Plainfield News

The Hardee's restaurant, one of the old landmarks on Main Street in Plainfield, will be torn down.

Village officials want to get a better handle on foreclosed and abandoned properties in town, and are hoping a new registration ordinance will help.

Plainfield Park District officials are reworking their plan for the more than 40-square-mile district, and they want to hear what residents want included in the plan.

Two days before Irma Rodriguez was to be in court for a hearing in her divorce case, she disappeared from her Oak Forest home.

Man tells police he was stabbed 'for no reason' Comments July 6, 2009 JOLIET -- A 40-year-old Joliet man told police he was stabbed late Saturday in his home on the 200 block of Criswell Street "for no reason." The man's roommate told police the two men were drinking outside with neighbors and other people they did not know when the victim used a ...

Naperville Ribfest: Through Sunday at Knoch Park at West Street and Martin Road in Naperville.

The National Society of High School Scholars has selected Plainfield Central High School physics teacher Nickey Walker as a 2009 Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction.

The Plainfield Police Department would like to remind all residents and visitors that the 2009 Patriotic Picnic and Fireworks Show will be taking place Friday at Plainfield Central High School.

Sparks will fly in downtown Plainfield on Friday night as a fireworks display caps off the second annual Patriotic Picnic.

Driving through Plainfield could get a little messier next week, when the state closes an alternate route around the downtown area.

Two local Republicans say they are pondering a run for longtime state Rep. Tom Cross' seat because they believe some of his actions stray from traditional Republican values.

A former financial planner was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for stealing a retired nun's life savings.

Rural and underrepresented communities in Illinois are one-step closer to having more access to Small Business Innovation Research awards, thanks to a piece of legislation proposed by U.S. Rep.

Calling all movie lovers! The Village of Plainfield and Plainfield Park District will be showing "Big Fat Liar" at 8 p.m. tonight in Settlers' Park at the Richard A. Rock Amphitheater.

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@kcchronicle.com Monica Emeritz chats with Ruby Smith in her Carroll Tower apartment over lunch Monday afternoon.

Work will begin in early July on the third phase of the Romeoville Bike Path, linking Sunset Park to Pacific and Volunteer parks.

An 18-year-old Plainfield woman died Friday night when the vehicle she was traveling in struck a tree in Romeoville.

More than 500 cancer survivors, family, friends and volunteers will be joining in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Plainfield to "Celebrate. Remember.

The Saturday farmers market is back in Plainfield for another year. The market is held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through mid-October at the corner of Route 59 and Lockport Street.

Will County's H1N1 case count reached 102 with the addition of four new confirmations.