Trump Event Draws Critics, Supporters To Bolingbrook
Crowds of demonstrators face off outside presidential candidate’s private Bolingbrook fundraiser Sept. 28 By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @BugleNewspapers Threatening...
View ArticleSpecial Voices: Anything Can Be In An Inclusive Hollywood
Viewers need to support inclusion in mainstream media By Daniel Smrokowski Bugle Columnist This is a time to celebrate the lives of those diagnosed with Down syndrome. It is a time to celebrate the...
View ArticleLetter: Joliet Firefighters Endorse Bertino-Tarrant
Tim Hunter | President of Firefighters Local 44 As president of the Joliet Firefighters Local 44, I represent over 150 firefighters and paramedics who put their lives on the line everyday to keep our...
View ArticleBrush Fire Burns Several Acres In Plainfield
Enterprise Staff The Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a report of a brush fire just before noon Sept. 27. A Plainfield farmer called 9-1-1 to advise that as he was harvesting his...
View ArticlePlainfield Approves Bump In Pay For Future Mayors
Salary Increase Takes Effect After April Election By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff news@enterprisepublications.com @PlainfieldNews Current Plainfield Mayor Mike Collins The next person to head up...
View ArticleDistrict 202 Says Full-Day Kindergarten Pilot Shows Early Signs Of Success
Submitted By District 202 A Beatles tune played as students in Linda Merdian’s full-day kindergarten class drew pictures and wrote their names in their journals. A few minutes later the class of 24...
View ArticleJoliet Township High School To Hold Make-Up Placement Testing For Class Of 2021
Joliet Township High School announced that it will hold make-up placement testing Oct. 22 for current eighth-grade students planning to attend Joliet Township High School next year. Students who were...
View ArticlePlainfield Police To Establish Memorial For 4-Legged Partners
Phase 2 Of Fundraising Effort For K-9 Memorial Now Underway By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff news@enterprisepublications.com @PlainfieldNews Dogs are often credited with having the gift of a sixth...
View ArticleTo Your Mental Health: Between Fate & Choice
Choices, The Chicago Cubs And The Lure Of Superstition By Jason Florin | Bugle Columnist Jason Florin A basic part of my morning routine involves starting the coffeemaker and then choosing the day’s...
View ArticleRevitalization Of Plainfield Riverfront Drifts Along
Riverfront Foundation Working To Create Awareness Of Riverfront As Recreation, Economic Driver By Marney Simon | Enterprise Staff news@enterprisepublications.com @PlainfieldNews Turning the riverfront...
View ArticleZonta Club Of Joliet To Host Festival Of Culture
To benefit local service projects that will empower women, the Zonta Club of the Joliet Area has announced plans to hold a Festival of Culture Oct. 24. The event is scheduled to take place from 5 to 8...
View ArticleShorewood Woman Joins Fellow Vets On Honor Flight
Ceil Severns Was Among 107 Veterans Who Took Ceremonial Trip To Washington, DC Submitted By Joliet Area Community Hospice Ceil Severns joined the U.S. Marines in 1944. “It was like a dream.” That was...
View ArticleCommunity Foundation of Will County Awards $90K In Grants
Grants Awarded To 11 Area Nonprofits The Community Foundation of Will County announced that it has awarded Community Partner Grants in the priority areas of health, education, human services and the...
View ArticlePlayoffs start Friday night
By Mark Gregory @Hear_The_Beard When the IHSA playoffs were announced last weekend, six Voyager Media area teams locked in spots to compete for a state title. CLASS 8A (28) Joliet West @ (5) Oswego 7...
View ArticleJCA duo wins state finals
By Mark Gregory @Hear_The_Beard When Maddie Bauer and McCoy Hutchison were in eighth grade, the friends decided they wanted to play high school tennis together. “We asked the coach we had freshman year...
View ArticleJoliet, Shorewood Police Blotter: Week of Oct. 24
The following items were compiled from the official reports of the Joliet and Shorewood Police Departments. Appearing in the police blotter does not constitute a finding of guilt, only a court of law...
View ArticleJoliet Junior Woman’s Club holds second annual Witches Ball
By Megann Horstead | For The Bugle sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews Cowboys will take to the streets in search of bad blood, so will witches and convicts. Halloween came early last weekend...
View ArticleShorewood officials propose TIF near Route 59, Jefferson Street
By Megann Horstead | For The Sentinel sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @ShorewoodNews The village of Shorewood is looking to set plans in motion to implement a tax increment finance district to encourage...
View ArticleJoliet OKs electronic recycling pact with Will County
Service will be offered to residents on second and fourth Tuesdays By Megann Horstead | For The Bugle sweditor@buglenewspapers.com @JolietILNews The city of Joliet has launched a new electronic...
View ArticleJoliet police plan Halloween drive sober crackdown
Enforcement effort to take place Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 The Joliet Police Department will be looking for impaired drivers this Halloween, as part of an aggressive Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement...
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