Joliet mayor dispels North Point rumors at council meeting
O’Dekirk assured area mayors no meeting with developers occurred By Megann Horstead | For The Bugle Joliet Mayor O’Dekirk took time to address rumors circling the City regarding the controversial North...
View ArticleDist. 365u officials maintain proactive policy regarding student, staff safety
“Valley View is one of the preeminent school districts in the metropolitan Chicago area, if not the country when it comes to the safety and security of its students and staff.” By Laura Katauskas Staff...
View ArticleNiles-Maine Library opens Cubs vs. Sox exhibit
Spring-long programs to highlight Chicago baseball culture By Igor Studenkov | for the Bugle The Miles-Maine District Public Library kicked off its new “Sox vs Cubs: Chicago Civil War” exhibit with a...
View ArticlePlans continue to take shape at the Farmhouse in Plainfield
Changes made to venue proposal address neighbors concerns about noise, nuisance By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff Questions of how a new business in Plainfield will operate, and how that business...
View ArticleWhite Oak’s annual STEM Fest brings out the fun of science, technology,...
By Laura Katauskas Staff reporter More than 600 people came out to experience how using science and technology work to make life a little more than interesting. White Oak Library District hosted its...
View ArticleRedwings, Crothers hold off Bartlett at Glenbard East Sectional
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle In their Class 4A Glenbard East Sectional semifinal in Lombard, on Tuesday night, Benet Academy (26-4), senior guard Jake Petrovic’s (seven points, two three’s, five...
View ArticlePlainfield’s Best of the Best advance to the Alliance of Fine Arts Exhibition
Plainfield Art League (PAL) is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Best of the Best Exhibit. PAL members competed separately, with a total of 49 students from Plainfield South, Plainfield...
View Article2018 Voyager Media Prep Shootout Senior All-Star Rosters Announced
Girls South – Home White Jerseys 3 – Maiya Creal – Plainfield East 3 – Destiny Davis – Lockport 5 – Sarah Gersch – Joliet West 30 – Taylor Hopkins – Lockport 23 – Megan James – Lockport 33 – Olivia...
View ArticleNews from Downers Grove District 99
Three students at North named National Merit Scholars Three students at North High School in Downers Grove are finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP), an academic competition...
View ArticleMurphy Lake zoning change proposed by Park Ridge Council
Zoning Commission charged with hold public hearing on amendment By Igor Studenkov | For the Bugle Almost 20 years after the Park Ridge City Council first tried to do something to prevent property...
View ArticlePlainfield explores options for land development
Acres around new PACE facility could be developed with flex zoning and mix of industries By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff As construction chugs along at the new PACE bus depot just outside downtown...
View ArticleDogs invited to retrieve Easter eggs at Mar. 31 ‘Hugs for Hounds’ in Shorewood
The 10th annual “Hugs for Hounds Easter Egg Hunt” will get cracking on Saturday, March 31, at Hammel Woods in Shorewood. Thousands of plastic eggs filled with doggy treats and prizes will be located in...
View ArticleEarly morning shooting at Izzy’s bar in Joliet
UPDATE: Friday, March 9, 4:10 p.m. Police sit outside the home of Patrick K. Gleason, 55, on the 1600 block of Dearborn Street, Crest Hill. Gleason is the suspected gunman in an early morning shooting...
View ArticleWill County’s conflict resolution sessions help youngsters open up
When Minerva Spurlock arrived as an intern in the Will County Health Department Behavioral Health Division about three months ago, she had a specific objective. As a doctoral student at Walden...
View ArticleDuPage County, SCARCE hosting 12th Annual Sustainable Design Challenge
DuPage County and SCARCE are now accepting project proposals from local high school students for the 12th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. Scheduled for April 17, the Sustainable Design Challenge...
View Article2018 Hero Helps Community Forum is May 11
The 2018 Hero Helps Community Forum is slated for Friday, May 11 at the Edward Hospital Athletic and Event Center in Romeoville. This year’s event will bring together all of the efforts being made...
View ArticleNIU-bound Redwings bury Willowbrook, for Glenbard East Sectional Title
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle The Benet Academy Redwings (27-4) “Road to Peoria”, continued in a stop in Lombard, on Friday night. In the 2018 Glenbard East Class 4A Sectional Championship Game,...
View ArticleGoFundMe Page set up for Danny Rios, bartender murdered in Joliet
Photo via GoFundMe The son of Danny Rios, the 52-year-old murder victim at Izzy’s Bar in Joliet, has started a GoFundMe Page to help with funeral expenses. Rios was murdered around 1:15 Friday morning...
View ArticleSave the June 17 for first showing of entire national parks quilt exhibit in...
For the first time since it debuted in 2016, the entire national parks quilt exhibit will be on display in Illinois when it opens to the public in June at four Forest Preserve District of Will County...
View ArticleFast action prevented further tragedy at Izzy’s Bar in Joliet
Two quick thinking patrons disarm gunman after he killed bartender, shot another man By Mark Gregory | Bugle Newspapers The shooting early Friday morning at Izzy’s Bar that left one person dead and...
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