Plainfield News

For the third year in a row, the village plans to maintain its property tax rate.

Traffic already moves pretty slowly through downtown Plainfield. But for the next few weeks, it'll slow to a snail's pace at Route 59 and Lockport Street as utility crews work at the intersection.

Seven people suffered minor injuries this afternoon when a driver impaired by diabetes triggered a three-car collision, veered into oncoming traffic and forcing a semitrailer truck into a power pole, Will County Sheriff's Office spokesman Pat Barry said.

Sixth-grade accelerated Language Arts students at Ira Jones Middle school culminated their study of the novel "A View From Saturday" by hosting a tea party.

Plainfield School Board will now hold its talks on how to cut $16 million from the budget in front of the public at Thursday's special meeting.

Plainfield School District 202 is looking for help from it's residents after recently passing a budget with a 16 million dollar deficit.

Police have yet to file charges in a racially motivated attack here the day before Halloween.

A borough man has lost the appeal of his reckless manslaughter conviction in the shooting death of a Plainfield man at a party in the borough in August 2000.

Troy Township Supervisor Joseph Baltz and Shorewood Mayor Rick Chapman on Friday announced a voter revolt of sorts.

A local man fled for his life when a bandit dressed all in black brandished a pistol and demanded his money Saturday night.

Kosovo pop star Genta Ismajli has amassed more than 25 million views on You Tube, has more than 26,000 fans on her Facebook page and has performed 300-plus concerts around the globe.

A teenage love affair likely inspired a nasty pre-Halloween trick at a Plainfield family's home.

The opening of a western Will County branch office of the county clerk in the Plainfield Township Office Building, 22525 W. Lockport Road, was announced by Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots.

When the Plainfield Fire District bought 2 acres in 2007 for its fourth fire station, apparently no one noticed a catch in the fine print.

Today, Bolingbrook will be the center of the fight against H1N1 flu in Will County.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 10:36 am US/Central JOLIET, Ill. Although Plainfield police arrested Craig Stebic on Sunday for allegedly threatening a neighbor, he has yet to be formally charged with a crime by the Will County state's attorney's office.

The haunted house on Lockport Street in Plainfield is really a restaurant, but people who work there have paranormal-activity-like stories to tell.

Next fall there will be a new option for retirement living in Plainfield. Construction is already under way on The Park at Plainfield, a retirement community with assisted living and memory care services set to open in September 2010.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 10:48 pm US/Central Reporting Pamela Jones PLAINFIELD, Ill.

The Plainfield Fire Protection District will collect toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.