Romeoville News

WHEATON, Ill. a * A former priest who is behind bars for sexually abusing three boys is asking a judge to let him out of jail.

Another teen has been arrested in connection with a June 12 brawl in which three men were shot.

The show must go on, and Rachel Ferguson, 10, was waiting for another exciting fireworks display Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

Wilton Center Federated Church will host Power Lab vacation Bible school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 6-10. Children age 3 and older are welcome to attend this free program.

Talk about a baptism of fire. One moment the Romeoville fire chief was being sworn in as vice president of the newly reformed Romeoville Lions Club, the next he was out the door on an emergency call.

The former chief executive officer of the shuttered Rock Creek Center in southwest suburban Lemont and an internal medicine physician who was affiliated with the privately owned psychiatric facility that closed in 2002 were convicted today by a Federal Court jury of participating in a bribery and kickback conspiracy.

The ex-CEO of a southwest suburban psychiatric facility and a physician have been convicted in a bribery and kickback scheme.

For some residents, Wednesday's explosion might have seemed like deja vu. At 10:50 p.m. Aug.

Firefighters were responding to a house explosion in the 400 block of Holden Avenue in Romeoville at about 10 a.m., injuring at least one person, officials said.

Fire crews are on the scene of a home explosion in Romeoville Wednesday morning that reportedly injured at least one person.

An explosion this morning completely destroyed a house in the 400 block of Holden in Romeoville, and so far, one serious burn injury has been reported.

An explosion, apparently caused when a contractor struck a gas main, destroyed a house and injured a woman Wednesday morning.The explosion occurred around 10 a.m. at 415 Holden Ave.

Jun 24, 2009 12:53 pm US/Central ROMEOVILLE, Ill. 1 of 1 A house in southwest suburban Romeoville was destroyed by a strong explosion the morning of June 24, 2009.

"Contractors were performing concrete curb and sidewalk repairs in the vicinity," village officials said in a statement, adding the cause of the explosion is under investigation.

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An 18 year old Plainfield woman died Friday night, having been a passenger in a car that struck a tree on Frontage Road north of Airport Road in Romeoville.

An 18-year-old Plainfield woman died Friday night when the vehicle she was traveling in struck a tree in Romeoville.

Work will begin in early July on the third phase of the Romeoville Bike Path, linking Sunset Park to Pacific and Volunteer parks.

An elderly couple lost their lives Thursday afternoon after their vehicle was hit by a train in Romeoville near the intersection of 135th and New Avenue.

An Amtrak train slammed into a Saturn that slid under the crossing arm and on the tracks at New Avenue and Romeo Road, killing an elderly couple from Joliet.