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Will County chairman seeks update on airport authority
The Will County Board chairman wants a report from a little known board created nearly two decades ago for the purpose of creating a third Chicago-area airport.
First buyers now moving into ranch villas at Villas at Sunset Lakes...
The forecast calls for sunny skies over The Villas at Sunset Lakes - Grange Development's new community of 117 luxury ranch villas in Manhattan.
Route 66 Roadside Attraction sign stolen
Tourists may be fumbling around the downtown in their attempts to find the newly-opened Route 66 Welcome Center.
IDOT patching county's potholes
Pothole patrol has moved into Will County. Roads hammered by one of the most vicious winters in decades soon will be paid a visit by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Firefighters' Tot Finder stickers grow with the times
Several local fire departments are bringing back Tot Finder stickers. Starting about 30 years ago, the original Tot Finder and Operation Red Ball decals were placed on windows to alert firefighters that ...
Rod Blagojevich administration. Leaders from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees , which represents 35,000 Illinois state workers, said the governor's office is pushing for ...
Halvorson, Jackson on opposite sides of Peotone airport debate
The battle for control over a proposed airport near Peotone has evolved into a full-blown dispute between two prominent Illinois Democrats, with one undercutting the other's chance for a seat in Congress.
The security improvement was nearly complete Monday morning - ' a costly corporate response to continued attempts by thieves to steal copper wire and other valuables from the facility.
The Kankakee City Council Monday gave its initial approval for the Quality Concepts Business Center project, which includes more than 8,000-square-feet of renovated commercial space.
Halvorson, Jackson spar over Peotone
The war of words over the proposed Third Airport in Peotone between state Sen. Debbie Halvorson and Rep.
Will County goes green with environmental programs
Officials in Will County are touting recent environmental programs, including a proposal to establish its own household hazardous waste recycling facility instead of contributing toward operation of one in ...
Church garage sale: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 7, Immanuel United Church of Christ Women's Fellowship, 311 W. Corning Ave., Peotone.
Plan to give local officials control over Peotone-area airport stalls
' A proposal to give local Illinois officials control of an eventual Will County airport has stalled this year.
Following rescue, dogs give birth
And then there were six. Not long after the 50 dogs rescued from a Peotone puppy mill found new homes, six more arrived on the scene.
Steelmen 5K run: Noon June 1, Chicagoland Speedway. Benefiting Will County Child Advocacy Center.
History of Will worth preserving
The past, present and future co-mingled in front of the County Office Building on Thursday as history devotees joined officials and others to celebrate the designation of Will County as a Preserve America ...
Canal days parade: 6:30 p.m. June 20. Old Canal Days Parade in Lockport. The deadline for participants to register is May 30.
Future Peotone airport site becoming dumping ground
Airplanes might never land in the area targeted by the state for a south suburban airport, but garbage sure is finding its way there.
State representatives swapped spots to sponsor a bill to give Will County control of the state's proposed south suburban airport.
Oh, Rapid Ddevelopment When O'Hare was still Orchard Douglas,...
By David M. Young Special to the Tribune The airport we call O'Hare International wasn't built in a day.