Crete News

Is a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on Laraway Road too fast or too slow? Your answer probably depends on whether or not you live along the road or are just passing through.

Miller resident Liz Locke loves the beach. When she was a child, her family would drive from their home in Crete, Ill., to picnic near the bathhouse on the Gary beach.

A stretch of Exchange Street east of Crete is expected to be closed until at least 4 p.m. today after a fuel tanker spilled part of its load overnight, officials said.

A tanker truck flipped, prompting more than two dozen emergency response teams to respond near south suburban Crete in Will County early Monday.

Yes, the latest health care reform bill in the House is about 1,990 pages long. But it isn't as bad as it sounds, said U.S. Rep.

Colin Egglesfield stars as Auggie Kirkpatrick, a sensitive sous chef with a dark past, on The CW's new drama "Melrose Place." Egglesfield was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson stopped at the Bill Jacobs car dealership Monday to celebrate a successful campaign to keep the Cadillac brand in Joliet.

Dear U of U: You don't have to be born in Greece to be a Greek. By John Saltas A couple of years ago, I and other family members traced our DNA through FamilyTree.com . My DNA - so that of my father, his Greek father and so on - tested into Haplogroup R1a1, meaning our Y chromosomes have been wandering around central Europe since at least the time ...

Joliet homeowner Deborah McDonald will save money and use less energy this winter, thanks to a "green" home makeover from U.S. Rep.

* Steven M. Noe , 36, of 415 W. Jefferson St. in Gardner, was arrested by Will County police and booked into the county jail Thursday on charges of armed violence, vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.

Delaney Builders is asking the village board to approve preliminary plans for a new sub-division called Moray Terrace Estates.

Grand Circuit Report: Week of Oct. 25, 2009 Monday, October 26, 2009 - by Paul Ramlow, publicity director, The Grand Circuit This Week: The Grand Circuit is off this week.

Driver Brandon Simpson reached a career milestone on Friday night at Maywood Park, guiding the Bruce Pacitti trained Another Judy to an easy victory in race three to notch his 1,000th career victory.

CHICAGO - A recent study by the SouthEast Commuter Rail Development Board confirms what Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn said he's known for years - that commuter rail service to the southeast suburbs is necessary.

Steven C. Miller , 52, of 2363 White Birch Lane in Joliet, was arrested by Joliet police and booked into the county jail Thursday on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon.

Your day's organized by two simple forces: the El, which determines your traveling, and food, which is delicious and keeps you from dying.

"Twilight Tales in the Grove," a free family program sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, will be at 7 p.m. Oct.

Three people were injured in a rollover crash in south suburban Crete Township Sunday afternoon.

Crete area residents were warned about possible infestations of the Oak Wilt Disease.

It was a perfect day for a golf outing sunny skies and no chance of rain. What better day could there be to combine golf with charity? Apparently, many agreed as 86 golfers showed up for Alicia's House seventh annual Celebrity Golf Outing at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete on Saturday, September 12.