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JJC Competitive Cheer Places Second in NCA College Nationals Debut
The Joliet Junior College competitive cheerleading team is bringing home hardware in their inaugural season. The Wolves earned a second-place finish during the 2024 NCA and NDA College Nationals competition in Daytona, Florida. Competing in the Intermediate All Girl Junior College category, the Wolves earned a final event score of 83.8241. “We feel proud of…
Will County Launches Child Care Provider Grant Opportunity
Will County launched a grant opportunity for early childcare providers to improve or expand services, with $225,000 made available for licensed providers to pursue grant funding for educational materials, developmental support services, or improvements to physical space and technology. “Our childcare providers are one of the first experiences for our children,” said Will County Executive…
WCCHC Offering Primary Care Services in Monee
The Will County Health Department and Community Health Center will begin offering primary care medical services at its Eastern Branch Office in Monee, 5601 W. Monee-Manhattan Road, beginning in April. Primary care services at the Eastern Branch office will be available from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., every Wednesday, effective immediately. Appointments are highly recommended…
Children’s Advocacy Center Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for State-of-the-Art Facility
Event held during Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Will County Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) recently celebrated the opening of its new location at 1206 Cedarwood in Crest Hill, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event was attended by State’s Attorney James Glasgow, County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, members of the Will County Board, Crest Hill Mayor…
Adoptions Now Available Through WCAPS
Will County Animal Protection Services (WCAPS) has launched their new adoption program, allowing residents to adopt pets directly through the department. The adoption program follows sweeping changes to Will County animal welfare policies in response to a nationwide increase in animal shelter populations. “This is the first time in agency history we’ve been able to…
Justin Regular Sentenced to 30 Years for UP Murder
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced Justin Regular, 23, of University Park, was sentenced recently to 30 years in prison for First Degree Murder in the 2020 shooting death of Chikiris Murphy. Regular pled guilty on March 11 and was sentenced on April 3, by Circuit Judge Sarah Jones. On January 6, 2020, 23-year-old…
JSO Announces Final Concert of 2023-2024 Season
The Joliet Symphony Orchestra (JSO) is pleased to announce the final concert set of its 2023-2024 Season with Artistic Director and Conductor Dr. Sean Paul Mills leading a program of works by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Antonin Dvorak, and featuring trumpet soloist Gilmar Cavalcante. Titled “Rejoice!” the JSO will perform Louis…
Newquist Will County Board Spotlight of the Month
Will County is one of two counties in Illinois that has the county executive form of government, with its board consisting of 22 members, representing each of the 11 county board districts. Each month they publish the “Will County Board Spotlight of the Month” that features one of its board members. It is their desire…
ISP Arrest Mokena Man for Child Pornography Possession
Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 arrested 75-year-old Edward R. Regan, of Mokena, for five counts of Possession of Child Pornography (Class 2 Felony). On April 11, ISP agents executed a search warrant at a residence in the 11000 block of Daniel Trail in Mokena. Evidence of child pornography was gathered…
WCHD Reports Second Positive Measle Case
The Will County Health Department (WCHD) has confirmed an additional positive case of measles in Will County, and the department’s communicable disease staff is working to collect additional details to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to measles, provide education, and recommend appropriate measures. Additionally, the WCHD is in close contact with…
Federal Funding Secured to Reduce Eastern Will County Truck Congestion
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant announced the approval of $500,000 in federal appropriations for the Eastern Will County Truck Routing Project. The project, aimed at reducing congestion in Eastern Will County, is part of the Fiscal Year 2024 government appropriations packaged approved by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden.…
USF Blood Drive April 23
The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. Help those in need as the University of St. Francis (USF) hosts its next American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, April 23, from 1 to 6 p.m., in the Assembly Hall…
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Capitol News
Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still ‘skeptical’ despite team’s $2B pledge
By DILPREET RAJU & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on Chicago’s lakefront on Wednesday afternoon, painting pictures of future Super Bowls and other major public events while pinning their hopes on yet-to-be-had conversations with the governor and lawmakers. The Bears…
Regulators weigh future of gas industry in Illinois, while clamping down on Chicago utility
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – Natural gas is fueling a fight between consumer advocates, a powerful utility company and the state. Amid competing advertising campaigns, accusations of mismanagement and state decarbonization efforts, the Illinois Commerce Commission is starting a process that will shape how the state regulates the increasingly controversial industry. …
Komatsu mining truck named 2024 ‘coolest thing made in Illinois’
By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois Clongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A mining truck manufactured by Komatsu was crowned the winner of the 2024 “Makers Madness” contest, earning the title of “the coolest thing made in Illinois” at the Governor’s Mansion Wednesday. The truck was one of more than 200 entries in the 5th annual contest hosted…
Giannoulias calls for disclosure of lobbyist contracts
