Beecher News

A motorcyclist was traveling west on County Line Road and was approaching Crawford Avenue while a pickup truck was making a left turn, Will County Sheriff spokesman Ken Kaupas said.

Will County has shut down a swingers club operating out of a six-bedroom home in the far south suburbs, saying it lacked a business permit and that the home's basement - which included a concrete "dungeon room" equipped with chains and a padded sawhorse - wasn't up to code.

Each year, hundreds of donations arrive from individuals, businesses and organizations that make the Beecher Scholarship drive the success that it is.

Garage Sale: The Evangelical Lutheran Church Of The Good Shepherd, 7800 W. McCarthy Road, Palos Heights, will have its 15th annual garage sale 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 27 and 8 a.m. to noon April 28.

A group of veterans advocates, including representatives of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Kankakee County, staged a rally Saturday at the Illinois Veterans Home at Manteno.