Frankfort News

For this week's Chowdown Showdown, we skipped the meal and went right to dessert, trying pie in Frankfort, New Lenox and Mokena.

Earl and Susan Hudson of Burlington announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Paige Hudson of Chicago, Ill., to Lynn Edward Snow of Frankfort, Ill., son of Lynn and Jane Snow of St.

It's time for the main event. Palermo's won the first round of our Patch Pizza Playoff , and now the restaurant represents Frankfort and Mokena in our championship showdown.

What started out as a traffic stop over loud music turned into an arrest for heroin possession for a Frankfort man.

Earlier this week, a judge denied a Frankfort teen on probation for reckless driving his request to go to the Grammy Awards because the 19-year-old hadn't sent apologies to the couple seriously injured after he ran a stop sign in Mokena three years ago, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune .

Officials from the Village of Frankfort outlined the potential savings residents could receive thanks to electrical aggregation at the first of two public forums Wednesday.

Markand Thakar, who is a music director candidate for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, will serve as guest conductor of the "No Place Like Home" concerts on Feb.

Orland Park Toastmasters Club 4871 is seeking former Orland Park Toastmaster Club members for a 30th reunion, to be held from noon to 4 p.m. May 20 at Silver Lake Country Club.

To find the most-loved pizza in Mokena and Frankfort for Patch's Pizza Playoffs competition, we relied on the highest available level of polling technology, proprietary software to count the influx of votes we received on our A1 4ber-fancy, super-tech poll .

A Will County judge will not let a Frankfort teenager with connections in the music industry go to the Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, more than two months after he pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

Local Business Buzz A is a roundup of what's going on in Frankfort's business community.

Judge denies Loyola student's request after being told he has yet to apologize to retired couple injured in collision Gerald and Marybeth Ryan were injured in 2009 when a car driven by Raihan "Ray" Sayeed smashed into their car.

Weekends are slow days across the Internet, as readers selfishly spend time with their friends, families and other loved ones rather than continually re-check their favorite sites.

Should a dismissed restraining order case stay on a person's record for the rest of their lives? If House Bill 4460, sponsored by state Rep.

For this week's Chowdown Showdown, we dined on soup from eateries in Frankfort, New Lenox and Mokena.

Returning soldier Michael Schatzman thought he was getting a steak dinner but got something better instead-a welcome home from his community.

If you think living with one dog is tough, just ask Manhattan resident Laurie Lutton how she feels about living with five - all of them enormous Great Danes.

TUESDAY, JAN. 31 Teens Charged With Underage Drinking Nicholas S. Matkovich, 19, of the 8600 block of Cranberry Court in Tinley Park, and David Anderson, 19, of the 16800 block of 92nd Avenue in Orland Hills, were charged with underage consumption of alcohol after an incident near the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Lincoln Highway.

Who: U.S. Army Specialist Michael Schatzman, returning from a one-year overseas deployment this weekend.

"I was working as a CPA , renovating buildings downtown and dating," said Noonan, who last July was assigned to be the pastor of St.