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Braun tabbed as next JJC baseball coach, AD
Joliet Junior College associate head baseball Coach Gregg Braun will become the school’s next athletic director and head baseball coach on May 20. Braun will take over for Hall of Famer Wayne L. King,...
View ArticleValiant Tigers fall at Oswego East 10-7
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle After the Southwest Suburban Prairie Conference leaders from Joliet West fell 10-7 to Oswego East on Tuesday afternoon, the result of the game created chaos in the...
View ArticleCougars turn four double plays to stop Joliet West
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Plainfield South (15-2, 4-1) and Joliet West (10-8, 3-2) entered Wednesday’s Southwest Prairie Conference first-place showdown tied for first with Oswego East and...
View ArticleCougars, “Puma” sweep away Tigers in windy Joliet
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Mother Nature once again made her appearance at another area baseball game this spring. This time, on Good Friday’s Southwest Prairie Conference showdown between the...
View ArticleJoliet Catholic’s Jared Cushing and Plainfield South’s Griffin Lapp, take...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle TEAM OF THE WEEK- JOLIET CATHOLIC ACADEMY (16-4, 4-1)– The Hilltoppers were edged out by the Joliet West Tigers for the Week 4 Voyager Media Publications Team of the...
View ArticleNaperville Ribfest moving in 2020
Ryan Ostry Bugle Reporter @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com The Village of Romeoville was notified by the Exchange Club of Naperville that it is their top choice for the new location of the...
View ArticleJoliet/Shorewood Police Blotter
Information on recent arrests is provided by the Joliet Police Department. Persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Katie M. Nitz, 27, of the 800 block of...
View ArticleJoliet West High School becomes journalism sectional champions, advances to...
By Kelly Rappaport, Copy Editor for Tiger Tales Their work is on newsstands, shown in advisories, and purchased to encapsulate fond memories. They are awake at odd hours to meet deadlines, attend every...
View ArticleMake-A-Wish and Rialto Square Theatre partner to make a dream come true
Ryan Ostry Bugle Reporter @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com Some 13-year-olds are celebrated for making a team, getting good grades in school, or doing a good deed for someone else. Others,...
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St. Francis ends its season at USBC championships
The University of St. Francis men’s bowling team rounded out its successful 2018-19 campaign with a 1-2 record in bracket play at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships...
View ArticleHilltoppers 8-run second inning beats Dons
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle www.buglenewspapers.com In a possible preview of the inaugural East Suburban Catholic Conference Championship Game, to be played on May 11, the South Division leaders from...
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Loyola men’s basketball coach Porter Moser turns down lucrative offer to...
After being courted by St. John’s University to fill a position recently vacated by Chris Mullin, Loyola men’s basketball coach Porter Moser is staying put. The Ramblers’ head man turned down a...
View ArticleMike Gurka pitches and hits Hilltoppers past Nazareth
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle After Joliet Catholic Academy’s “Christmas in April” performance in La Grange Park on Monday leading to JCA’s 4-3 East Suburban Catholic South Division loss to Nazareth,...
View ArticleZach Rana, Wildcats shut down SPC leader Plainfield South
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle In 2018, Plainfield Central’s varsity baseball team won 25 games and finished in the Top 25, in the state of Illinois. In 2019, the Wildcats returned almost everyone for...
View ArticleMcGuigan, Cougars blank Oswego East in SPC first-place battle
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle For the last three seasons, the residents of Plainfield, Illinois have had the enjoyment of watching two of the best defensive catchers in all of Illinois. On the “North...
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Lewis women’s basketball team holds 5K Saturday to raise funds for France trip
By Mark Gregory Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com The Lewis University women’s basketball team is less than a month away from the trip of a lifetime for its players. The team...
View ArticleWEEKLY ROUNDUP: Maine South, DG South’s Kyle Vogt, Plainfield Central’s Zach...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Voyager Media Publications Week 6 Team of the Week- Maine South Hawks (16-7, 6-1) The Central Suburban South co-leaders from Maine South, went 4-0 this week and have won...
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Men arrested for allegedly leading police on dangerous chase
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle Two men were arrested April 23 after allegedly leading police on a dangerous chase through Joliet. The incident began at 7:33 p.m. when officers spotted a vehicle...
View ArticleJJC Honors more than 120 employees, names Core Values Award Winners
Ryan Ostry Bugle Reporter @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com Over 120 Joliet Junior College employees were recognized for their service and eight were presented with awards at the annual...
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Second suspect arrested for carjacking
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle A second suspect was arrested recently in connection with an armed carjacking that occurred last fall in Joliet. Jordan M. Peete, 21, of the first block of East Zarley...
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