Dwight News

The Prairie Singers helped kickoff the Home for the Holidays celebration in Morris with a concert on Sunday, Nov.

TWO MEN were charged with aggravated battery for beating a man in Kinsman early on Sunday, Nov.

Mrs. Marie Vota, 103, of East Brooklyn, Ill., passed away Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at her home.

DWIGHT, Ill. – Mr. Douglas V. Daly, 50, of Dwight, Ill., died, suddenly, of a respiratory ailment, Wednesday, Nov.

A PASSENGER was charged with possession of heroin following a traffic stop on Scully Road, east of Illinois 47, about 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.

The Ransom woman who was sentenced in July to 24 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a mother and her two children has been in prison less than a year.

Josh Jahn pauses in front of a sign he and a friend, Kirk Thorson of Morris, designed and erected at the site along Illinois 47 where Jahn's wife and children were killed by a drunk driver one year ago today, Friday, Nov.

A DRIVER and two passengers were charged with liquor violations after a traffic stop near Dwight and Becker roads about 1:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct.

There was little construction in Morris during October, as Bill Cheshareck, building and zoning director, issued only 11 permits.

Brandon Louis Compton, 22, homeless, was arrested Friday at 700 Lundy St. on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of battery.

Federal agents investigating possible Immigration irregularities conducted raids at a Grundy County meatpacking business and several Chicago locations over the weekend, sources familiar with the probe said Monday.

Authorities in the Grundy County town of Mazon are going to the public in their quest to find a young woman who marred the town's Halloween Dungeon of Terror with some real violence.

A public hearing Tuesday at Streator City Hall for an amendment to the Streator Area Enterprise Zone included a show of support from school administrators.

Valma Kline will celebrate her 101st birthday on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Due to her health, her family invites all family and friends to send birthday greetings to her.

Mark Sailliez, 21, Plainfield, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and ordered to pay $125 costs for the theft of two Polo shirts from Walmart on April 6. He began serving the sentence on Friday, Sept.

Mr. Anton L. "LaVern" Weller, 83, of Dwight, died at 9:44 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at OSF St.

DIAMOND – Mr. Ernest Stanford Perona, 94, of Diamond, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, Sept.

A motorist reported last week that his car was struck by rocks while driving on Pine Bluff Road east of Junebug Lane.

19 for criminal damage to property, after he reportedly damaged 29 vehicles in the Sugar Grove area on the morning of Aug.

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.