Peotone News

Sometimes stock car racing fans come up and hug Margie Howard in the stands at the Kankakee County Speedway.

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks during a "Blessing of the Land" near the site of the proposed airport near Peotone on April 21.

Battery Robert Standish Jr., 43, of 8841 Clifton Ave., Mokena, was arrested at 4:29 p.m. May 19 by Peotone police in the 200 block of North Second Street for battery, interfering with a police officer, fighting within a liquor establishment and criminal damage to property.

Jackson presumably meant SNC-Lavalin, though he didn't name the Canadian firm. It's one of two he's picked to help fund and build a third airport for Chicago near Peotone.

UNICEF estimates that 18,000 children die each day from hunger and hunger-related disease around the world.

A truck driver has been cited in connection with an early morning traffic accident today that killed a motorcyclist from south suburban Peotone.

Why does Jesse Jackson Jr. keep pursuing the idea of a third airport in Peotone since the people there and the airlines do not support the idea? I would think Mr.

Will County Sheriff's deputies were first called at 8:11 p.m. when a black 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe drove onto property in the 6700 block of West Kennedy Road.