Coal City News

The deadline for memorial brick orders for fall placement in the Angel of Hope Memorial Garden located in Campbell Park, Coal City, is Saturday, Aug.

Matthew Hill, 17, 250 Second, Coal City, was placed on supervision for one year and fined $850 for possession of drug paraphernalia.

This week's winner for photograph of gorilla with log: "I'm gonna carve a 'gorilla' of my dreams and hope she 'wood' love me," by Judi Kontos of Joliet.

Lee Roupas of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission helps a Babe's Tap employee determine whether the ID she is holding is legitimate during a training session in Diamond.

A house that had been under renovation was under demolition after a Sunday evening conflagration.

Army Pvt. Kyle J. Esler has graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo.

A member of the Coal City Fire Department poses behind a fire truck at the site of what will be Coal City's second fire station.

The phrase "in between CVS and McDonald's" doesn't usually bode well for a restaurant.

Michael J. Kaiser , 50, of Coal City, was arrested on charges of driving while license suspended.

Jennifer Schuh, 26 857 Covey Lane, Coal City, was placed on supervision for 18 months, fined $675 and ordered to attend a victim impact panel for DUI.

'D' Construction of Coal City was awarded the contracts to resurface numerous streets in the city of Morris this summer on two low bids totaling about $935,000. For the city-funded street maintenance program, 'D' bid $440,706.73, substantially under the bid of P. T. Ferro of Joliet – $543,596.83. Gallagher Asphalt bid $563,162.73 and K-Five ...

In 2003, Augie and Marie Black and family made a $5,000 donation to Operation St.

The American Red Cross reminds eligible individuals that the need for blood doesn't take a vacation.

Authorities are looking for additional incidents following Tuesday's arrest of Timothy Scholtes of Coal City on federal and county charges.

Jun 3, 2009 1:55 pm US/Central COAL CITY, Ill. A paramedic and youth soccer coach in Coal City, Ill., now faces federal charges of receiving child pornography on his computer.

A young man took a bullet in the leg in a Monday night ambush near the corner of Sherman Street and Second Avenue.

Prosecutors are pushing to shut Drew Peterson's lawyers up about potential evidence against the alleged wife-killer. State's Attorney James Glasgow filed a motion on Wednesday to forbid attorneys from leaking anything from discovery documents, which will be turned over to Peterson's legal team for the first time next week.

GRUNDY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Will-Grundy Genealogical Society will have its monthly membership meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at Coal City Public Library, 85 N. Garfield St.

Morris Kiwanis Club member Corrie Sistek prepares to distribute bagged salads to the more than 280 families in attendance at the May visit of the NIFB mobile food pantry.

Lincoln-Way East High School is accepting applications for its Varsity East Poms Summer Dance Clinic.