Chapman gave state of city in April
By Brian Stanley For the Bugle There’s a lot going on in Shorewood. Mayor Richard Chapman presented the State of the Village to local business leaders in April. Chapman noted 121 new homes were...
View ArticleHilltoppers roll past Shamrocks on “Take a Swing at ALS” night
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle At Route 66 Stadium, the home of the defending Frontier League Champion Joliet Slammers, the Terrific Ten Area Baseball Rankings leaders from Joliet Catholic hosted St....
View ArticleMarist’s “strange first-inning” three-run bomb stun Hilltoppers
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Entering Monday night’s East Suburban Catholic South Division first-place showdown, Joliet Catholic Academy had a ½ game lead over Marist. After taking advantage of a...
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Both Tigers and Porters look to keep the ball rolling and make a push to get...
Ryan Ostry Bugle Reporter @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com Even though Joliet West (13-7, 6-2) moved into the Southwest Prairie Conference and is no longer in the same conference as Lockport...
View ArticleNotre Dame, Joliet Catholic’s Christian Knapczyk and Notre Dame’s Nick Loizzi...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle We moved one step closer to an all-Voyager Media Publications inaugural East Suburban Catholic Conference Championship Game, scheduled for Saturday, May 11. Notre Dame’s...
View ArticleChristian Knapczyk leads Hilltoppers past Carmel
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle For Joliet Catholic’s Louisville-bound second baseman, Christian Knapczyk, Saturday’s crucial East Suburban Catholic crossover game with Carmel, was a showcase of the...
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Voyager Media brings home awards from Illinois Press Association convention
The Bugle, Enterprise and Sentinel newspapers took home numerous awards during the annual Illinois Press Association convention and awards ceremony, held May 2 and 3 in Springfield. The Alabama Press...
View ArticleYoung women in Illinois can race to their futures as the application for the...
This summer, 30 young women from the Chicago area will build both high-tech racecars and pathways to their futures in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Girls can apply now for the...
View ArticleMan fatally shot outside Denny’s
Brian Stanley Bugle Reporter April ended with a fatal shooting outside a restaurant in northwest Joliet. Just after 10 p.m. April 30, Gregory G. Brown, 36, was found in the parking lot outside...
View ArticleJoliet Junior College hosts community band celebrating 40 years
Ryan Ostry Bugle Reporter @RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com The Joliet Junior College Community Band officially celebrated 40 years of musical excellence with its annual Spring Concert last...
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. Brian K. Taylor, 19, of the 200 block of...
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Tony Bennett highlights upcoming Rialto events
By Brian Stanley Bugle Reporter One entertainment legend from 1926 still going strong will meet another in Joliet. Tony Bennett, 92, will appear May 10 at the 92-year-old Rialto Square Theatre. As of...
View ArticleShorewood now hiring summer help
By Brian Stanley Bugle Reporter Spring weather may have just started and summer hiring season has too. The Village of Shorewood is now accepting applications for summer employment with the Department...
View ArticleTroy 30-C schools demonstrate solar panels to Bertino-Tarrant, Manley
Troy School District 30-C Superintendent Dr. Todd Koehl this month showed a scaled-down working model of the district’s recently-installed solar panels to Illinois Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and...
View ArticleJoliet’s Chicagoland Speedway to host Ultimate 5v5 Street Soccer event on pit...
By Mark Gregory Editorial Director @Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com If someone were to tell you that Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet was going to host a national 5-on-5 soccer tournament, it...
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Steelmen send pair to state
Joliet Central High School Girls Badminton team members Daisy Catalan and Lauryn Luangsomkham will compete in the IHSA Badminton State Championship on Friday, May 9, 2019, at Eastern Illinois...
View ArticleBrady Shelton and Cougars rally past Bengals 5-4, to survive in SPC
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle “ I was really nervous out there on the mound. Down two runs. East had the bases loaded and the heart of their lineup coming up to the plate”- Brady Shelton Plainfield...
View ArticleCircuit Court Clerks bring their daughters and sons to work
On Thursday April 25, 2019, the Will County’s Circuit Clerk’ Office swore in thirty two cadet clerks as part of their annual participation in the national Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This...
View ArticleHilltoppers, Knapczyk, Walk-off past L-W West 2-1
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle Junior Conor Wright. Junior Henry Schuler. Junior Jack Wiers. Junior Luc Melnick and senior, Josh Bolek. In Joliet Catholic Academy’s non-conference affair on Saturday...
View ArticleZiegler and Hilltoppers rally past Marist, move one step closer to ESCC South...
By Drake Skleba For the Bugle With their East Suburban Catholic Conference South Division championship dreams on the line, Joliet Catholic Academy senior centerfielder Greg Ziegler stood in the...
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