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Thu Feb 09, 2012

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Favored Illiana route 'benefit' for Kankakee County

The Illiana Expressway project, a highway that would connect Interstate 65 in Indiana to Interstate 55 near Joliet, has taken a giant step forward.

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Grundy County

Grundy County deputies cited Gilberto Luna , 40, of Morris, for driving without a driver's license at 3199 E. Illinois 113 and N. Forrest Drive in Mazon, Wednesday, Feb.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

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Reeves held on $50,000 bond

Staff report Nathan Reeves, who was shot by police Monday, Jan. 30, after a gun-wielding rampage through a quiet Wilmington neighborhood, was booked into the Will County Adult Detention Facility in Joliet late last Wednesday.

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Our Caring Closet wants to put down roots

Larry Readman unloads bins of clothing at the garage at the First United Methodist Church.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

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1-2 finish for Wilmington, Coal City

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

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Trick-or-treat hours in Coal City and Diamond are set for Monday, Oct. 31 from 4-7 p.m. Carbon Hill trick-or-treating... From where do Braidwood homes get their water, from a treatment plant or wells? Is it contaminated with tritium? The CBS Ch.2 news story the other night made it sound as if living in Braidwood was a invitation to cancer.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

WGN-TV Chicago

A belated reward for Riley Fox murder lead

After a yearlong delay, Kevin Fox, above, once wrongly charged with the murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, has agreed to pay a reward to the FBI tipster who led law enforcement to the real killer, Scott Eby.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

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Vickroy: Ruff Ruff on the mend after house fire

Dr. Cynthia Cecott, of Veterinary Clinic of Tinley Park, has been caring for Tom Zeilenga's dog Ruff Ruff, which was severely burned in a fire that destroyed Zeilenga's home in Wilmington.

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Severance pay differs by more than $30,000

Staff report Wilmington will be back in court Thursday, to discuss a possible settlement in the severance pay lawsuit filed by two former city employees.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

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Gunman wreaks terror on neighborhood

OFFICERS FROM A massive inter-agency mutual aid network guard the scene of Monday's shooting in the back yard of a home on Luther Drive.

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Hikers find body at Midewin

WILMINGTON AMBULANCE and rescue personnel leave the Boathouse Road entrance road into the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie after a report of a woman's body being found there Sunday morning by a hiker.

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Jessica Overton

Jessica Overton "Sissy," 24, of Braidwood and formerly Wilmington, passed away suddenly Friday, Jan.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

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Wilmington police reportedly shoot armed man

WIlmington police Monday shot a man they said was carrying a rifle and had called a dispatcher threatening "to wreak terror on this earth." His name has not been disclosed yet.

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Cats win wrestling I-8

James Bentz Sports correspondent Wilmington wrestlers dominated all the I-8 could throw at them.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012

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Local schools want to talk TIF

Ann Gill Editor The city of Braidwood has rejected a proposal from local school districts that seeks to mitigate potential impacts of the town's new TIF district.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

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