Elwood News

Share + Dec 9, 2009 10:47 pm US/Central ELWOOD, Ill. The driver of an ambulance was seriously injured and has been cited Wednesday after the ambulance he was driving flipped over in southwest suburban Elwood.

Members of the Joliet Fire Department remove a driver from an overturned truck Friday morning on the westbound Interstate 80 exit to southbound Larkin Avenue.

Veterans aid seminar: 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at Victory Centre of Joliet, 29 N. Broadway in Joliet.

Jayden Jones, 5, of Morris, holds a sign in tribute to her father, CPL Kenny Jones, who is currently stationed in the Meditteranean, as her grandmother talks with family friends during the Morris Veterans Day service Wednesday at the Grundy County Courthouse.

Thousands turned out to honor the men and women who have fought and died and those who continue to fight to protect our freedoms.

About 70 workers were fired Nov. 5 from the Bissell Homecare warehouse after they joined a union and filed complaints about working conditions at the facility.

BOLINGBROOK – The body of a 21-year-old Illinois soldier killed in last week's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has arrived back in his hometown.

A motorcade with the body of slain Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, one of 13 soldiers killed in the Fort Hood rampage, left Midway Airport shortly before 10:40 a.m. A crowd of veterans, firefighters and Chicago police officers were on hand for the arrival Pearson's casket on a military transport.

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.