Romeoville News

A nephew of Drew Peterson's slain third wife says prosecutors will call him to the witness stand during the disgraced former cop's trial, and he believes the testimony is going to cost him a year of his life.

A man police say has already survived one attempted murder was the victim of a recent attack right out of a horror movie.

Traveling around the world has never been easier or so inexpensive. You can stop by the Lewis University's International Food Fair 2009 today to sample the cuisine of 24 different countries while enjoying the music of The Inti Raymi Band , which will play South American folk music.

It's all over, for now. The deadline for filing petitions for next year's elections ended at 5 p.m. Monday.

The most luxurious -- and expensive -- movie theater in Will County will open Friday at the Promenade mall.

* 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.

Charity Tea Fundraiser: 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, 110 S. School St.

A. Vito Martinez Middle School in Romeoville has joined a small group of schools statewide in promising to continue ongoing efforts to "go green" by signing the Illinois Sustainable Schools Compact.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is waging ecological warfare in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

It doesn't matter if you're having a great day, or you've been working on calming breathing in yoga class, or even if you're rocking out to the radio.

A little paint and a lot of helping hands go a long way. That's what residents of Grand Haven are proving this fall.

Kin-Ko Ace Hardware, a longtime fixture at Route 53 and Normantown Road, will close its doors Oct.

A group of private investors in Romeoville, Illinois, is looking to build miniature versions of Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Minute Maid Park, and U.S. Cellular Field for youth baseball - and wants the village of Romeoville to sell $4 million in bonds to finance the deal.

Before managing the company of 200, Ace Buikema President Kyle Buikema remembers running around and playing in the hardware store his grandfather started.

Joliet Township High School District will conduct placement testing for the Class of 2014 at 8 a.m. Saturday at Joliet Central, 201 E. Jefferson St.

In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2009, volunteer guide Doris Peterman, from the Lemont Area Historical Society, speaks to members of the Heart Home-School Group during a stop at the Icebox Quarry during a Heritage Quarries Tour in Lemont.

Since 1998, Bolingbrook's Margie Oftendahl, a retired elementary school teacher and active member of the American Association of University Women, has selflessly given her time and energy to raising awareness about domestic violence.

A woman was arrested Sunday night after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in the chest.

Emergency crews were called to a home on Stamford Lane, Friday morning, in southwest suburban Romeoville for reports of a child not breathing.

A 28-year-old suburban Chicago man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 19-month-old son.