District 202 High School 2018-19 final honor roll
Plainfield High School-Central Campus High Honor Roll – Grade 9 TAMEEM ABOU-CHAKRA, RUQAYYAH ALVI, CHRISTOPHER ANDAYA, SAREENA BAIG, SAHRISH BAKHTIARI, EMILY BARGAS, AUSTIN BILOTTA, MACKENZIE BLASKEY,...
View ArticleMeet and a Movie slated for July 25
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle Your kids may not be as fast as Lightning McQueen, but they’ll have the opportunity to try. Plainfield Central will host the third annual “Meet And A Movie” track event...
View ArticleResidents learn about moths as part of Green Village series
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle Residents who wanted to learn more about moths recently gathered at the Plainfield Library. “Butterflies are certainly pretty, but moths are the quieter, darker side of...
View ArticleDistrict 202 fourth quarter Middle School honor roll
Indian Trail Middle School High Honor Roll – Grade 6 NATALIE ADELMANN, KYLIE BAKHAUS, EZEQUIEL BLANCO, DARNELL CANTAVE, STEPHANIE CARRANZA, SEBASTIAN CHAVEZ, GIOVANI CHIARITO, CAROLLANN COOMBS, KAYLE...
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Obituary: Sandi Ferdon
Sandi Ferdon (nee Newnam), age 64, a resident of Plainfield, IL since 1979, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 12, 2019 at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, IL. She was born on...
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Plainfield students help paint main office at Walker’s Grove Elementary School
Plainfield South graduate Alexis Grigg (seated), Plainfield Central senior Angelo Briddick and District 202 painter Paul Hernandez (on ladder) paint the main office at Walker’s Grove Elementary School...
View ArticleAll Area baseball
Charlie Bischoff, Plainfield Central Hit .353 with 23 RBI and 18 runs scored on the year. Had 36 overall hits, second only to Lindish. Connor Blake, Plainfield South Blake initiated the power surge for...
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Plainfield Central’s Lindish is 2019 Voyager Media Charlie Donovan Baseball...
By Mark Gregory Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com For a Plainfield Central team that finished one game away from advancing to the state finals, it was senior first baseman Jac...
View ArticleChicago man sentenced to two years for hate crime
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Chicago man charged with yelling racial slurs and threatening three African-American men and one Hispanic man with a knife has...
View ArticlePlan ahead for 2019-20 school year: Physicals and Immunization records due by...
For the 2019-20 school year, all Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 6th , and 9th grade students, and students new to Valley View School District, must have a current physical examination and required...
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Jorge Masvidal, the UFC fighter from Florida keen on fighting Conor McGregor...
Jorge Masvidal, the man who holds the record of scoring the fastest knockout in the history of UFC, is now keen on fighting Conor McGregor. In the precise words he used, Masvidal wishes to break the...
View ArticleHartwig earns nod to be second-ward alderman
In mid-May, the City had learned that Alderman Nicholas Milissis was moving to another suburb and would be retiring from the City Council and vacating his elected position as Second Ward Alderman. He...
View ArticlePlainfield to build new elementary school on Wallin Drive
District 202’s newest elementary school will be built on district-owned land adjacent to Ira Jones Middle School on Wallin Drive near downtown Plainfield. The Board of Education approved the new...
View ArticleWoman injured on roller coaster at Plainfield Fest
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle Plainfield Fest began with a shaky start when a small roller coaster derailed and a woman was injured. The Iron Dragon roller coaster was set up near Plainfield Central...
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Plainfield Fest braves the weather
With temperatures that rose to 115 degrees with the heat index, and then a steady downfall of rain on Sunday, the 38th annual Plainfield Fest somehow survived the elements from Mother Nature. (Photo by...
View ArticlePlainfield Park District donation delivers play opportunities around the world
Tim Clauson was a general contractor before he came to work for Rockford-based non-profit Kids Around the World 11 years ago. Now serving as their Director of Playgrounds, he got his start as a...
View ArticleDistrict 202 Board of Education welcomes five new elementary and middle...
The District 202 Board of Education welcomed five new elementary and middle school assistant principals at its July 22, 2019 regular meeting. The Board approved the new administrators over the summer....
View ArticlePlainfield to hold truck pull challenge for charity
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle The long arms of the law may be stretched further for a good cause. Plainfield Police will host the Armored Truck Challenge on July 30. Five-person teams can sign up to...
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Ohio native edges out Mistwood teaching professional in Phil Kosin IWO in...
By Mark Gregory Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglemewspapers.com As Jessica Porvasnik reached the end of the daunting, three-hole run known as Kelpie’s Korner, she saw a leaderboard and knew...
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Plainfield’s Logan Huegel competes in national home run derby in Cleveland
By Mark Gregory Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglemewspapers.com The Major League Baseball home run derby saw record-setting performances this season from the Dodgers’ Joc Pederson and Blue...
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