Lockport News

But the goats munch on oat grass all day on a green roof as traffic whizzes past Siegel's Cottonwood Farm in Lockport.

Brian L. Hooper: 19, of 449 Springwood Lane in Bolingbrook, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Friday on charges of possession of cannabis with intent to deliver and driving on a suspended license.

Family-owned businesses are all too familiar with risk taking and having to weather the ups and downs of the economy, both past and present.

THURSDAY, MAY 24 Credit Fraud A business in the 21700 block of Center Avenue told police that someone used a business credit card to purchase $800 in gas.

On Monday, May 21, the former Lockport School District bus driver's dream came true thanks to the school district and Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County.

A pipeline leak in Manhattan Township on Friday involved the same company that was previously sued by state and county officials for a pipeline leak in Lockport.

Tony DiTola knew someone was hurt, but didn't realize the little boy rescued from a ravine over the weekend was his son until the boy was loaded onto a stretcher and taken to a waiting ambulance.

Aiden DiTola, 9, of the Lockport area, died Sunday after he fell down a ravine at Perry Farm in Bourbonnais Township near Kankakee, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

East Joliet Deputy Fire Chief Kirk Kelly said the blaze was reported at 1:15 p.m., and crews from East Joliet and Lockport Township were the first to arrive at 1354 Sterling Ave.

Cocktails with Larry Miller: Larry Miller has sustained a head injury. The performances set for April 13 at College of DuPage and April 14 at Elgin Community College Arts Center have been postponed until further notice.

Cong. Dan Lipinski last Friday led 22 local elected officials in sending a letter to Metra urging it to add two rush hour trains to the Heritage Corridor line - one morning inbound train and one evening outbound train.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., and 22 local elected officials are urging Metra to add two rush-hour trains to the Heritage Corridor line one morning inbound train and one evening outbound train, Lipinski's office announced today.

Police say a parolee who isn't allowed to leave his house kept two others inside at gunpoint Tuesday night.

Editor's note: The following is a press release issued by Lewis University. More I &M Canal history now can be accessed through key strokes and the Internet.

Cooperative Police Assistance Team Director Mike Weber said Scott M. Sniegowski, 31, had been the subject of a short-term investigation into pot dealing before officers used a warrant to search 13859 Stone Oak Way.

The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week.

This past weekend I was humbled by the amount of love shown to Paul and I at our wedding shower.

Cocktails with Larry Miller: Larry Miller has sustained a head injury. The performances set for April 13 at College of DuPage and April 14 at Elgin Community College Arts Center have been postponed until further notice.

Editor's Note: Heather and I have been friends for more than five years. We ate dinner at En Lai Wednesday night and discussed her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

At the time the above photo was taken in 1956, the Texaco plant in Lockport was in full operation.