Manhattan News

Battery recycling: Now available at the library. Drop off single-use household batteries near library entrance.

Joliet Area Community Hospice Guild is returning to the location of its first Puttin' on the Glitz fundraiser -- the Joliet Junior College Renaissance Center, 214 N. Ottawa St.

The South Suburban Wildcats of Lincoln-Way is a travel basketball organization for girls who live within the Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 residential boundaries.

Breast cancer-cervical cancer: 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 28. Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, 2614 W. Jefferson St.

Robert E. Noble, 47, of Manhattan, Ill., was arrested by local authorities on drug and theft charges on Oct.

Four masked intruders menaced a family at gunpoint early Thursday. Police Chief Fred Hayes said the home invasion occurred around 12:35 a.m. at the residence in the 300 block of South Chicago Street.

LISTEN LIVE FOR UPDATES CHECK OUT TRAFFIC CENTER LINK TO METRA WEBSITE Bob Roberts And Steve Miler Reporting CHICAGO a * Metra officials say they expect delays to continue during the Friday morning rush, but say trains will be operating on its SouthWest Service despite Thursday morning's derailment of four Union Pacific freight locomotives near ...

Evening rush-hour delays are expected on Metra's Southwest trains because of a freight train that derailed south of Union Station this morning.

Lincoln-Way High School District Foundation for Educational Excellence wrapped up the house raffle campaign Friday with a drawing.

The Village of Manhattan has again been chosen by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to receive a grant in the amount of $1,100 to establish a comprehensive educational and enforcement program addressing minimum-age tobacco laws.

Drury Lane Oak Brook continues its season with the lighter-than-air "Thoroughly Modern Millie," about a Kansas girl seeking her matrimonial fortune in 1920s Manhattan.

A bomb squad was called to secure a house after police reportedly found explosives inside Wednesday.

Manhattan-Elwood Library District has been part of Manhattan's History for 100 years this year and library officials invited the public to join them to celebrate their Centennial year at a celebration on Saturday.

A Sunday night house fire started in the chimney, but fire officials still aren't sure what caused it.

The cool, rainy weather didn't keep people from sipping wines and sampling food at the Mokena Festival on Saturday at Yunker Farm.

Manhattan-Elwood Library District is celebrating its 100th birthday on Saturday and is inviting the public to celebrate.

Mokena Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 2nd in its 12-month educational series luncheon for local businesses.

Teachers, staff and administration throughout Manhattan School District 114 join many junior high and high school students in sadness as the news came last week that Ryan Palesh, 33, had lost his battle with cancer.

Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Foundation for Educational Excellence accepts a proclamation from New Lenox Township recognizing the foundation's 15 years of service in the Lincoln-Way Community.

Harvest isn't here yet, but narcotics officers took quite a few crops from a field Friday morning.