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Band alumni will join the current Marching Spartans on the field to perform the National Anthem and the Romeoville fight song.
The Village celebrated a ribbon cutting at Char & Coal last week.
Thursday will be the coolest day of the week.
Laurence Capriotti, 80, was pronounced dead at 7:34 p.m. Sunday at Silver Cross Hospital, the coroner's office said.
The ribbon cutting will be held at 2 p.m. on Sept. 4, at the park, 1100 Murphy Drive.
The District's production of "Guys and Dolls," featuring students from Lincoln-Way East, Central and West, will run Sept. 26-28 at East.
The vote does not guarantee a strike but gives the union's bargaining team the authority to call one if a fair agreement cannot be reached.
Is summer getting longer in the Chicago area?
The new development will bring 132 single-family homes and 128 town homes to Lockport.
Brigid Presecky, owner of Hilltop Photo Co., is the woman behind the lens at most of Lemont's community events.
Despite dangerous swim conditions, will it be a perfect weekend for grilling and soaking up the last of summer?
The Illinois Department of Transportation project will take place on Route 53 from Belmont to Joliet Road.
Following the parade, there will be a family fun day with a variety of activities from 12 to 4 p.m., also at Heritage Park.
Enjoy food and drink options from several Lockport restaurants on the annual crawl.
Included among the hall of fame’s 19th induction class will be the 2014 and 2016 state champion baseball teams.
Negotiations between the union and Valley View School District were declared at an impasse in July.
The splash park is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Bolingbrook HS ranks 92nd in the state of Illinois and Romeoville HS ranks 127th.
The bird is one of the largest in North America.
To celebrate the business, the 80th anniversary will include a 0.0K race, starting at 8 a.m. on Sept. 13.
