Elwood News

By Jo Ann Hustis jhustis@morrisdailyherald.com Three Veterans Day observances are scheduled in Morris, at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, and in Seneca on Wednesday, Nov.

Dozens of youths in an officer commissioning program in Community High School District 218 will put their core beliefs into practice next month by honoring thousands of dead military veterans in a ceremony at one of the nation's largest national cemeteries.

Four masked intruders menaced a family at gunpoint early Thursday. Police Chief Fred Hayes said the home invasion occurred around 12:35 a.m. at the residence in the 300 block of South Chicago Street.

Joliet Junior College Board appointed Michael O'Connell as trustee on Oct. 13 by a 6-0 vote to fill the spot left vacant when Dick Dystrup, 66, died in August.

Registration is required. Daily used book sale: The sale shelves are refreshed twice a week with all sorts of titles for adults and kids.

Joliet Junior College Board appointed Michael O'Connell as trustee Tuesday night by a 6-0 vote to fill the spot left vacant when Dick Dystrup, 66, died in August.

Fish fry: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays at American Legion Post 1080, 2625 Ingalls Ave., Joliet.

Manhattan-Elwood Library District has been part of Manhattan's History for 100 years this year and library officials invited the public to join them to celebrate their Centennial year at a celebration on Saturday.

Joliet Junior College Board interviewed four candidates to fill its trustee vacancy, including a school superintendent and a former Grundy County administrator.

CHANNAHON – A fire was reported about 8:25 p.m. Saturday at the Hometown Hot Dog restaurant, 25520 Pheasant Lane, Channahon.

Earlier this year, in May, the Daily Chronicle reported that a historic log cabin found on a farm on Pleasant Hill Road between Kingston and Genoa had been discovered preserved inside the clapboard siding of a house built around it.

When the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery was dedicated a decade ago, the weather was cold and rainy, but veterans showed their loyalty and endured the downpour.

ELWOOD – A stretch of Illinois 53, from Interstate 80 to Hoff Road, is now known as the the George E. Sangmeister Memorial Highway.

Resident Bob King thinks the fact that the village recently settled a $1.2 million lawsuit is bad enough.

His name came up many times during the September 3rd groundbreaking ceremony for the new CenterPoint North intermodal facility.

A semi driver reportedly "dozed off" and crashed his truck Tuesday morning, blocking Interstate 55 for more than two hours.

A truck driver's drowsiness is being blamed for a crash Tuesday morning on I-55 that left the northbound lanes of the expressway in blocked for more than two hours.

The cause of a Tuesday morning fire in a former corn crib at U.S. 6 and Silver Cross Boulevard is still under investigation, but appears to be accidental, according to New Lenox Fire Chief John Mead.

An Elwood man died after being struck by two cars while attempting to cross the street early Sunday.

An Elwood man died after being struck by two cars while attempting to cross the street early Sunday.