Lemont News

Book fair: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9-10 in the cafeteria of Silver Cross Hospital, 1200 Maple Road, Joliet.

For 21 years, Terrence J. O'Brien has been on the board of Cook County's sewage-treatment operation, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

St. Edward and Christ Church in Joliet will present its November Taize' service of healing at 7 p.m. Nov.

The FDIC said it entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with U.S. Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, to assume all of the deposits and essentially all of the assets of nine failed banks.

Of course back then, the meeting I had with him was to simply put to rest many of the issues that plague the Orland Fire Protection District that he heads.

The way Michelle Maxia sees it, you have two choices when things get tough. ``You're either gonna focus on the problem or engage in the solution,'' she said.

The FDIC closed 9 banks late last night, with a combined $19.4 billion of assets all of which were owned by one holding company and sold to US Bank in Minnesota.

Junior high girls and their families will receive a guided tour of the campus, meet with faculty and students and view a demonstration of the school's tablet computer program.

A lot of those cute little towns and prosperous suburbs out beyond the city limits that are so often so proud to fly the American flag are run by leaders who must think they are in Russia .

Starting Monday October 19th a two-month bridge repair project will close eastbound Illinois Route 171 at the Long Run Creek bridge, located just west of 135th Street in the Lockport-Lemont-Homer Glen area.

Four people were arrested Friday morning for allegedly burglarizing a house in the 1100 block of Campbell Street.

The Presidents' Council on Physical Fitness announced that St. Mary Nativity School earned the highest award for outstanding achievement in physical fitness and is distinguished as a state champion for the 2008-09 school year.

In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2009, volunteer guide Doris Peterman, from the Lemont Area Historical Society, speaks to members of the Heart Home-School Group during a stop at the Icebox Quarry during a Heritage Quarries Tour in Lemont.

The city is considering a proposal to allow the keeping of chickens within city limits for the purpose of egg consumption.

In 2000, the village of Romeoville's population was 21,153. Today, more than 38,000 people call it home.

St. James at Sag Bridge parish will be gathering donations that will be sent to our troops for Christmas.

Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:59am EDT - A new home sits for sale in Lemont, Illinois, July 27, 2009.

South Suburban College's Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

The Lemont Classic Car Club will host its eighth annual Last Blast Charity Car Show from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday in the Sears Essential Parking lot at 159th Street and Bell Road in Homer Glen.

Three Chicago residents have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and face up to 30 years in prison after they took a 31-year-old Lemont woman and her 5-month-old son from their home.