University Park News

A single-family residence was evacuated Saturday evening after residents reported symptoms that were consistent with carbon-monoxide poisoning, authorities said.

Esmark Inc., which sold its steel assets to Russia's OAO Severstal last year for about $775 million, has re-entered the metal-distribution business with the purchase of Amtex Steel Inc.

The Silver Cross board of directors' new officers assumed their roles at the hospital's September board meeting.

Spend more than a minute Googling "Greater Grand Crossing," and you'll surely come across stories of a terrible train wreck at the intersection of the Illinois Central and Michigan Southern railroad tracks in 1853.

Mechanical problems have delayed a University Park-bound Metra train about 30 minutes Sunday morning.

A few candidates arrived long before the sun Monday morning and patiently waited in their cars in the parking lot of the Will County building in downtown Joliet.

Sara M. VanByssum, of Burbank , has been named to the spring/summer 2009 trimester dean's list at Governors State University in University Park.

Frankfort Jaycees haunted house: 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 16-17, 23-24, 30-31 at the Frankfort Square Park District, 7540 W. Braemar Lane.

Two women were hurt Tuesday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash involving a Pace bus in south suburban University Park, authorities said.

It's another sign of the improving economy. The Pei Wei Asian Dinner opens on Monday.

Stopped by police? Depending on where you were pulled over, you are either guaranteed to get a ticket - or you could drive away scot-free. In south suburban University Park, for instance, don't even think about asking for mercy.

If you have a lead foot, you may want to move to Crestwood or Kenilworth and avoid University Park and Hazel Crest.

OR WILL COP ISSUE WARNING? Odds of a citation depend on where you're pulled over September 19, 2009 Stopped by police? Depending on where you were pulled over, you are either guaranteed to get a ticket -- or you could drive away scot-free. In south suburban University Park, for instance, don't even think about asking for mercy.

Carl Thunderbird , 19, of 7512 S. Emerald St. in Chicago, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Thursday on a charge of driving on a revoked or suspended license.

Individuals are needed to serve as election judges for the General Primary on Feb.

The Mobile Learning Center of the Workforce Services Division, a department of Will County government, helps people find jobs and helps businesses find people to fill those jobs.

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Drizzly, dreary weather may have kept attendance down, but it didn't dampen the spirits of those who participated in the recent Massage on the Beach program at the Aquatorium in Miller.

For more than a year, the business equivalent of a messy divorce has dragged on in Will County Circuit Court.

More than 125 business and community leaders gathered at the Grundy Economic Development Council' s annual networking event Aug.