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State Rep. Margo McDermed, R-Mokena, and state Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, said they are seeking bipartisan support for new sources of revenue to fund I-80 improvements. Both spoke during a forum on the issue at the University of St. Francis in Joliet.

McDermed joins I-80 Coalition

May 21, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

State Rep. Margo McDermed (R-Mokena) has joined the leadership team of the newly formed I-80 Coalition. The coalition was launched by the Will County Center for Economic Development this summer...

Curtain Call's co-director Bill Gleason and director Jaimey Kennedy (in front) give suggestions to Peter Simon and Renata Allelujka, who will portray Norman and Ethel Thayer in "On Golden Pond."

Volunteers run community theaters with a passion: ‘There are no divas here’

May 21, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

Aspiring actors and actresses came and left on a recent Sunday afternoon at the Milord Studio Theatre in Chicago Heights. They hoped to land a role in the Drama Group’s...

Dwyane Wade and Jolinda Wade at "A Night on the RunWade 2017" at the Revel Fulton Market in Chicago Sunday, March 19, 2017. Jolinda Wade will speak at a forum Wednesday at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox.

Basketball players to bring anti-drug message to forum in New Lenox

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

Professional basketball players and their families will be featured at a parent and youth forum, Be in the Know, hosted by the Will County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition from 4...

ComEd and Openlands have partnered to award grants to local agencies to improve habitats for pollinators, such as butterflies.

Environmental grants aim to improve pollination, protect trees in Southland

May 21, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

ComEd and Openlands have teamed up to award grants to 26 municipalities, park districts and forest preserves in northern Illinois. It is the sixth year the two have partnered for...

Dance-off to raise funds to fight rare brain disease

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

Miracles for Mollie and Madelyn Ronaldson will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at Wilson Creek Elementary School, 25440 S. Gougar Road, Manhattan. The event is a...

Gerald Freeny (second from left), president of the Tournament of Roses Association and his wife Trina, visited Lincoln-Way Central High School this weekend, and met with band directors Bert Johnson (left) and Justin Barnish (right).

Lincoln-Way is now ‘family,’ says Tournament of Roses official

May 21, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

For the Lincoln-Way Marching Band, participating in the 2019 Tournament of Roses Parade means more than a year’s worth of preparation and fundraising or spending a week in California. “When...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County hopes to acquire the 135 acres of open space, known as Prison East, which includes two quarry lakes.

After years of neglect and vandalism, a ‘massive undertaking’ to rehab the Old Joliet Prison

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

“It’s never too late to mend” is etched in stone in the floor in the segregation unit of the Old Joliet Prison — a stark reminder of its penal past...

Lincoln-Way District 210 is among those supporting the Will County referendum for 1 percent sales tax to benefit schools.

School sales tax measure fails in Will County

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

An effort to get a referendum on the ballot for a 1 percent sales tax to benefit schools has apparently failed in Will County, officials said. School districts had until...

Will County ‘Recyclepalooza’ is Sept. 8

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

New Lenox ShareFest and Will County are teaming up again this year for the annual Recyclepalooza event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 8 at Spencer School 1701 S....

Three shot in Dolton

May 21, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

Three men were shot in Dolton early Sunday morning, according to Police Chief Robert Collins Jr. The incident occurred between 4 and 5 a.m. in the 14600 block of Empire....

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