Lockport

Lockport Township High School District 205 has announced that its Board of Education has recognized east campus principal Dr. John Greenan as the 2022 High School Principal of the Year by the Illinois Principal Association Three Rivers Region.

Timothy Hinton and Jermaine Johnson were jailed in Will County on charges of battery and robbery in connection with the incident.

Larri Learnahan turned himself at the Lockport Police Department after he was charged with attempted to murder a man by stabbing him at a Lockport motel, police said.

Many of the recent overdose deaths in Will County involve fentanyl, cocaine or just fentanyl, according to the Will County coroner. Local agencies are distributing Narcan and fentanyl strips to reduce the number of deaths.

Thrifting can be part of an overall budget strategy to combat inflation.

The US Postal Service will relocate retail services in Lockport from its 1059 E. 9th St. location to 950 East 9th St., according to a news release.

Lockport Township High School District 205 has announced its High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the second semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

Lockport Township High School District 205 Supt. Robert McBride has been named an ISAL Fellow after completing the IASA School for Advanced Leadership academy, which is designed boost leadership skills and help student achievement, according to a press release.

Jeremy Carr died after he was pinned underneath the Chevy pickup truck he was driving in Lockport Township, police said.

Vinnie Gincauskas, 15, has volunteered for Lockport’s Haunted Hayride and at the Lockport Resource Center. He likes antiques, history, musicals, theater and the Titanic. He also has a cancer so rare, no standard of care exists.

Overdose deaths in Joliet, Lockport, New Lenox and Wilmington likely due to 'street drugs that contain lethal doses of fentanyl,' coroner said.

The annual festival attracts visitors to celebrate the I&M Canal and its contributions to the success of Lockport.

The Lockport Township High School District 205 Board of Education recognized the state finishers of the SkillsUSA Illinois State Leadership and Skills Conference at its May 16 meeting.

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet, is hoping someone in the community has space it could rent at a reasonable rate.

A Lockport man has been charged with dumping nails at the driveway entrance of Ludwig Elementary School and scaring a school official by chasing after him.