Rob Schiavone, of Carol Stream, oversees the performance of two trains as they cross over a doorway in the Heritage N-Trak Group model train display at Morris Area Public Library on Wednesday.

A DRIVER was ticketed for failure to reduce speed after an accident on Illinois 113 in Diamond about 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

Thomas Clifford, 23, Braidwood, was placed on conditional discharge for two years, fined $100 and ordered to do 340 hours of community service work for resisting police.

The city now has a video documenting the move of the historic Braidwood Depot. Braidwood Area Historical Society President Dee deGroh presented the DVD of the move during Tuesday's city council meeting.

It's all over, for now. The deadline for filing petitions for next year's elections was last week.

A dog being trained to aid the disabled has pitted volunteers against animal control officials in Will County, Ill., after his escape wearing blue pajamas.

A WOMAN involved in an accident at Daley and Division streets in Diamond about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

For being such a tiny dog, Billy has created a whole heap of trouble. The foot-tall pooch -- a Chinese-crested powderpuff pup -- has spent most of his 10 months of life inside Dwight Correctional Facility for Women, where he was being trained as a service dog for the disabled.

Philip Warren, 39, 603 1/2 Douglas St., was found not guilty of domestic battery.

MORRIS POLICE ticketed a Braidwood man for driving with a suspended license about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Charity Tea Fundraiser: 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, 110 S. School St.

A few candidates arrived long before the sun Monday morning and patiently waited in their cars in the parking lot of the Will County building in downtown Joliet.

Exchange Club spaghetti and meatballs lunch and dinner: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. lunch; 4 to 7 p.m. dinner Oct.

Any clean, gently used coats, gloves and hats can be dropped off at Post 9545, 343 Old Hickory Road in New Lenox during the fish fry from 4:30-8 p.m. Fridays, or at the canteen during regular business hours.

The Rainbow Council Scouts will host their annual Haunted Woods Walk from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Mrs. Lillie Marie Goldsberry, 51, of Braidwood, passed away Monday, Oct.12, 2009, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Operators safely took Braidwood Generating Station Unit 2 offline at 11 p.m. Sunday for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

Life in outer space: 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Adler Planetarium's Michelle Nichols will present up-to-date information on the study of life in the universe, the search for planets around other stars, as well as "Kepler," NASA's newest mission to locate Earth-like planets.

Louis Battistoni III, 34, Elmhurst, was placed on supervision for two years and fined $1,075 for DUI.

STARVED ROCK MODEL A CLUB On Sept. 19, The Starved Rock Model "A" Club toured Historic Route 66 from Joliet to Pontiac.