Willow Springs News

Q : I am under the hobnail boot of oppression from the Illinois vehicle emissions testing program and am as burned out as the check-engine light on my wife's 2001 VW Cabrio.

English country dance group: Dances are offered from 2 to 5 p.m. one Sunday of each month at the Kuhn Barn in Fermilab's Village, Sauk and Batavia roads, Batavia.

The BNSF Railway's former Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline. Willow Springs Illinois USA.

Naper Squares: Dance at 7:45 p.m. May 16. At Naperville Central High School, 440 W. Aurora Ave., Naperville. via Wheaton Sun

A west suburban man has been charged with reckless homicide after he allegedly hit and killed a woman with his rented truck in the East Lakeview neighborhood, and kept driving. via Cbs2chicago.com

Rocky LaPorte: Comedian will perform with WGN radio host Steve Cochran Patty Vasquez and Tim Clue at 7 p.m. May 10 at the Rialto Square Theatre, 15 E. Van Buren St., Joliet. via Wheaton Sun

Festival Orchestra: May 31. The all-volunteer group is now accepting player applications from adults and teens. via Lincoln-Way Sun

Rocky LaPorte: Comedian will perform with WGN radio host Steve Cochran Patty Vasquez and Tim Clue at 7 p.m. May 10 at the Rialto Square Theatre, 15 E. Van Buren St., Joliet. via Homer Sun

“Twenty-four years together was too short.”

A Homer Glen man was charged Monday with drunken driving in a car crash that killed an Orland Park man and injured the driver and three others Sunday near Willow Springs, authorities said. via Chicago Tribune

“Their injuries were definitely serious”

A man died and four people with him were seriously injured in a rollover crash Sunday morning. via WBBM-AM Chicago

Mr. Walter Olahnovich, 99, died Friday, March 28, 2008. He was born in Latvia July 6, 1908. via Oceana's Herald-Journal

Comedy Comedy at the Roundhouse: Showtimes are 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 8 p.m. Saturdays. via Homer Sun

Comedy Comedy at the Roundhouse: Regular showtimes are 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 8 p.m. Saturdays . via Wheaton Sun

Valentine's dance: Willowbrook Ballroom is planning an evening of dining and dancing at its annual Valentine's Day event on Feb. via Suburban Chicago News

A death investigation is being conducted Wednesday after a veteran Chicago police officer was found fatally shot in his car in a west suburban cemetery. via Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County sheriff's police Wednesday were investigating whether a Chicago police officer found dead at a cemetery near Willow Springs shot himself. via Chicago Tribune

“My father was a one-of-a-kind original. I am not trying to be him. What I do is a tribute to my father and it seems to work out fine. Everywhere we go, we get great fan reaction and positive response”

It's been called the day the music died -- the day in 1959 when a plane crash killed musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. via The Highland Park News

On The Town's weekly roundup of 5 activities spanning the leisure spectrum. 1. KID'S NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH Kids always get the shaft when it comes to New Year's Eve. via Chicago Tribune

Country and western: Classes run from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays. At New Lenox Veterans of Foreign Wars, 323 Old Hickory Road. via Bolingbrook Sun

A Willow Springs woman, hoping to teach her 6-year-old son a lesson, is facing a charge of child endangerment after leaving him at Westfield Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. via NBC Channel 5