Joliet

Marine shot by O.C. deputy is buried in Illinois hometown

2012-04-13 21:36:47

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John Goeken dies at 80; founder of MCI

2010-09-20 00:00:00

John "Jack" Goeken, a prolific entrepreneur who founded telecommunications giant MCI and pioneered in-flight telephone service, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 80. Goeken died Thursday at a hospital in his hometown of Joliet, Ill.,...

The accordion holds a lofty place

2008-04-20 00:00:00

MOST people think of the accordion, if they think of it at all, as a social instrument, wheezing out polkas and folk tunes. The sound of it brings to mind French cafes, Mexican plazas, German beer gardens, Argentine nightclubs. Nick Ariondo, perhaps the...

Gas nears record high in Wichita, refinery shut downs to blame

2013-05-21 08:27:00

Gas prices in Wichita hit their highest price since July of 2008, when the city set a record. Tuesday morning, the price of regular unleaded jumped 10 cents at most stations around Wichita to $3.89 a gallon. Jim Hanni with AAA Kansas says the last time...

Support group for clergy sex-abuse victims asks Lexington bishop to investigate priest

2013-05-18 06:44:02

A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington to investigate and punish a priest suspended over sex abuse allegations. The priest is living in McCreary County. David Clohessy, executive director of the...

Former pastor who ran off with 16-year-old girl gets 5 years in prison

2013-05-17 01:14:01

A former pastor who was having sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl and tried to take her to Mexico was sentenced this week to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Two gross misdemeanor...

Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center

2013-05-16 18:23:00

Joliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...

Frankfort mayor, clerk, trustees back in fold

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Mayor Jim Holland, Village Clerk Robert Kennedy and Trustees Todd Morgan, Dick Trevarthan and Douglas Morgan are back for four more years. They were sworn in for new terms May 6 during the Village Board meeting, with state Rep. Renee Kosel, R-New Lenox,...

Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple

2013-05-08 09:35:09

John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...

Indy rail service to speed freight

2013-04-30 03:42:00

Economic development officials hope a new rail service linking Indianapolis to West Coast ports in Canada will save central Indiana businesses time and money by bypassing a bottleneck in Chicago rail yards and help transform the capital into more of a...

Steelworkers to vote on proposed 6-year contract with Caterpillar

2013-04-30 00:00:00

— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...

Chicago area unemployment rate ticks up in March

2013-04-25 13:04:00

The rate of unemployment across the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville region ticked up by 0.5 point to 9.5 percent in March, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Overall, local unemployment rates increased in...

(Clockwise from top left)Adam Landerman, Alisa Massaro, Joshua Miner, and Bethany McKee are charged with first degree murder for allegedly strangling two men to death and attempting to dismember them on January 10, 2013, in Joliet, Ill. / CBS Chicago

2013-02-27 13:43:00

(Left to right) Retired judge and witness Daniel Locallo joins defense attorneys Steve Greenberg, Joe Lopez and Lisa Lopez, as the hearing on a motion for a new Drew Peterson trial broke for lunch at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill.

2013-02-20 00:00:00

Joel Brodsky speaks to the media gathered outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., after attorneys argued before a judge whether Drew Peterson should get a new trial after his murder conviction last fall in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

2013-02-20 00:00:00