Plainfield (Will, Illinois)

Plainfield approves drive-through Starbucks at Rt. 59 and 126

2013-05-21 11:59:00

Plainfield residents will be able to drive through a Starbucks on their way to work in the morning. Village trustees Monday approved a permit for a drive-through window at a Starbucks proposed for the southeast corner of Illinois Routes 59 and 126....

Retired Bolingbrook public works head will be paid as a consultant

2013-05-21 10:42:00

Bolingbrook trustees have voted to pay former Public Works Director Michael Drey $80 an hour to be a consultant as the town wades through two water-related lawsuits. The hiring of Drey last week comes just weeks after he retired as Bolingbrook's...

McCarthy, Sarandon film scenes in downtown Wilmington

2013-05-18 00:44:02

"Tammy" is in full swing in the Port City. On Friday, the comedy starring Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates, Allison Janney, Mark Duplass and Toni Collette attracted a horde of onlookers during filming in downtown Wilmington,...

Work starting on 95th Street extension

2013-05-15 15:15:00

Construction is getting underway on the 95th Street bridge extension project, according to Naperville officials. The project, conceived more than two decades ago, will connect Plainfield-Naperville and Boughton roads and provide a new bridge over the...

Starbucks passes first hurdle in Plainfield

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The Plainfield Planning Commission recently voted in favor of letting a second Starbucks set up shop at the southeast corner of Main Street and Illinois Route 59. It was the latest step in a more than yearlong effort to bring some sort of coffee...

Work planned on more than 20 Will County roads

2013-05-06 19:41:00

Will County motorists can expect to see some major road projects this summer as the county plans to spend $74 million on 21 road projects. County Engineer Bruce Gould said work will begin soon on various projects that include the widening of Renwick and...

Trustees grant Coilplus a tax break for extension

2013-05-07 14:47:00

Plainfield trustees voted unanimously this week to grant Coilplus a 5-year, 50-percent tax break for a planned extension of its facilities. The steel manufacturer is looking to build a 76,000-square-foot addition to its existing 160,000-square-foot...

Former Plainfield teacher reaches plea deal in student sex case

2013-05-02 00:00:00

A former Plainfield high school teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student in 2011 pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a deal last week, her attorney and a Will County state's attorney's spokesman said. Ashley Blumenshine, 29, who taught...

Friends: Former Plainfield resident killed in Texas explosion a hero

2013-04-30 13:30:00

To hear some friends tell it, Kevin Sanders was a hardcore Superman fan, the type who had a trove of figurines and other collectibles in his home. And in the end, they say, the 33-year-old Chicago area native died a hero. Sanders had moved to Texas...

Pace poised to expand buses on shoulders of Stevenson/I-55

2013-04-30 16:04:00

Prompted by growth in ridership, Pace will expand its bus-on-shoulders service on the Stevenson Expressway/Interstate 55, the agency said today. As first reported by the Tribune in March, the improvements to routes 755 and 855, which link the far...

Pace poised to expand bus-on-shoulder service

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Prompted by growth in ridership, Pace will expand its bus-on-shoulders service on the Stevenson Expressway/Interstate 55, the agency said Tuesday. As first reported by the Tribune in March, the improvements to Routes 755 and 855, which link the far...

Plainfield resident named top recruiter in state Army National Guard

2013-04-30 10:41:00

A Plainfield resident and soldier in the Illinois Army National Guard was named the branch's top recruiter in the state last month. Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Neville received the Director's 54 Ring on April 11 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield. The award...

Carrie Sha has come so far since struggling to learn English as a 6-year-old Chinese immigrant. "It was just such a different world for me," said Sha, now an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy senior with a 4.0 grade-point average, a slew of academic achievements and a near-perfect SAT score.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

The U.S., Illinois and Texas flags fly at half mast Tuesday afternoon outside the Plainfield Administration Headquarters during a memorial for Kevin Sanders, a former resident who died last month in the Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

2013-04-30 13:33:27

A former Plainfield high school teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student in 2011 negotiated a deal and pleaded guilty to lesser charges, her attorney and a Will County state's attorney's spokesman said.

2013-04-23 00:00:00

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