Wilmington News

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.

Despite an impassioned plea from dispatchers, and the no votes of Alderman Darla Neises and John Persic, the Wilmington City Council voted Tuesday night to end a longtime tradition of local police dispatching.

Traffic was snarled Tuesday morning after a semi-truck carrying bales of hay overturned from the exit ramp from northbound Interstate 55 onto River Road near Wilmington.

Mary Soucie started her new job as New Three Rivers Library District director during the library's busiest time of the year -- the beginning of the youth summer reading program.

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a plan to restore 764 acres at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to native prairie and wetlands.

Joliet Junior College Board interviewed four candidates to fill its trustee vacancy, including a school superintendent and a former Grundy County administrator.

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

Illinois State Police Trooper Ron Caves critiques a Morris policeman's performance following a drill at Booth Central Elementary School in Wilmington Thursday.

Grandma's lace doilies and old mixing bowls may no longer have the appeal they once held for collectors, but anything bearing the visage of Snoopy is being snapped up as fast as it appears on a shelf, antique store owners say.

DIAMOND – Mr. Ernest Stanford Perona, 94, of Diamond, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, Sept.

Police say a teen kicked out the window of a squad car after being caught with a stolen gun Wednesday.

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

Christopher Skonetski, 27, Wilmington, was placed on supervision for two years and fined $1,075 for DUI.

The Illinois Department of Transportation hosted a special meeting to unveil plans for possible changes to the Interstate 55 intersections at Lorenzo Road and Route 129.

DIAMOND – Mrs. Lorraine Papach, 88, of Diamond, Ill., passed away Monday, Sept.

Milton E. Hanson, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at his home.

John Mathias is hoping his foray into dessert creation --a custom-designed gingerbread crumble -- will be a winner at Big Finale.

There will be a C.J. Begler Scholarship Benefit Car Show, featuring cars of all shapes and sizes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept.

ComEd today issued a reminder about the public safety risks associated with stealing electricity, an illegal activity that led to the arrest and conviction of a Wilmington, Ill., man who was charged with violation of the Illinois Public Utility Act.