Dwight News

Hollis Portter, 90, of Dwight, died at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Hollis was the mother of Barbara Milbauer.

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Manteno. Coaches vs. Cancer night. Come out to support a good cause.

ALTON, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that federal funding for high-speed rail from St.

What does $1.1 billion buy Illinois? a ' Numerous upgrades along the 182 miles from Alton to Dwight, Ill., including 13 new sidings that will add 23 miles of passing track, improved track signals for engineers and 180 new road crossings, plus 12 new locomotives and 30 cars, and improvements to six stations, including those in Alton and Carlinville.

With Livingston County Sheriff Robert McCarty retiring, Marty Meredith of Streator and Ken White of Dwight are competing to fill his seat.

WASHINGTON a ' The White House today will announce the awarding of $1.1 billion in stimulus money for a high-speed rail corridor providing three round trips daily between St.

Friends of St. Mary's Hospital in Streator is accepting applications for the Chad Scoles Memorial Scholarship.

Mrs. Muriel M. VanDuyne, 68, of Braidwood, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at OSF St.

Bill Flatness, 30, 49 Doral, Minooka, was placed on supervision for two years and fined $1,075 for DUI.

Dr. David E. Suddick, 66, of Bourbonnais, Ill., passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at his home.

Mr. W. Bruce Hopkins, 89, of Dwight, passed away at 3:05 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at OSF St.

Moustafa Iravani, 52, Kewaskum, Wis., was placed on supervision for 18 months, fined $1,075 and ordered to do 100 hours of community service work for DUI.

A DWIGHT driver was ticketed for having a revoked license about 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.

Long underwear, a heavy jacket and sips of hot chocolate are among the tools U.S. Postal worker John Pagel of Dwight employs to keep him comfortable despite the cold while working his route in Morris.

OLENA OBSERVATIONS: Rev. Russell preached a splendid sermon Sabbath afternoon. Mrs. Margaret Peyton, Mrs.

DWIGHT – It will include a special tribute to a 17-year-old from a farm outside the hamlet of Cabery, near Dwight, who, since May 2007, has been battling a brain tumor she calls 'Gary.” A plea from a man who lost his family to a drunk driver on Illinois 47, between Dwight and Morris 14 months ago, will also be heard.

IMPACT Dwight is taking the next step in its development by establishing a charitable fund at the Community Foundation of Grundy County.

A WOMAN who drove on to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Mazon about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.

Fourteen fire departments assisted the Coal City Fire Protection District in battling a house fire Sunday morning.

Mrs. William Kline, 101, of Morris, Ill., passed away Friday evening, Dec. 25, 2009, in Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Dwight, Ill.