Crest Hill News

About 70 workers were fired Nov. 5 from the Bissell Homecare warehouse after they joined a union and filed complaints about working conditions at the facility.

More than 300 people gathered on Oct. 30 to recognize the heroism of Francis "Bud" Smolich, a Vietnam veteran whose Army unit was honored by President Obama earlier in the month.

Book fair: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9-10 in the cafeteria of Silver Cross Hospital, 1200 Maple Road, Joliet.

Ward 3 Alderman Neal Sternisha questioned Mayor Raymond Soliman about the mayor's petty cash expenses at this week's city council meeting.

District 5...partnering with the Will County Sheriff's Office...will conduct a Roadside Safety Check in Crest Hill this weekend.

Crest Hill Police say they are seeking a "white male suspect" who wore a dark colored coat and 'light colored bandana over his head," and robbed the Speedway gas station near U S 30 - Gaylord - and Caton Farm Road about 3 AM Thursday morning.

A jury found a convicted rapist guilty Wednesday afternoon of trying four years ago to kidnap a young woman as she walked home from her after-school job.

A southwest suburban man who a prosecutor calls "a loathsome and abominable reprobate" was found guilty Wednesday of trying to abduct a teenage girl.

Still looking for a frightful way to celebrate Halloween? There's plenty of time to encounter a host of things that go bump in the night at the area's scarriest events.

A Joliet man told police he was walking in the 900 block of Black Road on Thursday around 7:15 p.m. when three or four men beat him up and stole his phone.

W hat do you get when you cross a strip show with a haunted house? How about "Night of the Stripping Dead"? The local angle: Statesville Haunted Prison in Crest Hill was one of the sponsors of the Oct.

The Statesville Haunted Prison has done a lot of time as one of the top haunted houses in the Midwest.

Francis "Bud" Smolich endured dangerous Vietnam jungles, exhaustion from sleeplessness, and an intense battle as his outnumbered Army troop rescued fellow soldiers surrounded by the enemy.

Will County Sheriff's police have arrested a manager accused of being the "inside man" in a robbery at an ice cream parlor last month.

The city is asking residents and business owners to fill out a flooding questionnaire if they experience reoccurring flooding at their property.

Police say a car slid into a school bus after striking another car Friday morning.

Steven C. Miller , 52, of 2363 White Birch Lane in Joliet, was arrested by Joliet police and booked into the county jail Thursday on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon.

Richland Junior High School, along with the Crest Hill Lions Club, named the following as students of the month for September: eighth grade, Devon McFedries ; seventh grade, Brianna Hanes ; sixth grade, Arianna Bragg and fifth grade, McKenzie Ebel .

The Will County Health Department soon will be giving swine flu shots. But officials aren't ready to announce exactly where they will be available, Will County Health Department Executive Director John Cicero said Thursday.

Children can pick a pumpkin from their own mini-pumpkin patch or help Mom and Dad choose a favorite gourd at Kinsch Village Florist and Garden Center in Palatine.