Rockdale News

Two masked men stole a car Friday night from its owner, police said. The victim, a 23-year-old Joliet man, had arranged to meet someone named "Chris" at the corner of Juniper and Fairview avenues.

A 26-year-old Rockdale man died after being found unresponsive in the street early Saturday.

Whether it was kindergartners playing "boomwhackers" at Rockdale Elementary School, or octogenarians in a sing-along at Manor Oaks Nursing Home, music ruled in Rockdale last week.

Firefighters battled a stubborn coal blaze Tuesday night at Midwest Generation, 1800 Channahon Road in Joliet.

Luncheon buffet: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 7, Wilco Area Career Center, 500 Wilco Blvd., Romeoville.

A Will County judge refused to dismiss the charges against the people who allegedly violated the state's ban on public cigarette smoking.

Luncheon buffet: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 7, Wilco Area Career Center, 500 Wilco Blvd., Romeoville.

Ride the Rock bike hike was supposed to be a one-time affair for the Will Count Forest Preserve District.

A man was beaten and shots were fired Friday afternoon in the neighborhood around Luther Avenue and Demmond Street.

The Joliet-based Three Rivers Construction Alliance is lobbying for a larger capital bill to come out of Springfield this session.

A woman was stabbed by an intruder claiming to be a chimney repairman Monday afternoon.

The inspectors are being inspected this week, but so are the patrolmen, the technical workers, record keepers and command staff.

Vendor fair: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 5 at 30849 Riley Road, off Peotone Road, in Wilmington.

Just 75 cents a month can go far to enhance the area's police and fire emergency response.

The bus doesn't go to the River Valley Justice Center anymore. In November, Pace Suburban Bus Service cut those McDonough Street stops from route 505 Rockdale, spokesman Patrick Wilmot said.

The fire that struck the Empress Casino on Friday morning appears to be spreading.

Fire Chief Joe Formahals said the fire at the Empress Casino in southwest suburban Joliet was sparked by the construction in an area where new seats were being added.

A 42-year-old Joliet man may be charged after a body was found in the bed of the pickup truck he was driving, police said.

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A Will County judge should throw out criminal charges against five people who allegedly were smoking cigarettes in public last year, a Peoria lawyer says.