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – For decades, lobbyists in the Illinois Statehouse have been required to report how much they spend wining, dining and entertaining lawmakers. Currently, though, there is no law requiring lobbyists to disclose how much they are paid by corporations, industry groups or other special interest organizations. That…
Illinois Senate advances changes to state’s biometric privacy law after business groups split
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – It’s been more than a year since the Illinois Supreme Court “respectfully suggest(ed)” state lawmakers clarify a law that’s led to several multi-million-dollar settlements with tech companies over the collection of Illinoisans’ biometric data. On Thursday, a bipartisan majority in the Illinois Senate did just that,…
Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online
By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois abbeduto@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new “E-Notary” portal launched by the secretary of state’s office. This process is one of the latest initiatives of Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ ongoing effort to modernize the office and its services. Notaries…
Prairie Band Potawatomi becomes 1st federally recognized tribe in Illinois
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Nearly 200 years after Native Americans were forced out of Illinois, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has become the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state after a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior last week. The move represents the first victory in the tribe’s…
Remembering Lee Milner
NEWS TEAM Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com On Wednesday, April 17, the Springfield, Illinois Capitol and journalism communities lost a devoted friend and advocate when Lee Milner passed away. As Dean Olsen wrote in his piece in the Illinois Times earlier this month, “Readers of Illinois Times often have seen Milner’s work as a freelance photojournalist. But…
Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com With a month-and-a-half left in the General Assembly’s spring session, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is readying its proposal to address Illinois’ chronically underfunded pension system. But the governor this week also acknowledged in the strongest terms yet that any plans to finally get the state on track toward…
Capitol Briefs: Expansion of postpartum coverage, ban on kangaroos among hundreds of measures to pass House
By ALEX ABBEDUTO & COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois kangaroo owners are one step closer to being forced to surrender their marsupials this week after the House passed a bill criminalizing their possession. That was one of more than 300 bills to pass the House ahead of a Friday procedural deadline.…
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Will County Forest Preserve
Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, Mother’s Day with Forest Preserve District
Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of May 6. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Nature Play Day After Hours – Birds, from 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, Plum Creek Nature Center, Crete Township: This month’s program is all about birds. Be prepared for…
Commemorate Summer of the Cicada with Forest Preserve T-Shirt
If you want to prepare for what is being billed as the summer of the cicada, the Forest Preserve District of Will County is selling a t-shirt emblazoned with an illustration of the buzzy bug and the words “Be Loud, Be Proud.” Shirts are available for purchase on the Forest Preserve’s merchandise website, OutsiderThreads.com, for…
Forest Preserve’s Take It Outside Challenge – Spring Fling Kicks-Off
Spring Fling, the next seasonal session in the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s 2024 Take It Outside Challenge, begins April 14 and runs through June 15. If you didn’t join the 1,200 people who participated in the Take It Outside Challenge in 2023 or the 800 competitors for the Winter Workout session in early…
Migration Celebration, Bird Photo Contest Highlight Forest Preserve’s May Programs
Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of April 29. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Migration Celebration at Four Rivers, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays, plus noon-4 p.m., on Sundays, May 1-31, Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, Channahon: Enjoy this monthlong celebration of migratory birds. Festivities…
Celebrate Earth Day Month at Forest Preserve Programs
Earth Day is almost here, and the Forest Preserve District of Will County has many ways residents can pay tribute to Mother Earth in April. Here are some of the things you can do to clean up, recycle, and up-cycle: Fishing for Trash, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, April 6 –…
Forest Preserve Offers First Time Fishing, History Programs
Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the weeks of April 15 and April 22. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Riverview Farmstead Tour, including two 90-minute sessions, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday, April 20, at Riverview Farmstead Preserve, Naperville: A naturalist will share…
Stock-up on Native Species at The Nature Foundation’s Online Plant Sale
The Nature Foundation of Will County’s annual online native plant sale begins at 9 a.m. April 6 and runs through 4 p.m. April 27. The spring sale will focus on pollinators and feature a variety of monarch butterfly, hummingbird, and bee favorites. The Bringing Nature Home Native Plant Sale list is on the Foundation’s website…
Forest Preserve Programs Celebrate Sounds, Sights of Spring
Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of April 8. Online program registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Nature Play Day After Hours – Spot the Salamander, from 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, Plum Creek Nature Center, Crete Township: The April session of this nature-themed program…
Forest Preserve Sites Hosting Solar Eclipse Viewing Parties
If you want to find a nice spot outdoors to watch the April 8 solar eclipse, the Forest Preserve District is offering three viewing parties. Solar-bration: Solar Eclipse Viewing Parties are scheduled from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve in Crete Township, Hickory Creek Preserve – LaPorte Road Access in Mokena, and Whalon Lake…
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