Peotone News

KANKAKEE Art of Storytelling The Art of Storytelling Spoken Word Open Mic will be held Friday at Soul da Soul, 659 E. Court St.

Re-elected Peotone Village officials and one new trustee took the Oath of Office and their places at the table during Monday's meeting of the village board.

Carlos Barzallo-Leon, 32, of 2490 Waldron Rd., Kankakee, was arrested on May 2 at 9:35 p.m. in the area of Rt.

FFA Greenhouse Sale Extended through May 24 FFA students have extended their greenhouse sale.

Dates *May 17: School Improvement Day - Early Release; Green Garden and Wilton Center Elementaries dismissed at 11 a.m., Peotone Elementary and Connor Shaw Center at 11:50 a.m., Peotone High School at 11:55 a.m., and Peotone Junior High at noon.

The Peotone High School girls basketball program will once again be conducting a summer basketball camp during the month of June for area girls entering grade 3-8. The camp will be held at the Peotone High School gymnasium beginning on June 4. Grades 3-5 camp will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, June 4 to 7. Grades 6-8 will have camp ... (more)

A call on May 8 at 9:41 p.m. reported a structure fire, 29657 S. Joliet Rd. and requested assistance from Beecher, Manteno, Monee, Manhattan, University Park, Richton Park, Crete, Riverside Ambulance and Grant Park.

Total to date: 208 EMS calls and 126 fire calls. April 29: 11:04 a.m., fire alarm at 115 N. Second Street; 9:54 p.m., change of quarters ambulance to Manteno; 10:45 p.m., EMS call for an 85-year-old man with a diabetic problem, transported to Silver Cross.

The Peotone American Legion Post 392 is stepping up its famous steak fry this year by adding ambiance.

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Senior Assistance Peotone Senior Assistance Center will be open on Thursday, May 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at St.

Quiltmakers to Meet Every May, the Quiltmakers celebrate with a banquet - otherwise known as a pot luck.

The $4.5 Million, 17,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2014. The new building is expected to include a wheelchair accessible gymnasium and softball field, teaching kitchen, therapy garden, classrooms and office space," the Chicago Tribune reports .

Quilmakers to Meet Every May, the Quiltmakers celebrate with a banquet - otherwise known as a pot luck.

Dates *May 13: Senior Awards Night *May 17: School Improvement Day - Early Release; Green Garden and Wilton Center Elementaries dismissed at 11 a.m., Peotone Elementary and Connor Shaw Center at 11:50 a.m., Peotone High School at 11:55 a.m., and Peotone Junior High at noon.

On April 29 the Peotone junior varsity softball team traveled to Manteno for a 10-0 victory.

Peotone Community Scholarship Association has begun its fundraising drive for the Peotone High School class of 2013.

Jameel Rush, 34, of 103 N. Elm St., Glenwood, was arrested on April 28 at 12:11 p.m. in the area of Oriole Drive and Peotone Wilmington Rd.

This is not your everyday summer camp. Those motorhomes parked on that bare piece of ground on the north side of the 9000N Road - across I-57, west of Manteno - are the residences for a group called Laborers for Christ.

Monee Cub Scout Pack 125 recently recognized the achievements of more than a dozen boys during its annual Blue and Gold Celebration.