Romeoville News

One of the biggest fish of all may be getting away. DNA evidence says the dreaded Asian carp may have slipped through the $9 million dollar electronic barrier system designed to hook the invasive fish before they infiltrate Lake Michigan.

It's not as big or splashy a program as Metra officials would like but the commuter rail agency will use $136 million from the state infrastructure program signed into law by Gov.

A food drive will be held Saturday. Residents are asked to place contributions in plastic bags, and put them outside the front door by 11:30 a.m. so they can be picked up before 3 p.m. Harvest Saturday volunteers will pick up donated items from all areas of Romeoville, Lakewood Falls and Carillon.

Three apparently unrelated incidents, including a mysterious stabbing, kept police busy this weekend.

CHICAGO - Some people like the haunted train station look -- the boarded-up windows at the Metra stop at 115th Street, or the eerie yellow light shining on the plywood fencing at Cicero.

A state agency is lending a hand to families fearful about how they'll pay education costs.

A major fish kill aimed at saving the ecosystem of the Great Lakes waterways will be in the works early next month.

Officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources say they plan to poison more than five miles of a canal near Southwest suburban Romeoville next month.

Led Zeppelin Live! Starring Heartbreaker: The tribute band performs at The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University at 8 p.m. Nov.

Another key component of the Romeoville Police Department's new station -- its dispatch console communications system -- was approved by the village board.

A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Veteran's Memorial Garden, Montrose Drive and Route 53.

A nephew of Drew Peterson's slain third wife says prosecutors will call him to the witness stand during the disgraced former cop's trial, and he believes the testimony is going to cost him a year of his life.

A man police say has already survived one attempted murder was the victim of a recent attack right out of a horror movie.

Traveling around the world has never been easier or so inexpensive. You can stop by the Lewis University's International Food Fair 2009 today to sample the cuisine of 24 different countries while enjoying the music of The Inti Raymi Band , which will play South American folk music.

It's all over, for now. The deadline for filing petitions for next year's elections ended at 5 p.m. Monday.

The most luxurious -- and expensive -- movie theater in Will County will open Friday at the Promenade mall.

* Stanislaw Oleksy , 50, of 710 Echo Ave. in Romeoville, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Wednesday on a charge of driving on a revoked or suspended license.

Charity Tea Fundraiser: 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, 110 S. School St.

A. Vito Martinez Middle School in Romeoville has joined a small group of schools statewide in promising to continue ongoing efforts to "go green" by signing the Illinois Sustainable Schools Compact.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is waging ecological warfare in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.