Dwight News

The Ransom woman who was sentenced in July to 24 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a mother and her two children has been in prison less than a year.

Josh Jahn pauses in front of a sign he and a friend, Kirk Thorson of Morris, designed and erected at the site along Illinois 47 where Jahn's wife and children were killed by a drunk driver one year ago today, Friday, Nov.

A DRIVER and two passengers were charged with liquor violations after a traffic stop near Dwight and Becker roads about 1:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct.

There was little construction in Morris during October, as Bill Cheshareck, building and zoning director, issued only 11 permits.

Brandon Louis Compton, 22, homeless, was arrested Friday at 700 Lundy St. on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of battery.

Federal agents investigating possible Immigration irregularities conducted raids at a Grundy County meatpacking business and several Chicago locations over the weekend, sources familiar with the probe said Monday.

Authorities in the Grundy County town of Mazon are going to the public in their quest to find a young woman who marred the town's Halloween Dungeon of Terror with some real violence.

A public hearing Tuesday at Streator City Hall for an amendment to the Streator Area Enterprise Zone included a show of support from school administrators.

Valma Kline will celebrate her 101st birthday on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Due to her health, her family invites all family and friends to send birthday greetings to her.

Mark Sailliez, 21, Plainfield, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and ordered to pay $125 costs for the theft of two Polo shirts from Walmart on April 6. He began serving the sentence on Friday, Sept.

Mr. Anton L. "LaVern" Weller, 83, of Dwight, died at 9:44 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at OSF St.

DIAMOND – Mr. Ernest Stanford Perona, 94, of Diamond, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, Sept.

A motorist reported last week that his car was struck by rocks while driving on Pine Bluff Road east of Junebug Lane.

19 for criminal damage to property, after he reportedly damaged 29 vehicles in the Sugar Grove area on the morning of Aug.

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.

Gloomy skies and rainy weather didn't dampen the spirits of die-hard classic car enthusiasts Saturday morning in Naperville.

Eleven people recently completed University of Illinois Extension"s Master Food Preserver course.

Share + Jul 16, 2009 8:55 pm US/Central Reporting Roseanne Tellez DWIGHT, Ill. Female inmates at Dwight Correctional Center have found new meaning for their lives by doing something remarkable for the disabled.

Each year Mazon State Bank chooses a organization to receive the proceeds from the bank's annual golf outing at Dwight Country Club.

Two men were held in the county jail on charges which resulted from taking a vehicle from the Tinley Park train station.