Peotone News

An 18-year-old man was shot three times Friday night on East Washington Street, Will County police said.

Area firefighters were called to the Johnson Greenhouse in Manteno at 5:45 p.m. Friday as flames roared through the building at 114 S. Locust Ave.

George Ochsenfeld, of Monee, has filed a petition to run for state representative in the 79th district.

A Peotone resident on Monday night questioned the village's leaf collection fee, saying she already pays a fee for yardwaste pick-up by Star Disposal and having to pay both is not fair.

The hottest transportation story in Illinois is no longer the proposed south suburban airport near Peotone.

Margaret Long and Michael Kohl exchanged vows at a 2 p.m. ceremony July 4, 2009, at St.

According to Peotone School District Business Manager Heather Rose, the district ended the 2008/2009 fiscal year with $471,000 more in revenue than expenses.

You don't judge politicians by their empty words and disingenuous promises. You judge them by their deeds.

The Will County Board's first of two public hearings on the controversial legalization of video poker machines drew little interest on Oct.

The 2009 Peotone Business Expo might sound like it's all about business, but event sponsors want to make it clear that it's going to be a lot of fun, too.

GOODERS ALLNlet's give them a cheerNthe members of the Oster-Oakview sixth grade girls basketball team are pretty in pink! Participating in the Mokena JCPenney Hair Salon's Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraiser, the team sports pink hair extensions being offered by the salon for $5 during October.

Local residents wonder exactly what the Illinois Department of Transportation is protecting at its headquarters, just west of Egyptian Trail on Eagle Lake Road.

Title: SEX CASE CATHOLIC DIOCESE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY Delaware's Catholic Diocese of Wilmington filed for federal bankruptcy protection on Sunday night, on the eve of a civil trial in a high-profile sex abuse case against the diocese and a former priest.

The Pioneer Grove Educational Center and the Parent-Student Organization are building a sensory garden to stimulate the senses as well as encourage interaction of children with special needs.

The president Shut This Airport Nightmare Down announced that he is seriously considering running for office and the vice-president has made her decision to run for state senator.

The Peotone school district has spent between $70,000 and $80,000 over an eight-year period in real estate taxes it may not have owed.

It was a perfect day for a golf outing sunny skies and no chance of rain. What better day could there be to combine golf with charity? Apparently, many agreed as 86 golfers showed up for Alicia's House seventh annual Celebrity Golf Outing at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete on Saturday, September 12.

Jim Verduin doesn't want to sell the Beecher home he built with his own hands and 30,000 bricks for an airport or any other reason.

Wayne G. Ruder, 86, of Monee, guides four ponies hitched to a wagon around an arena at the Will County Fair, Aug.

Three ownership changes, a building addition and computerized banking have made Duane Carder's time of service dynamic at Peotone Bank and Trust Co.