Monee News

Starting a business isn't easy these days. And it might be a little harder if an entrepreneur purposely seeks employees who have been recently released from prison.

A cool Friday evening in early October seemed like the perfect time to stoke up the dormant wood-burning stove in the living room of the Gonzales family home in Monee.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: 2 charged in Chicago Hts firebombing Comments November 5, 2009 BY CASEY TONER Bail was set today for two Chicago men accused of tossing Molotov cocktails into a Chicago Heights clothing store.

* Steven M. Noe , 36, of 415 W. Jefferson St. in Gardner, was arrested by Will County police and booked into the county jail Thursday on charges of armed violence, vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.

* Stanislaw Oleksy , 50, of 710 Echo Ave. in Romeoville, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Wednesday on a charge of driving on a revoked or suspended license.

In some cases, you might be able to do without one, now that the Will County Legal Self-Help Center is up and running.

At a tiny farm on the fringes of Frankfort, Steve Eager is trying to undo decades of farming techniques he believes are harmful to your health.

Will County police arrested one man and are seeking another in connection with a recent series of burglaries.

Troy Bell was sitting around a card table at his friend's house in Chicago Heights on the night of July 28.

Here is a look at some ways to Expand Your Comfort Zone. Suggestions include visits to Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens, Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center, the Children's Farm and Butterprint Farm's Fiddlers Competition during the Columbus Day weekend.

The fourth annual Oktoberfest will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 26 at St.

St. Ann High School Class of 1959 in Chicago will hold a 50th reunion in October.

Native landscapes and how they were created conserved and evolved is theme for the new lecture series presented by the Wicker Park Garden Club starting Monday Oct.

Sept. 17 At 9:25 p.m. at LaGrange Road and St. Francis an officer conducted a random registration check and was advised that the registration owner, Barbara A. Thorpe, 26, of Monee, had a suspended driver's license.

It was a perfect day for a golf outing sunny skies and no chance of rain. What better day could there be to combine golf with charity? Apparently, many agreed as 86 golfers showed up for Alicia's House seventh annual Celebrity Golf Outing at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete on Saturday, September 12.

One person is in custody after robbing a South Holland bank, being pursued by police and crashing into an oncoming recreational vehicle Thursday morning.

Wayne G. Ruder, 86, of Monee, guides four ponies hitched to a wagon around an arena at the Will County Fair, Aug.

Will County Board Member John Anderson urged fellow county board members on Tuesday to take a pay reduction to help offset the county's budgetary challenges.

It was a unanimous vote from the Freeport school board Wednesday to open a kindergarten through fourth grade magnet school in the fall of 2010.

Individuals are needed to serve as election judges for the General Primary on Feb.