Shaken-Baby Brain Bleed / Bike-Path Rapist Sketch / Hotel Hookup Mystery / Animal Hospital Mishandles Dog's Remains

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Father Shook Baby Until Brain Bled, Leg Broke: Cops

• Park Forest man had been watching the 2-month-old at her mother’s Joliet home, police said.

State Cops Release Sketch of Bike-Path Rapist

• The man sexually assaulted a woman on the I&M Canal Path.

Missing Chicago Man was Heading to Bolingbrook

• The man’s cousin says he was supposed to meet up with a woman in a hotel before he went missing.

Woman Says Animal Hospital Mistakenly Spread Dog’s Ashes

• Joliet resident expected to get the ashes back, but was told they were in a field.

Horse Ranch for Special Needs Kids Needs Help

• Plainfield facility is volunteer-run and thousands of dollars are needed to keep it going.

Bolingbrook Woman in Running for ‘Team Mom of the Year’

• Voting is now open and no registration is required.

Bugs Found in Bolingbrook Candy Facility: Lawsuit

• Ferrara Candy Company alleges the bugs were brought in through an order of Red Vines from an Indiana company.

Joliet Woman Attacked by Teens While Walking Down Street

• The woman’s boyfriend tried to break up the fight, but was blocked off by three teenage boys, one of whom reportedly filmed the beating.

Former Cook Co. Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Robbing Drug Dealers of Cocaine, Marijuana

• The robberies took place in Plainfield, Chicago, Cicero, Lyons, Melrose Park and Forest Park.

Joliet Junior College to Hold 9/11 Tribute

• The event will begin at 8:45 a.m. Sept. 11 at the main campus Alumni Bell Tower.

JJC Breaks Ground on Romeoville Expansion

• Construction is expected to be completed in 2017.

Romeoville Student Selected for Chicago BullsKidz Squad

• Lukancic Middle School student will perform at 12 Bulls home games and participate in countless practices in Niles.

Homer Glen School Evacuated After Weekend Bomb Threat Found on Voicemail

• William E. Young School was searched by Will County deputies and the DuPage County Bomb Squad.

Plainfield Man Shot in Head Dies

• Police say the man was shot after a fight broke out.

• Joliet Man at Party Where Plainfield Man was Shot Arrested for Armed Robbery
• Plainfield Police Nab 6 During Drunken Driving Crackdown
• Joliet Man Charged with Robbery, Pellet Gun Pistol-Whipping
• Reports of a Girl with Knife at Rock Run May be Exaggerated
• 2 Jailed For Motel 6 Laundry Room Stickup and Beating: Cops
• Joliet Man Charged with Woman’s Heroin Death
• Joliet Man Caught with Stolen Pistol: Cops

WORTH A LOOK

• New Street Railroad Viaduct Pedestrian Tunnel to Close Sept. 14
• Homecoming Week Approaching at Romeoville HS
• Joliet Symphony Orchestra at St. Francis Gets New Conductor
• False Fire Alarm Sends Students into the Storm
• Fourth Annual Bolingbrook CrossTrail Classic 5K Sept. 19
• Joliet Grad to Work for Congressman Bill Foster

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