South Wilmington News

In eight days, area students collected the signatures of 15,486 people who pledged to wear their seat belts.

We Care assisted 195 families in finding Thanksgiving food assistance this year.

Terry and Leigh Ann Boehme of Apopka, Fla., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Christina Ashley Boehme.

Gardner's giving goes on as the village board donated money from the Gardner Days fund to local groups.

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 board members expressed an air of reservation Monday with regard to Grundy Area Vocational Center's addition and renovation proposal.

AN AMPLIFIER and a GPS system were reported stolen from a garage and vehicle at 625 Oak, South Wilmington, at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A South Wilmington man was placed on probation for 30 months when he appeared in circuit court last week and pleaded guilty to felony deceptive practice charges.

Aaron Smith, 22, Blackstone, was placed on supervision for six months and fined $250 for illegal transportation of liquor at Eighth and Oak, South Wilmington.

Several members of the Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International were on hand at South Wilmington Grade School Oct.

A Gardner man was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail and ordered to pay $6,212.42 restitution in circuit court Thursday after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal damage to property.

Amy Alderson and Mark Lehnus will unite in marriage on April 16, 2010, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in South Wilmington.

The Rainbow Council Scouts will host their annual Haunted Woods Walk from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

A WOMAN was ticketed about 2:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, following an accident at Lynn Street and Third Avenue, South Wilmington.

TWO PEOPLE were ticketed for liquor violations near Eighth and Oak, South Wilmington, about 1:15 a.m. Monday, Oct.

Louis Battistoni III, 34, Elmhurst, was placed on supervision for two years and fined $1,075 for DUI.

The Gardner Lions Club will serve breakfast at the Gardner American Legion Hall from 7 a.m. until noon on Sunday, Oct.

John Hollmeyer was selected as the parade marshal for the 2009 Corn Festival Parade.

A GARDNER man was charged with DUI by a Grundy County deputy about 12:05 a.m. Monday, Sept.

TWO BURGLARIES reported Thursday are being investigated by Grundy County detectives.

Hannah Conger, who will compete in the Miss Teen Chicago pageant on Saturday, Sept.