$10,000 ComEd Billing Error / 'Ink Master' Winner Dies / Cheesecake Push Pops No. 1

ComEd Billed Shorewood Woman More Than 9 Years For Wrong House: Lawsuit

• The Shorewood woman wants ComEd to pay her more than $10,000.

Plainfield ‘Ink Master’ Scott Marshall Found Dead in Hotel Room

• The 41-year-old man was the 2014 winner of Spike TV’s “Ink Master,” taking home a $100,000 prize.

Plainfield’s Cheesecake Push Pops Named Most Unique Dessert in Illinois

• The Plainfield store’s dessert topped a list of the 10 most unique desserts in Illinois.

T-Shirt Fundraiser to Benefit Children of Slain Plainfield Teacher

• Plainfield North graduate and fundraiser organizer Kayla Kobela wanted to help because of the compassion she was shown by Susan Cunningham.

Thug Preying on Elderly Women Outside Walmart Captured: Cops

• One of the elderly women was thrown to the ground and hit her face against the pavement, police said.

Bolingbrook Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join ISIS

• The 20 year old faces up to five years in prison, a sentence agreed upon by federal prosecutors only if Khan continues to cooperate.

2 Teens Arrested in Threat to ‘Blow Up and Shoot Up’ Lincoln-Way East

• The boys also tried to get a classmate blamed for the episode, according to police.

Halloween Store Stiffed Distributor On $23K Bill: Lawsuit

• A seasonal importer from New York is suing the Joliet business.

Plainfield Ordinance Bans Gun-Like Cellphone Cases

• A violation of this ordinance comes with a $250 fine for the first offense and $500 for subsequent offenses.

Plainfield Man Found with More Than $200K Worth of Heroin

• Police also found two kilograms of heroin, two grams of cocaine, a handgun and a hidden room at the man’s home.

Joliet West Grad, MLB Umpire Mark Carlson Working the World Series

• The 16-year veteran umpire is working his first World Series.

Cigarette Thief Punched Walgreens Clerk, Absconded With 4 Packs of Newports: Cops

• The cops captured the cigarette thief when she returned home later in the day, police said.

Man Says He Fell in the Shower at Harrah’s Hotel, So He’s Suing

• There was a “slippery and greasy substance” on the floor of the shower, the lawsuit said.

Ex-Con Gets 57 Years for Gunning Down Teen in 2011

• Jevon Lesley shot the teen to death outside KO Zone Boxing Club.

Victim-Witness Service Director Honored

• The director of the state’s attorney’s victim witness service division will be honored by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists.

Photo: Bolingbrook Student Wins Ride to School in Fire Truck

• Aaron Lytis was the winner of Jonas Salk Elementary’s Fire Prevention Week poster contest.

Dog Park Permits Go on Sale Nov. 1

• Permits allow year-round access to all five Forest Preserve District dog parks.

• Cigarette Thief Punched Walgreens Clerk, Absconded With 4 Packs of Newports: Cops
• Locked Up Man Charged With Attempted Jailhouse Rape
• Bandana-Clad Bakery Bandit Bagged: Cops
• Schoolgirl-Accosting Pervert Captured: Cops

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