Lemont News

Talk about a baptism of fire. One moment the Romeoville fire chief was being sworn in as vice president of the newly reformed Romeoville Lions Club, the next he was out the door on an emergency call.

The former chief executive officer of the shuttered Rock Creek Center in southwest suburban Lemont and an internal medicine physician who was affiliated with the privatelyowned psychiatric facility that closed in 2002 were convicted today by a Federal Court jury of participating in a bribery and kickback conspiracy.

The former chief executive officer of the shuttered Rock Creek Center in Lemont and an internal medicine physician who was affiliated with the privately-owned psychiatric facility that closed in 2002 were convicted today by a federal jury of participating in a bribery and kickback conspiracy.

Kenneth Strickland , son of Betty Mahone of Joliet, was on MSNBC on "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on June 12.

It's all about connections. Just as motorists now can easily travel from New Lenox to Bolingbrook and points further north via Interstate 355, so also will bicyclists some day.

The two-and-a-half year saga involving former Orland Fire Protection District firefighter Larry Masa, accused of collecting a paycheck and faking military leave to work for a private contractor overseas, could wrap up Wednesday.

Argonne National Laboratory is a key player in commercializing lithium-ion technology.

The Lemont Police Department will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to noon June 27 at the station, 14600 127th St., near 127th Street and Archer Avenue.

What says summer more than a cool classic car on a hot July night? It's the quintessential picture of summer.

WILLOW SPRINGS/ LEMONT, Ill. -- Authorities are asking for the public's help identifying a woman whose body was found in the Des Plaines River near southwest suburban Willow Springs last month in DuPage County.

Joliet Area Historical Museum: The Civil War and Will County, special exhibit through June 21.

Today's picture comes from Bhavna Goswami of Buffalo Grove. The first statue of Swami Vivekananda in America was installed at 4 PM on Sunday, July 12, 1998 at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lemont, Illinois.

Here's a business pop quiz: What store is so coveted in the Southland that Homer Glen celebrated its annexation with cake, New Lenox credits it with helping to pass a home rule referendum request and Mokena says it's been the most-asked about development in town? Give up? It's Meijer.

The Second Chance Thrift Shoppe, 44 Stephen St., Lemont, supports the good work of Garden Center Services, which serves adults with developmental disabilities.

Is it still possible to buy a new home in the Chicago area for less than $200,000? It sure is, says recent buyer David Smith , especially if you are willing to make compromises and forgo some luxuries.

A Villa Park man is dead and three others injured after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Palos Park.

This spring and summer Sullivan and James Kitchens, Baths and More is doing its part to encourage local homeowners to continue remodeling and updating their homes, in spite of the struggling economy.

About 75 firefighters battled a blaze on an elevated conveyor belt that hung about 75 feet in the air Sunday at Oxbow Midwest Calcining, 12308 New Ave.

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Maggie Hopkins' decision to head off to college this fall does not hinge on whether she can come up with the tuition money.