Manhattan News

Each year, Manhattan American Legion Post 935 hosts services at cemeteries throughout the area, as well as at the Veteran's Memorial in Manhattan.

Manhattan Fire Protection District and the Manhattan-Elwood Public Library will offer a Safe Sitter course for young teens, 11 years old and up, on Thursday, June 6, at the Manhattan Fire Station #1. The registration deadline is May 30.

St. Joseph Catholic School in Manhattan will hold a special preschool Open House on Thursday, May 30, from 9 to 11 a.m. to receive details and tour the facility.

A solid Pattinson pal reported Monday, " They both still love each other, but I think Robert in particular has decided it's time to move on." It does not appear any third party is responsible for Pattinson moving out of Stewart's Los Angeles home over the weekend.

Total to date: 208 EMS calls and 126 fire calls. April 29: 11:04 a.m., fire alarm at 115 N. Second Street; 9:54 p.m., change of quarters ambulance to Manteno; 10:45 p.m., EMS call for an 85-year-old man with a diabetic problem, transported to Silver Cross.

Manhattan Lion's Club will sponsor a blood drive on Saturday, June 1, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Manhattan Fire Station, 100 Park Road.

When Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 67th annual Tony Awards June 9 on CBS, he'll share the Radio City Music Hall stage with a certain Rotolo Middle School sixth-grader. That's right, and you heard it here.

The winners of the 2013 La Salle County HCE scholarship are Crystal Dau, Kristen Fagerman and Nicole Yaklich.

Will-Grundy Counties Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m., at the Coal City Public Library, 85 N. Garfield Street in Coal City.

A free hearing screening is being offered 9 a.m. to noon May 10. The Manhattan Lions is sponsoring the event at the First Bank of Manhattan, 550 W. North St.

On May 8, at 7 p.m., 75 years of band performances will be celebrated at the Manhattan Junior High School's Spring Band Concert, to be held at MJHS.

After eight years, Jamie Doyle is back in the mayor's office in Manhattan. After three attempts, he ousted two-term Mayor Bill Borgo in the April 9 election, winning with 47 percent of the vote in a four-man race.

Throughout its 40-year history, the Lincoln-Way Area Special Education District 843 co-op has adapted to meet the changing needs of its students and its six member school districts.

The Lincolnway Special Recreation Association Walk n' Roll-a-Thon benefit to support both The Field of Dreams, a multi-sports field for individuals with disabilities, and the Les Turner ALS Foundation is April 28.