Gardner News

Thomas Hess, 29, 502 E. High St., was placed on supervision for 18 months and fined $1,075 for DUI.

Steven Stirratt, 20, 5401 Commercial Road, was placed on supervision for one year and fined $250 for driving with a suspended license Feb.

A Gardner man died early Monday in a crash at Route 53 and Smith Road. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan identified the victim as Justin Ray Burger, 25.

Kyle Kappeler, 19, 185 Division St., Coal City, was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail and fined $250 for domestic battery.

A PEDESTRIAN was injured when struck by the outside mirror of a vehicle in the 1200 block of Liberty Street about 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 10.

GARDNER – Taxpayers in this village will have a little extra money this year.

Dance Workshop will be hosting a free Fitness Fusion class for the public at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

GRUNDY COUNTY deputies arrested two drivers on DUI charges during the weekend. Jacqueline Hambrick, 23, 884 E. Third, Coal City, was arrested about 2 a.m. Saturday on Cedar Street in Gardner.

The first two times Anastacio Cuevas of Minooka lost his hair, it was due to the chemo he is receiving.

BRAIDWOOD, Ill. – Mr. Leo Edgar Fatlan, 88, of Braidwood, Ill., passed away Sunday, Feb.

If the Mother Road had a mom, it would be Lenore Weiss. "She was the first lady of Route 66," said Rebecca Barker, spokeswoman for the Joliet Visitors Center.

Paula Freepartner, chair of Omicron Chapter's literacy committee, delivers books to James Monfredini, superintendent at Braceville Elementary School.

Could it be the end of the road for a historical edifice on historic Route 66? The lights were on but no one was home Thursday night at the Riviera Restaurant and Supper Club.

FOUR DRIVERS were ticketed by Grundy County deputies for having suspended or revoked licenses during the weekend.

A TEENAGER walking in Gardner about 12:50 a.m. Saturday, was charged with illegal consumption of liquor.

Deadline for ordering the engraved Gardner Memory Bricks at the Gardner gazebo area is March 1. Information and applications for the bricks will be at the Gardner Post Office, Standard Bank, and Gardner Village Hall.

Adult drug court as conducted in Grundy County by Circuit Judge Robert Marsaglia is unlike regular criminal court.

Mrs. Verna F. Waddell, 86, of Winfield, Ill., passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

Willow Taller debates whether Spider-man is the right choice for the boy in the family the Morris Community High School Spanish Club adopted at Christmas through We Care of Grundy County.

GARDNER – In October of last year, the Gardner Village Board voted to waive the water and sewer fees from Oct.