Minooka News

CHANNAHON – Many people who live in Channahon do so to escape the growing crime rates of the northern suburbs.

MINOOKA – There will be no new principal at Minooka Community High School South Campus this year.

At approximately 6:30 yesterday morning, our police department was dispatched to the 25000 block of Blackberry Lane for a reported home invasion with at least two people being shot.

Matthew Hill, 17, 250 Second, Coal City, was placed on supervision for one year and fined $850 for possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Grundy County Circuit Court Grand Jury, Wednesday, returned a six-count indictment against a driver involved in a fatal accident.

Twelve lucky girls were selected from thousands of entries. The finalists were chosen based on how involved they are within their communities, how connected they are online and how they incorporate fashion into their lives.

Jun 26, 2009 7:55 am US/Central Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps Bus Crashes On I-80 Near Minooka MINOOKA, Ill.

Kevin Wallin and Natalie Schobert will be married on Saturday, July 18. Jeff and Mary Schobert of Yorkville announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Natalie Schobert, to Kevin Wallin, son of Mike and Cheryl Wallin of Minooka.

Police and rescue crews have reopened most eastbound lanes on I-80 east of Ridge Road in Minooka following a charter bus accident that was carrying a not-for-profit drum and bugle corps.

Emergency crews were at the scene of a crash involving a tour bus in far southwest suburban Minooka Friday morning.

MINOOKA – A small fire at Minooka's new intermediate school won't push back the opening date.

Lori Wilke and her two teenage daughters, April, 16, and Amanda, 15, all of Minooka have organized a car wash fundraiser to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, in the parking lot of the Ace Hardware/Bean Encounters on Ridge Road.

A 39-year-old Bradley man died Monday following a crash involving four semi trucks on Interstate 80 near Minooka.

All lanes of I-80 near southwest suburban Minooka were reopened Tuesday morning after being closed for 12 hours as crews cleaned up a four semi crash that killed one driver.

One truck driver died this afternoon in a chain-reaction truck accident along I-80 in Minooka.

An accident involving four semi tractor trailers closed down the eastbound lane of I-80 near I-55. On Monday evening, traffic was being diverted at Route 47.

Steel beams litter the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 near Ridge Road at Minooka in the wake of a four-semi-trailer truck accident which killed one driver about 2:30 p.m. Monday.

All eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 east of Minooka are closed after a serious crash involving four semis.

Area residents want Minooka Community High School to tighten it's belts as it sets forth to work on a budget for the 2009 -2010 school year.

Minooka Community High School student Carla D. Kundert of Minooka has been selected for membership to the National Society of High School Students .