The Village of Manteno is mourning the passing of former Village trustee Wendell Phillips. Phillips serves on the Manteno Village Board for 14 years, from 2011 until 2025. The Manteno Village Hall has been draped with black bunting in honor of his passing. Funeral arrangements have not been released at this time.

A Channahon family was displaced by a fire in their home early Monday morning. In a press release, Channahon Fire Protection District Fire Chief Michael McMilin says firefighters were called to the home in the 26-thousand block of West Winding Oak Trail just before 4:30 yesterday afternoon. When they got there, firefig...

The Village of Bradley Board of Trustees passed a resolution Monday night to demolish a house in poor condition on Larry Power Road across from Northfield Square Mall. Mayor Mike Watson said the village recently purchased the property. Mayor Watson says the property could be used for commercial developments the village...

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force is looking into two cars reportedly stolen in Bourbonnais Monday and Tuesday. The first was reported stolen from an address on Levasseur just after eight yesterday morning. A spokesman for the Task Force says that one was found abandoned in the parking lot of a local grocery store l...