Coal City, Illinois news
Donations for Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, who both require round-the-clock health care, can now be made at a Coal City bank.
Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, both have Heredity Spastic Paraplegia Type 35 and require round-the-clock care. Their disease is so rare that only 51 people in 19 families are documented in medical literature.
Ashley Bodhaine, 36, formerly of Shorewood and now of Ottawa and single mom of an 11-year-old daughter, is organizing the Rock Circus Featuring Hairbangers Ball on April 27 at The Forge in Joliet to raise awareness of concussions and money for the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
A Will County judge has not yet decided whether a man convicted of killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws motorcycle clubhouse should receive a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
Waylon was born shortly before Memorial Day at 25 weeks gestation – 15 weeks ahead of his Aug. 30 due date – weighing 1 pound 12 ounces. He spent 186 days at Silver Cross Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit in New Lenox and is now doing really well.
All Coal City Schools will be dismissed beginning at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18.
The Village of Coal City’s third annual fall festival will be held Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16.
Morris Hospital is expanding its orthopedics and sports medicine practice by adding Dr. Ahmed Eldib, a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon.
Four local cities and villages have been announced as recipients of the Community Development Block Grant for Housing Rehabilitation.
State Sen. Tom Bennett, R-Gibson City, will be hosting traveling office hours throughout the 53rd Senate District through the end of December 2023, including regular stops in Streator and Coal City.
Dr. Paul Perona, a board certified orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in adult joint reconstructive surgery, now is seeing patients at the Morris Hospital Orthopedics & Sports Medicine office at 1306 Gemini Circle, Suite 2, Ottawa.
After retiring as Channahon's police chief in 2017, Jeff Wold will retire again as Manhattan's police chief. He said he may still yet have a career in law enforcement on a part-time basis.
Wills began at Morris Community High School in 2007
After graduating from Coal City High School, Jeremy Unger obtained his teaching degree from the University of St. Francis in 2009, where he played tennis. After graduation, he returned to his hometown as a math teacher and tennis coach.
Betsy Cowherd never thought about being anything other than a teacher, even as a child.