New Lenox

Star Wars Day in Joliet includes a costumed character parade, games, food vendors, Artist and Author Alley, and merchandise vendors.

This year’s student speakers were Alexa Hadley (Lincoln-Way Central), Jenan Halawa (Lincoln-Way East) and Jack Towner (Lincoln-Way West).

Instead, Metra line will start and stop in New Lenox.

Silver Cross Hospital and Silver Cross Home Health Care were awarded three-year accreditation from The Joint Commission for providing excellent patient care.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul report names 451 priests and brothers in Illinois dioceses.

Elizabeth Kulpinski and Marissa Massaro will both attend the University of Notre Dame after graduating from Providence Catholic High School.

Old National Bank’s $150,000 charitable donation will help fund the expansion of the emergency department in Homer Glen and the Midwest Institute for Lung at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.

On April 26, the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) presented the award to Charlene Vece, who came to Trinity Services in 2006.

Chrissy Hack schedules guest speakers and presentations for all students, brings in therapy dogs to help students during finals week and creates opportunities for students to make good decisions and lower their stress.

This “A” in Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for spring 2023, is its 17th straight A The Leapfrog Group has given Silver Cross.

A Will County judge set a $500,000 bond for Francisco Alvarez, 42, of Glendale Heights, who has been charged with attempted murder of a Joliet police officer.

A criminal complaint alleged the 18-year-old committed disorderly conducted by displaying a knife with a four-inch blade while in the female locker room of Lincoln-Way West High School.

Two of the three suspects were hospitalized after one complained of chest pains and the other told a Grundy County sheriff's deputy she ingested heroin, police said. A fourth suspect remains at large.

Trinity Services awardees are Linda McGoughy, Melanie Lowe and Kimberly Payne.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County, village of New Lenox and Joliet, Frankfort park districts are all hosting individual events.