three Joliet pastors Friday continued their call for Joliet Mayor Robert O'Dekirk to resign, saying a 25-year-old video from his days as a police officer shows aggressive behavior. The video...

Naperville Park Board tells lawyer to proceed on case against state over park facility control but won’t disclose next move

June 12, 2020 at 2:08 p.m.

Naperville Park District commissioners are staying quiet on what the district's next move is in a lawsuit challenging the governor's authority to close facilities. Last week, a DuPage County judge...

Details on Joliet mayor’s suspensions when he was a cop not found in Police Department files. Such records are typically kept ‘forever.’

June 11, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

As fallout continues over a video of an altercation between the mayor of Joliet and two protesters, critics have pointed to disciplinary action taken against the mayor when he was...

‘I felt my personhood was threatened,’ says Joliet mayor, again defending actions in skirmish caught on video during protest

June 9, 2020 at 6:52 p.m.

As he called for unity in the city, Joliet Mayor Robert O'Dekirk on Tuesday continued to defend his actions in a May 31 skirmish, caught on video, involving two demonstrators....

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