Lockport News

Police are seeking the public's help to find out who shot at an occupied house Sunday night.

Fire damaged a home Saturday afternoon just west of Pilcher Park on the city's East Side.

Chicken a la king dinner: 4-7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at First United Methodist Church of Lockport, 1000 S. Washington St.

Voters on Tuesday approved a referendum proposal to build a new Crest Hill library and renovate libraries in Lockport and Romeoville.

A February summit meeting will provide another opportunity for people to speak out on the overcrowding problem at Lockport Township High School.

The city council could vote Wednesday on requests for additional stop signs in three neighborhoods.

Four men were killed when the Lexus they were inside apparently struck at tree and overturned early Saturday in southwest suburban Crest Hill.

Officers were called around 10 a.m. Saturday to intercept a red station wagon leaving the parking garage of Harrah's Casino.

Plans for two new Naperville banks are off the drawing board. Investor groups for First Community Bank of Naperville and Great American Bank in Naperville recently withdrew state applications seeking permits to organize.

Pacing around his Joliet gym, Joseph Awinongya watches intently as his students do pushups, jog in place, then practice throwing punches.

The Morris Watercolor Guild is offering classes and workshops for the new year. Beginning in February, local artist Joannie Leigh will conduct a four-week beginners class, which meets from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Feb.

Six people were taken to area hospitals for treatment after three vehicles collided Tuesday at Larkin Avenue and Route 30.

Few cities in the world can boast the depth, diversity and importance of sports in its cultural heritage as Chicago.

A just-awarded $4.4 million federal grant will allow Romeoville to build a new Metra train station with parking for 600 cars, Mayor John Noak announced Tuesday during the annual state of the village address.

A man with a gun threatened employees at a bank inside a major retailer Friday night.

Bridal Expo featuring Adrianne Curry: Bridal Expo 2010 featuring Adrianne Curry at the Rialto will be at 11 a.m. Jan.

Former Will County Executive Chuck Adelman --the first person elected to that position -- died early Friday morning.

The family of a Chinatown neighborhood man killed when an allegedly intoxicated off-duty Lockport police officer crashed into the car he was driving in late December filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday seeking more than $20 million.

Police say a man's rudeness and suspicious activity led to his arrest on weapons charges Tuesday.

Troop 439 third-grade Brownies at Butler School decorated a tree for the Lockport tree-trimming competition.