Peotone News

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.

The forecast calls for sunny skies over The Villas at Sunset Lakes - Grange Development's new community of 117 luxury ranch villas in Manhattan.

Tourists may be fumbling around the downtown in their attempts to find the newly-opened Route 66 Welcome Center.

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.

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 ...

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.

The war of words over the proposed Third Airport in Peotone between state Sen. Debbie Halvorson and Rep.

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.

' A proposal to give local Illinois officials control of an eventual Will County airport has stalled this year.

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.

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.

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.

By David M. Young Special to the Tribune The airport we call O'Hare International wasn't built in a day.