Morris News

Former nuclear engineer Michael Buhrman, 32, of Coal City, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for the May 2012 aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm of a woman's car in a Kohl's parking lot in eastern Woodridge near the Darien border.

Both of Morris' girls track performers medaled at State on Saturday. Haleigh Knapp cleared a personal best 5-8 in the high jump to capture the Class 2A title.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public open house Wednesday to discuss the agency's annual assessment of safety performance for the Dresden nuclear power plant.

Last year a lightning storm that passed through town ended the Morris vs. Yorkville regional soccer match.

Morris City Clerk John Enger is suffering from multiple medical conditions that have kept him from work, but he is fighting for his health to try and return to his duties.

All are invited to the Baccalaureate Service for the Morris Community High School graduating Class of 2013 in the high school auditorium at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.

On May 5, 2013, Friends in Christ Lutheran Church in Morris celebrated the installation of the Rev.

BLOOMINGTON - Prices at the pump may go up this summer, but likely won't keep vacationers from hitting the open road.

Pictured, from left, during the 2012 scholarship presentation are Raymond Meyer, MD, Eric Ortinau, MD, Kevin Wendling, Ariana Wilson, Keith Rezin, MD, and Paul Sauer, MD.

If a nuclear engineer and carjacker who is believed to have fled the country is found by authorities, he will have a prison cell waiting for him.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Phil and Julie Summers of Quincy, Ill. The prospective groom is the son of Beverly Hall and the late Jack Nussbaum of Morris.

Eagle Scout candidate Eric Biegalski of Montgomery, handsout backpacks of school supplies to a class at Two Rivers Head Start in Morris.

Seneca Grade School was rocking with school spirit as fellow raiders and staff cheered on seventh-graders Taylor Bushman, Paige Hepner and Taylor Vroman, who headed Friday, May 3 to the state science fair.

Pictured as CENTURY 21 Coleman-Hornsby representatives make an $1,100 check presentation during the Will-Grundy Easter Seals Telethon are, from left, Tami Ferguson, Shawn Hornsby, Easter Seals Telethon host Jack Daly, Theresa Lamb, JoEllyn Johnson and Rodney Baudino.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Osmundson will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Mr. Alvin "Sonny" Claire, 76, of Morris, Ill., passed away Sunday morning, May 12, 2013, at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Big flames. Dark smoke. Powerful odor. Some Channahon residents were fuming mad Thursday afternon and Thursday night over burning Channahon police lieutenant Mark Fischer said was coming from the LyondellBasell plant on North Tabler Road in Morris.

The Illinois 113-BNSF Railway Company grade crossing in Coal City will be closed beginning Sunday, May 12, for approximately 10 days to allow the BNSF Railway Company to reconstruct their crossing.

During the week of May 13-19, National Law Enforcement Week, Americans across the United States will honor fallen police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.

The Activities Committee at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Morris invites the community to a Mother-Daughter Banquet and Style Show on Saturday, May 11, at 1 p.m. Join church members to honor your mother, grandmother, aunt, daughter, or special friend.