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Wilmington Teen’s Drunken Dirt Bike Crash the ‘Proximate Cause’ of Twin’s Death: Complaint

• The Wilmington teen was released from jail on $20,000 bail.

Final Hickory Street Nightmare Killer Carted Off to Prison

• Adam Landerman was taken to Downstate Menard Correctional Center Monday.

Walmart Parking Lot Masturbator Captured: Cops

• The law tracked the masturbator from the parking lot of a Joliet Walmart to his mother’s home in Elwood, police said.

‘Tone Deaf’ Patrick Kane Bobblehead Night

• With rape investigation pending, Chicago Blackhawks reveal plans to give away 10,000 Kaner bobbleheads on Jan. 24.

Plainfield Teacher’s Aide Saves Choking Student

• “She had this look of panic in her eyes,” said teacher’s aide Kathy Rajcevich. “I didn’t think, I just reacted.”

Mr. Brown Gives a Face to Canine Cancer

• Like others fighting cancer, he even has his own bucket list, which includes visiting The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Littering, Dumping Frequent at Joliet Park District

• Pilcher Park Nature Center manager says littering occurs on a daily basis.

Deaf, Elderly Chinese Man Missing and in Danger

• The 85-year-old man speaks only Chinese.

Plainfield Man Who Threatened Shooting Spree Near High School Charged

• The Plainfield man allegedly threatened to shoot “whoever came around his apartment” but really just had a toy gun.

Lawsuit Claiming Disabled Girl Made to Clean Up Blood Dismissed

• The girl was also threatened to be locked in the bathroom.

Romeoville Residents Indicted in Summer Food Program Embezzlement

• Five people were caught up in the federal investigation.

Plainfield Electronics Workers Overexposed to Lead, Cadmium: OSHA

• Kuusakoski received 26 serious OSHA health violations and proposed penalties total $114,800.

How Many Ashley Madison Cheaters Live in the Will and Kendall Suburbs?

• Is your hometown home to a lot of them? Check out our list.

Transgender Operating Engineer Allegedly Harassed by Union Members, Threw Rock at Man in Car: Cops

• The operating engineer was jailed on a charge of criminal damage to property.

Former Chicago Bears Linebacker Brian Urlacher Presents Check to Coal City Football Team

• The money will help with the cost of damages sustained in a June tornado.

• Man Set Up Secret Camera In Machine Shop Restroom: Cops
• Joliet Police Attempt to Identify Vehicle Thieves
• Ex-Con Charged with Joliet Man’s Murder
• House, Passing Car Hit by Bullets on the Hill
• Crocodile Sisters Back in Jail
• The Law Checks on Your Local Sex Offenders
• Weightlifters Robbed at Gunpoint in Joliet Garage
• Teens Beaten and Robbed of Air Jordans by Crooks Who Threw Stolen Sneakers in Creek: Cops

WORTH A LOOK

• Wine & Beer Coming to Plainfield Starbucks Menu
• Free Event Highlights Irish Canal Builders Sunday
• Plainfield East Principal to Become District 202 Assistant Superintendent
• Will Co. Health Dept. to Suspend West Nile Virus Testing
• Video: Here’s a Peregrine Falcon Eating Another Bird in Downtown Joliet
• Joliet Junior College Fills 2 Vacant Trustee Positions
• Bolingbrook School Briefly Evacuated After Gas Smell

STAR PATCHERS: OUR LOCAL BLOGGERS

• Joliet Central High School Student Makes Big Screen Debut in ComEd Commercial
• JTHS Students Selected To Represent Girls 4 Science on Good Day Chicago

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• Several Job Openings at Joliet Dick’s Sporting Goods

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